what to use instead of skype?

[John]

Colin Murphy wrote:
> On Saturday 06 January 2007 09:29, John Dow wrote:
>   
>> Colin Murphy wrote:
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> [snip]
> The latest release of the Linux version of Skype has taken ages to appear and 
> is considered, by some, as no more than a bug fix anyway.  I am grateful for 
> the effort that Skype put into there development for Linux but the 
> incompatible feature sets mean that less and less Linux users will be able to 
> use them to contact a wider Skype community. I no longer buy Skype credit for 
> this reason.
>
>   
You only need Skype credit for talking with conventional telephones, not 
for Skype-to-Skype. I don't understand your point about not buying it, 
it seems you're shooting yourself in both feet.