Skype-like application to run under Linux?
by stf92 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5FZQQ)
Kernel 5.4.50
Slackware 14.2-current
Hi: by Skype-like I mean you can make free calls. For some reason I thought Skype was a paid service but, looking in google with ' What is Skype' I have just learned you can make free calls from anywhere in the world to anywhere in the world. So I entered into one of the google items and found "How to install Skype" (also registration is free). It said Skype was aware of the OS and web browser in the machine. So I thought it could be run under Linux. But alas! You have to download skypesetup.exe and run it on your machine! So, after all, it seems it only runs under Windows OSes.
Now there is Adobe Acrobat Reader, a PDF reader, which used to come in two versions: one for Linux and one for Windows. In the same way, perhaps there is a Skype-like application which comes in two versions: one for Linux and the other for Windows and we could have a Linux machine communicating with a Windows machine. My question is: is there an application like that?
Slackware 14.2-current
Hi: by Skype-like I mean you can make free calls. For some reason I thought Skype was a paid service but, looking in google with ' What is Skype' I have just learned you can make free calls from anywhere in the world to anywhere in the world. So I entered into one of the google items and found "How to install Skype" (also registration is free). It said Skype was aware of the OS and web browser in the machine. So I thought it could be run under Linux. But alas! You have to download skypesetup.exe and run it on your machine! So, after all, it seems it only runs under Windows OSes.
Now there is Adobe Acrobat Reader, a PDF reader, which used to come in two versions: one for Linux and one for Windows. In the same way, perhaps there is a Skype-like application which comes in two versions: one for Linux and the other for Windows and we could have a Linux machine communicating with a Windows machine. My question is: is there an application like that?