New Skype for Linux released, version 4.3 | Edit: Now in Repo's

A New Skype has been released for Linux. Not quite yet in our repo's as of this writing. Skype 4.3 is now in the official repo's.
One of the larger changes is that ALSA is no longer supported and users are instead directed to use Pulse Audio. I already use Pulse, but I can imagine there will be some people unimpressed with this new requirement.
Unfortunately when it comes to network messaging programs the protocol is what rules. All my friends use the Skype protocol so I also have to use it to communicate with them. As far as I'm aware there is no full-featured replacement for the Skype protocol on Linux that also does audio and video.
What do you think?
Note: I posted in Multimedia, if there is a better place for this please feel free to move it. Perhaps networking, but Skype is a multimedia/network application.
Last edited by headkase (2014-06-21 16:55:13)

ninian wrote:
drcouzelis wrote:
There is one more option to consider, though, one that I find fascinating: WebRTC. WebRTC is native voice and video chat in a web browser. Both Firefox and Chrome have supported it for some time now, so if you and your friend use one of those web browsers then you don't need to install any special software. Just send them a link to a web page and start using it.
Disclaimer: I tried it about a year ago. Firefox was able to display my webcam video but I never successfully established a connection with my friend. I should try it out again...
I tried it out a few weeks ago on a couple of computers running Arch, and managed to get it working fine between all combinations of Chromium and Firefox (all up to date, mind). I used Talky and it certainly made WebRTC easy. I just need to convince members of the family to stuff Skype now!
Thanks so much for the Talky suggestion.
I tried to convince people to use Jitsi and register for their Jabber service, but unfortunately a lot are content with using Skype.

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