Ring - secure and distributed voice, video and chat platform
 

I saw this talk at DebConf16:
https://debconf16.debconf.org/talks/139/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOHeSxKCiN4

From https://ring.cx/ :
Ring was recently accepted into Debian testing:
https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ring

Re: Ring - secure and distributed voice, video and chat platform
 

hmmmmmm....... another one.
Is there any one that works on ALL platforms and have outgoing calls to ANY phone?

EDIT: and most importantly, the one that allows me to create account and add only the people I want and not the whole phonebook.

Re: Ring - secure and distributed voice, video and chat platform
 

Is ring efficient for multi peer sessions ?

Re: Ring - secure and distributed voice, video and chat platform
 

You can't use one account for multiple devices, so this will be added to the ever growing pile of good concepts nobody will ever use due to the developers' disconnect with real life. What were they thinking? 'Hey, please add me on Ring, and add me again for the Ring on my tablet and again for the Ring on my phone and again for the Ring on my other computer and don't forget to add all of my Rings on all of your Rings as well.'

Re: Ring - secure and distributed voice, video and chat platform
 

Its been a while since FOSDEM when I went to their talk about it, but the "easy to use" interface seemed anything but... filled with hidden options that arent at all apparent, like dragging one contact on top of another one to initiate a group call.

But honestly, its about time that Video Conferencing became something like e-mail rather than many individual apps that more or less do the same thing but not in an interoperable way.

I meant video call with several persons ... That's where google hanghout is good at.

Re: Ring - secure and distributed voice, video and chat platform
 

I installed (earlier version) two months ago (may 10) on :
-w8.1 SoC Tablet Lenoyo Yoga 2-851f
- w8.1 (ultrabook lenovo u430 touch)
-Linux mint 17.2 xfce (Dual core Intel CPU U4100 1.3 Ghz, without camera)

the procedure i used to install on linux system as it was on
https://ring.cx/en/download/gnu-linux

Tested using a different name id for each machine.
Chat options work with all three.
Audio work in all three, but I didn't test conference mode (more than two connected to talk using audio)
Video worked between w8.1 machines. The linux machine has no webcam.


-it seemed to me an interesting option. All your data is kept in your device.
-You can put text messages to be seen when the receiver gets online.


To chat is good. How to send audio or photos or videos I couldn't I didn't know.


I uninstalled on all systems windows and linux.

After uninstall on windows, it still info on registry
Firewall rules
and stuff like that...

Also the data of chat conversations it remains after uninstall on
c:\users\youuser\AppData\local\Savoir-faire-Linux
c:\users\youuser\AppData\local\Savoir-faire-Linux\Ring
c:\users\youuser\AppData\local\Savoir-faire-Linux\Ring\peer_profiles
c:\users\youuser\AppData\local\Savoir-faire-Linux\Ring\profiles
c:\users\youuser\AppData\local\Savoir-faire-Linux\Ring\text

the peer_profiles and profiles folders contains vcard file(s)
the text folder has JSON files containing
I think I'll test the new version.

Re: Ring - secure and distributed voice, video and chat platform
 

.....and what about this one?

Re: Ring - secure and distributed voice, video and chat platform
 

Ring dev here.

Ring allows for conference calls, it uses SIP underneath.

We don't yet support out-of-call group chats, but that will be possible in the future.

Re: Ring - secure and distributed voice, video and chat platform
 

Ring Dev here.

Multi-device is coming soon. We will even bring usernames, so you can call "aviau" and it will ring on all of my devices.

Usernames will work with a decentralized blockchain-based registrar.

Multi-devices will require you to "authorize" your new device on any of your existing devices.