“Skype has always been proprietary so those that prefer to use
only Open Source have relied upon free alternatives. Now with
Microsoft’s purchase of Skype, Linux users are already predicting
the end for them and are looking for alternatives as well.“It turns out that the Free Software Foundation has had “Free
software replacement for Skype” on their High-Priority List for a
while.”
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