For Chinese users or those who have friends or business in China, native QQ app is finally working well in Linux by releasing the 3.0 version! QQ is one of the top popular instant messaging apps in China. It has an official Linux client since 2019, which was however old, crash often, and not suitable… Continue reading QQ for Linux 3.0 is out! Wine no longer Required for this Chinese Chat App
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Mumble 1.4 Released! New Plugin Framework, TalkingUI, PipeWire & Markdown Support
The free open-source game chatting app Mumble released new major 1.4 version a day ago with exciting new features! Mumble is a high quality and low latency voice over IP (VoIP) app designed for gamers. By releasing v1.4.230, the first stable in v1.4, it now uses new versioning scheme of the form major.minor.build. The third… Continue reading Mumble 1.4 Released! New Plugin Framework, TalkingUI, PipeWire & Markdown Support
HexChat IRC Client 2.16.0 Adds New IRCv3 Features, Strikethrough Formatting
After almost two years of development, the HexChat IRC client finally released new 2.6.0 version with a number of new IRCv3 features and strikethrough formatting support. HexChat is a free open source Internet Relay Chat client that forked from XChat. It offers both command line and customizable graphical interface, allows to securely join multiple networks… Continue reading HexChat IRC Client 2.16.0 Adds New IRCv3 Features, Strikethrough Formatting
Install Zulip Team Chat Client in Ubuntu 18.04 via Snap
You can now install the open-source team chat Zulip desktop client easily via Snap in Ubuntu and receive future updates automatically. Zulip is a powerful, group chat software with clients for Linux, Windows, mac OS, Android, iOS, and web UI. For Ubuntu Linux, it offers an apt repository with the latest .deb packages and appimage… Continue reading Install Zulip Team Chat Client in Ubuntu 18.04 via Snap
Install The Chat Software for Gamers ‘Discord’ in Ubuntu
Discord, a free proprietary voice and text chat app for gamers, now offers official Discord stable client for Linux 64-bit. Discord runs on Microsoft Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Linux, and in a web browser, which all support fundamental chat-based text features. The Discord application for personal computers is designed for use while gaming, including features… Continue reading Install The Chat Software for Gamers ‘Discord’ in Ubuntu