On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 6:02 PM Walter Cazzola <cazzola@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> Recently, the linux rpm distribution of skype has been discontinued: > > >> https://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?332743-Updates-hang-on-skype&p=1883992 > > >> Is there some alternative to using snap or web-skype > > >> https://snapcraft.io/install/skype/fedora > > > Oh wow, efficient packaging tailored to work properly in your OS is > > being abandoned for a huge 2GB blob (referring to one of Paul's links) > > that will probably have problems with every distro (*). > > > * My experience with allegedly universal blobs is negative, you find > > things like you cannot print from the application. You have to save a > > PDF, then open it in a PDF viewer and print from there. Tedious > > backwards crappory. > > I agree in principle, especially for the waste of space and the duplication of > libraries but I'm using it and other application via snap without big issues. > > The only one, that I'm struggling to solve is the font of the buttons of file > listener that look as missing in any application from microsoft/meta (e.g., teams, > skype and whatsapp) Thanks for all the replies. Currently, I am using web-skype, which works reasonably well, but it turns off the camera when one shares the screen -- that is very annoying. Paul -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
