As #Microsoft prepares to phase out #Skype in May, it might be a good idea to try out #FOSS alternatives such as #Mumble, #Jitsi and @bigbluebutton for voice/video conferencing. Specifically for Mumble, I have my own server at mumble://gianmarco.gg open 24/7!
Top 7 Best Open Source Skype Alternatives In 2025
Skype feels like it has been around forever but “May 5 2025, is the day Skype will cease to exist as Microsoft retires it, pushing people to switch to their Teams offering. The death of Skype was a slow one, but one that has been coming for quite so ...continues
See https://gadgeteer.co.za/top-7-best-open-source-skype-alternatives-in-2025/
Skype to finally be shuttered in May, 22 years after its August 2003 launch - Skype to be sunsetted in Q3 2025.
... - https://www.tomshardware.com/software/video-conferencing/skype-to-finally-be-shuttered-in-may-22-years-after-its-august-2003-launch #videoconferencing #applications #software
Does anyone here have experience with Jitsi Meet? I'd like to use something not Discord or Zoom, and preferably opensource, for A/V for my TTRPG group.
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heise+ | #NextcloudTalk als Teams-Ersatz | heise online https://www.heise.de/tests/Nextcloud-Talk-als-Teams-Ersatz-vorgestellt-10242671.html #heiseplus #Nextcloud #OpenSource #VideoConferencing
I’m really getting quite salty about this. I keep finding amazing software that gets purchased by some giant corporation, then tossed in the trash.
If you’re wealthy, please don’t buy and sunset apps. Just stop.
Does anyone have a favorite video conferencing service that is privacy focused? And maybe even FOSS?
My low-hanging fruit enhancement request for #GNOME to not use a colored microphone icon when the microphone is actually muted, to distinguish more easily when the microphone is actually "live"... if you'd like to get started contributing to #GNOMEShell, this might be a good opportunity: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/8077
@claushoumann
on open source Video Conferencing by Thüringer Finanzministerium, specifically OpenTalk (we discussed jitsi a while ago)
https://opentalk.eu/de/thueringer-landesverwaltung-setzt-auf-opentalk
#OpenTalk #VideoConferencing #Jitsi
Here is a good list of #Zoom alternatives you can choose.
https://opensource.com/article/21/9/alternatives-zoom
#privacy #FOSS #VideoConferencing #AI
In case you missed it, #Zoom updated their Terms of Service such that if you use their services, you give them a license to train their AI on your conversations.
Move to FOSS.
#privacy #VideoConferencing #AI
Hallo #fediverse, hier schwirrte doch neulich mal eine Liste freier BigBlueButton #BBB Server/Instanzen für Videokonferenzen herum ... hat die noch jemand am Start? Ich meine, es war ein #gist oder ein #pad oder so...
@senfcall geht in diesem Fall leider nicht, wir bräuchten eine frühzeitig rumschickbaren Konferenz-Link).
