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		akerro on Feb 24, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dear Skype/Microsoft: Problems with Linux client I use tox[1] with my family and some friends. https://tox.chat/

stavros on Feb 24, 2016 | [–]

Does that have a native app for the desktop? I'm tired of everything using Electron and requiring hundreds of megabytes of RAM for simple stuff :-(

whyever on Feb 24, 2016 | | [–]

It is written in C and has several desktop clients.

lawl on Feb 24, 2016 | | | [–]

https://tox.chat/clients.html

akerro on Feb 24, 2016 | | | [–]

and much more details https://wiki.tox.chat/clients#features

ekianjo on Feb 24, 2016 | | [–]

Tox sucks for audio. At least when i tried it 3 months ago.

fithisux on Feb 24, 2016 | [–]

I have to investgate further. Is libvpx used?

akerro on Feb 24, 2016 | [–]

Yes, qTox and uTox use libvpx.

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