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Alternatives to Discord and Twitch (programming.dev)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Given the recent controversies surrounding Discord and the fact that the end user is a product of Twitch, I wonder if there is any "bare bone" solution to stream my gaming session to a friend who's on Windows. I'd rather that they didn't have to do anything except clicking on a link or perhaps installing a piece of software but with no need to do any configuration. From their perspective, it should "just work.

On my side
Should I set up a webserver into which I feed an OBS stream? Or can perhaps ffmpeg work as a server on it's own? I'm on Arch Linux, playing games on Steam, within dwm within X11.

On my friend's side
No idea how a windows user is supposed to receive such a video feed.

Edit: text and voice chat, we're considering Signal for.

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[–] 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (9 children)

I am very happy with having Sharkord installed on my server. Still in alpha stage, but it's very well built in many places. The project is only 3 month old.

Native softwares will never happen, though.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago* (3 children)

    Second this, me and my friends have been using it since the day it came out (I am the one hosting it) and it checks all the boxes for us.

    I was never able to get my group to switch away from Discord but this has finally done it

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Noice :) And yes, it looks like Discord and works like Discord for each update (if not better) and I have searched for such software for many years. Based in EU no less :D

    Matrix with Commet would have been a good alternative for me, but I hate how Matrix is built (you are literally forbidden to delete channels you have created).

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    you are literally forbidden to delete channels you have created
    Server admins and space admins can delete rooms within them just fine. If you are the last person left in a room and you leave it, it disappears too.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    I was the admin for the space I created :) Good to know that the whole space will be completely deleted after I left it. They should tell one that. Very confusing otherwise.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Electron is a relatively recent thing. What did Devs do in the past?

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