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Version 7 of Trisquel comes with Pidgin installed by default. Telegram doesn't seem to be available in the Trisquel repository, probably because (according to the Wikipedia page) it contains binary blobs and the server-side code is closed-source.

I use Telegram, it is free software, the easiest way to obtain it is downloading binary from official website:

https://telegram.org/

BUT: it uses closed source server side. Also I seen some fork of Telegram, but I do not know what new inside these fork of Telegram.
Also when updates come, you only need to push "update" button, and it updates in just 5 seconds.

What is alternative of Telegram? I need a messaging app that service voice call also. But this apps must be free.

I am trying to install - Tox. But this message:
W: Failed to fetch http://es.archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/pool/main/s/sphinx/libjs-sphinxdoc_1.3.6-2ubuntu1.1_all.deb
Could not connect to es.archive.trisquel.info:80 (188.165.228.124). - connect (111: Connection refused)
Please help!

The Spanish repository is down. "Download from" another server that you can set in "Software & Updates" (in the "System Settings").

I could not understand. How can select another server.

Yes. Solved
control center->software and updates-> other software->trisquel 8.0 flidas.
Editing
Just changing es to fr
Solved.

I would suggest GNU Ring and also Tox.

I know Tox can be installed using dpkg or apt (Trisquel's package
managers, which are used in the "Add/Remove programs" and also by
Synaptic).

I have both installed in my copy of Trisquel, using GNU Guix, but I
don't know if GNU Ring can be installed using dpkg/apt (Trisquel's
package managers) --- although it's been a while since I don't do this
so I don't if the dependency issues still exist.

If you want to install GNU Ring using GNU Guix, the related package
recipes are still under test, and are available in [1]. They are not
official packages as of yet because various patches still need to be
sent to --- and accepted by --- the affected projects.

[1]
.

name at domain writes:

> Messaging apps like Telegram in Trisquel. Which?
>

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- https://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:Adfeno
- Palestrante e consultor sobre /software/ livre (não confundir com
gratis).
- "WhatsApp"? Ele não é livre. Por favor, use o GNU Ring ou o Tox.
- Contato: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:Adfeno#vCard
- Arquivos comuns aceitos (apenas sem DRM): Corel Draw, Microsoft
Office, MP3, MP4, WMA, WMV.
- Arquivos comuns aceitos e enviados: CSV, GNU Dia, GNU Emacs Org, GNU
GIMP, Inkscape SVG, JPG, LibreOffice (padrão ODF), OGG, OPUS, PDF
(apenas sem DRM), PNG, TXT, WEBM.

I installed Tox. But not working. It also not show in install list. Why?

At last I can install gnu ring. But it is not user-friendly. Telegram is more user-friendly than ring.

Then I am disappointed with pidgin
I am disappointed with thunderbird also.
It is show this message: Login to server smtp.mail.yahoo.com. failed.
I renter my password again and again.
But fail.
I am upset.

Sending of the message failed.
The message could not be sent using Outgoing server (SMTP) smtp.mail.yahoo.com for an unknown reason. Please verify that your Outgoing server (SMTP) settings are correct and try again.

Please help!

If you use Pidgin then you can use XMPP (a.k.a. Jabber). Of course that is older and perhaps inferior to some of this new stuff, but it's still what I use on desktop and mobile.

>xmpp
>pidgin

profanity FTW :P

Rescently, I found out that the best strategy we have so far is actually
to recommend descentralized/federated communications/networks such as
XMPP/Jabber to the general public, and develop distributed ones "in the
background" for use when they are mature, friendly, easy and
"power-saving" enough. ;)

This goes in line with what Moglen suggested ([1]).

Prior to 2000 we *could* use the excuse that our recommendations weren't
"good enough" and still have patient people using it. Now, the good
enough excuse doesn't really serve us very well if the thing doesn't
even work in a minimum level.

I wrote a similar reply in Brazilian Portuguese to another
mailing/discussion list ([2]):

[1] https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/the-free-software-movement-in-the-age-of-trump/ (under CC BY-SA 4.0)

[2] http://lists.libreplanet.org/archive/html/libreplanet-br/2017-10/msg00021.html

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- https://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:Adfeno
- Palestrante e consultor sobre /software/ livre (não confundir com
gratis).
- "WhatsApp"? Ele não é livre. Por favor, veja formas de se comunicar
instantaneamente comigo no endereço abaixo.
- Contato: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:Adfeno#vCard
- Arquivos comuns aceitos (apenas sem DRM): Corel Draw, Microsoft
Office, MP3, MP4, WMA, WMV.
- Arquivos comuns aceitos e enviados: CSV, GNU Dia, GNU Emacs Org, GNU
GIMP, Inkscape SVG, JPG, LibreOffice (padrão ODF), OGG, OPUS, PDF
(apenas sem DRM), PNG, TXT, WEBM.

I have my own prosody(jabber/xmpp) server running at home. I use Conversations client in Replicant and Pidgin on desktop.

Recently, a friend was forced to buy a new handheld, with a more current version of Android, so she could use WeChat. Using WeChat was required by prospective employers in China for remote interviews. If she had refused to use WeChat because it forces her to own a personal surveillance device full of proprietary software, she would be missing out on a lot of potential job offers. Those who refuse to use Skype on principle (like me) are risking missing out on social and economic opportunities too.

We can't ignore that these power dynamics are in play when it comes to software choices. Even when there is a free code app that does a better job of voice/ video chat than any existing proprietary product, and so far I haven't found one, there's no guarantee that we can get prospective employers (for example) to use it.

What would it take to reverse engineer all the major voice/ video chat apps (Skype, Hangouts, FaceTime, WhatsApp, WeChat, Telegram, Signal etc), so that free code client software could connect with them? The ability to connect to all these networks would become a reason to choose a free code client over any of the proprietary clients offered by the network operator.

On a more ambitious level, what would it take to get VoIP services included in the traditional telecommunications regulations that allow us to call any landline or cell phone from any other landline or cell phone, regardless of the vendor of the device, or the carrier its connected to?