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Discord Program (Vesktop) (flathub.org)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I don't use Discord much anymore and haven't used this program but this looks like a nice 3rd party Discord flatpak. It supports screensharing on Wayland. Just thought I'd share with the community

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Vesktop is great. However, with the Discord IPO looming (https://www.ign.com/articles/discord-is-reportedly-exploring-an-ipo) it is definitely time to abandon ship.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I've been wanting to abandon ship for years, but sadly convincing the average gamer is another story.

Which is the main reason most of us are stuck using it if we want to talk to friends.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Too bad Mumble went out of fashion

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I love Mumble and in my opinion the only thing it is missing is screen sharing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I wish it had a solution for text channels and image sharing. Even if it meant paying for a server. My friends wouldn't use it without.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

You can paste images into the mumble chat and it shows for all users.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

call.element.io! No account needed, seems to have good FPS from a quick test.

There’s also Parsec and https://getbananas.net/ (the latter of which I haven’t tried)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Best alternative I've found is Signal for VoIP and parsec for game streaming

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Same :(

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They have exploring an IPO for like 4 years now.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

They've gotten very serious in the last month, sounds like it's finally happening

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Good to know

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I was going to say, it seems you're still using Discord with this and that's not a great thing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I only use it online for the occasional (like maybe twice a year) time some open-source or super custom project uses it like Not From Concentrate's SFF PC case community

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Wish I didn't have to see the forced loading weeb spinner on startup. Otherwise incredible client and offers many extra configuration options

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Equibop which is a fork of Vesktop opted for the troll face. Vesktop stopped working when I swapped desktop environments so I had to use Equibop.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Fyi it's Vencord's mascot "shiggy" or her real name kenomimi-chan