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.
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Doc Angelo Jan 16, 2017
What kind of guide is needed? A guide for installing Murmur on a local machine (home server or your gaming desktop), or on a rented server with full access? There are also many hosters who are offering servers for Mumble. https://wiki.mumble.info/wiki/Hosters
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Quoting: Doc AngeloWhat kind of guide is needed? A guide for installing Murmur on a local machine (home server or your gaming desktop), or on a rented server with full access? There are also many hosters who are offering servers for Mumble. https://wiki.mumble.info/wiki/Hosters
It's less a matter of "what kind?" than "which one first?" And I would imagine that beginning and average Linux users would be most likely to be using a solitary desktop to game on, for starters.
I'm glad you mentioned "hosters." Thanks for posting that link. I personally don't team game with anything like the kind of regularity that would push me to pay for a hosting service. Scanning the list, and discounting the invalid links and non-english services, I'm left with guildbit, which is exactly the sort of site that beginners and average users need: Simple and jargon-free. Is it secure? I couldn't say. But if Mumble and Murmer were rolled into a client that offered guildbit level user-friendliness, I wouldn't be writing any of this. I'd be using it.
Guildbit accolades aside, the home-desktop gaming crowd needs simple instructions to set up a server if they are going to use M&M, I think.
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Using a Debian server, here is how you install Murmur:
Keep your system updated with security patches automatically:
Make sure the contents are thus:
When you're ready to go live, open ports 64738 (TCP and UDP) to your server's IP address.
Every now and then, like every month or two, you should log into the server and run:
Once it's done, if you notice a new kernel installed, you should reboot the server.
Want to dig in more? There is a config file at /etc/mumble-server.ini. It's fine to run at defaults if you don't want to go through the file.
If you need help with networking, like NAT or dynamic public IP or DNS issues, let me know.
apt-get install mumble-server
systemctl enable mumble-serverKeep your system updated with security patches automatically:
apt-get install unattended-upgrades
vim /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgradesMake sure the contents are thus:
APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "10";
APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";
APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "10";
APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "30";When you're ready to go live, open ports 64738 (TCP and UDP) to your server's IP address.
Every now and then, like every month or two, you should log into the server and run:
apt-get update && apt-get upgradeOnce it's done, if you notice a new kernel installed, you should reboot the server.
Want to dig in more? There is a config file at /etc/mumble-server.ini. It's fine to run at defaults if you don't want to go through the file.
If you need help with networking, like NAT or dynamic public IP or DNS issues, let me know.
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Doc Angelo Jan 17, 2017
Quoting: PicoboomScanning the list, and discounting the invalid links and non-english services, I'm left with guildbit, which is exactly the sort of site that beginners and average users need: Simple and jargon-free. Is it secure? I couldn't say. But if Mumble and Murmer were rolled into a client that offered guildbit level user-friendliness, I wouldn't be writing any of this. I'd be using it.
Yeah, that site is cool. Just fire it up, tell your friends the address, and there you go. About the security of such sites: You can't know. It's best practice to assume your data isn't safe, if you are not in control of the hardware. But I don't think there's any big data kraken behind it, it's a rather small site.
Quoting: PicoboomGuildbit accolades aside, the home-desktop gaming crowd needs simple instructions to set up a server if they are going to use M&M, I think.
You are right. There is no easy way for regular users to get Murmur running. But even then, you have the problem that you would have to tell your friends your new IP every day, except you have a Dynamic DNS account and configured it with your hardware. Yet another thing that is absolutely not common to do or know (how to) for the regular user.
It would be nice to have a single and portable executable file (murmur.appimage), that you just fire up and you're done. For that to work without Dynamic DNS, there would need to be a master server that just tells clients where to find a certain Murmur server - nothing more. The actual communication does not run over this master server. Syncthing is doing it like this.
There are many guides how to set up DDNS, and there are many guides how to set up Murmur. But none of them match what the regular user needs. I think it has to be done in software, just like you suggested. Hm...
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Quoting: Doc AngeloYou are right. There is no easy way for regular users to get Murmur running. But even then, you have the problem that you would have to tell your friends your new IP every day, except you have a Dynamic DNS account and configured it with your hardware. Yet another thing that is absolutely not common to do or know (how to) for the regular user.
It would be nice to have a single and portable executable file (murmur.appimage), that you just fire up and you're done. For that to work without Dynamic DNS, there would need to be a master server that just tells clients where to find a certain Murmur server - nothing more. The actual communication does not run over this master server. Syncthing is doing it like this.
There are many guides how to set up DDNS, and there are many guides how to set up Murmur. But none of them match what the regular user needs. I think it has to be done in software, just like you suggested. Hm...
It's clear you absolutely get what I"m talking about, and I can't tell you how nice that is. You see not only the gaps in the knowledge of beginning and average users, but the way problems ripple out from those gaps. It all becomes very complicated very fast for the likes of us. If M&M (and perhaps Linux itself) is ever going to reach a wider audience, I feel it will take folks like you, who can see the problems and imagine solutions, that will get it there.
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