Discord, the insanely popular chat and VOIP client primarily aimed at gamers is now officially supported on Linux and out of beta.
Be sure to join our Discord channel to hook up with everyone: https://discord.gg/0rxBtcSOonvGzXr4
Stoked to announce our super sick app for LINUX. Chris was massaging this for ages but it's like super sick now https://t.co/hQtQpZO95c pic.twitter.com/lVyDkBD3cN
— Discord (@discordapp) January 11, 2017
Download it here. It provides either a .deb or a .tar.gz and you need to be 64bit to use it.
Personally, I think it's great. You don't actually need a client to use it, as you can use it directly in the browser which makes it rather useful.
I've seen people worried about their terms and conditions, with it stating that by using it you grant rights to your content to the parent Company. To make it clear, this is no different to Reddit, Facebook and almost every site/application that you put content into.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
BlackBloodRum Jan 11, 2017
QuoteStoked to announce our super sick app for LINUX. Chris was massaging this for ages but it's like super sick now
Doc Angelo Jan 11, 2017
But they are about to generate a big following and wait until enough users are depending on the service. Then they will start to make money out of this. Be it adds, be it marketing, be it selling the platform for billions. That's OK, that's how their business works. But don't expect me to believe that they are doing it because they are super nice and neat.
Also: Their odd shtick using... um... certain language is somehow bothering me. :D But it's ok. They just seem to be genuinely "stoked" to announce their "super slick" app...
I would use discord for the same reason I use Facebook and Skype. Outside the Linux community everyone is using it. But if possible I continue to use Mumble. There are also many features missing. Positional-Audio in Minecraft and many other Games for example.
But the main reason: Everything from Discord is sent directly to the NSA and the American authorities. No thanks! We all have children and do not need this monitoring of our families.
QuoteI've seen people worried about their terms and conditions, with it stating that by using it you grant rights to your content to the parent Company. To make it clear, this is no different to Reddit, Facebook and almost every site/application that you put content into.Which is why GOL is pretty much the only site I "put content into". Mumble (+Murmur) seems like the better choice on this front. I've never used either so maybe there are compelling reasons to prefer Discord anyway.
I found out, trying manipulate the download link that tar.gz exist.
https://discordapp.com/api/download?platform=linux&format=tar.gz
Last edited by bubexel on 11 January 2017 at 11:14 am UTC
Only issue i have with Discord is that its UI is not enough configurable, but i can live with that with the featureset it has. 1 application is better than to have multiple applications for different things in my book.
Last edited by Xpander on 11 January 2017 at 1:22 pm UTC
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