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[QUOTE=Demache;45997672]Not having to run your server I guess.[/QUOTE] even then, i run a teamspeak server on a old ass pc with a 1.6ghz cpu, it hardly ever goes above 10% usage with like 8 people on it

Skype for Linux never gets any UI updates, as far as I know it's been the same for the past few years. [t]http://i.zdnet.com/blogs/skype-4-on-linux.png[/t] I'm quite happy with how simplistic and functional it is. (Notice the lack of any adverts too).

Skype is shit to me, ive switched to razer comms because I was tired of the ads and it being a resource hog for no reason. Also kept resetting my friend's settings if they were playing games, putting them at max volume for no fucking reason at all. [editline]17th September 2014[/editline] Also they allow some adds that spread adware or trojans to your system for just having it up. Gotten assloads of warnings from skype with MSE and malawarebytes.

[QUOTE=AJ10017;46006455]even then, i run a teamspeak server on a old ass pc with a 1.6ghz cpu, it hardly ever goes above 10% usage with like 8 people on it[/QUOTE] But that's the thing, you have to set up a server. Some don't want to go to that trouble. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying its hard, but some people are really that lazy. [editline]17th September 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=codemaster85;46006593]Skype is shit to me, ive switched to razer comms because I was tired of the ads and it being a resource hog for no reason. Also kept resetting my friend's settings if they were playing games, putting them at max volume for no fucking reason at all. [editline]17th September 2014[/editline] Also they allow some adds that spread adware or trojans to your system for just having it up. Gotten assloads of warnings from skype with MSE and malawarebytes.[/QUOTE] Something I did was set [url]http://apps.skype.com[/url] as a Restricted Site in IE. Taadaa, no more ads.

the only thing that looks like an ad on my skype is this stupid thing at the top of my chats [img]http://i.imgur.com/s0BPowN.png[/img] how hard is it to uncheck a box [t]http://i.imgur.com/BDcExy1.png[/t]

[QUOTE=Mors Quaedam;46006546]Skype for Linux never gets any UI updates, as far as I know it's been the same for the past few years. [t]http://i.zdnet.com/blogs/skype-4-on-linux.png[/t] I'm quite happy with how simplistic and functional it is. (Notice the lack of any adverts too).[/QUOTE] Honestly, I wouldn't mind if this were an option in Windows. I mean, look at this: [img]http://i.imgur.com/X2OK8E6.png[/img] I wish I could have Skype lite.

[QUOTE=Foxtrot200;46008825]Honestly, I wouldn't mind if this were an option in Windows. I mean, look at this: [img]http://i.imgur.com/X2OK8E6.png[/img] I wish I could have Skype lite.[/QUOTE] Is that such a big deal? Mine's using way more and I'd never even notice, that number's in KB so that's like ~77MB of ram

[QUOTE=dai;46006788]the only thing that looks like an ad on my skype is this stupid thing at the top of my chats [img]http://i.imgur.com/s0BPowN.png[/img] how hard is it to uncheck a box [t]http://i.imgur.com/BDcExy1.png[/t][/QUOTE] that stupid thing is still an annoying untargeted ad [t]http://i.imgur.com/pej7Coe.png[/t]

[QUOTE=Elspin;46008876]Is that such a big deal? Mine's using way more and I'd never even notice, that number's in KB so that's like ~77MB of ram[/QUOTE] It's usually more, but does it need 77 MB of RAM if all it does is VoIP? [editline]also[/editline] It used to be a bigger issue before I bought more RAM. I'd have to kill Chrome and Skype before playing anything.

[QUOTE=Foxtrot200;46008967]It's usually more, but does it need 77 MB of RAM if all it does is VoIP? [editline]also[/editline] It used to be a bigger issue before I bought more RAM. I'd have to kill Chrome and Skype before playing anything.[/QUOTE] That's just the thing. You really don't notice 100 mb missing unless your pressed for ram. You really have to try to use up 8+ GB.

[QUOTE=Demache;46009408]That's just the thing. You really don't notice 100 mb missing unless your pressed for ram. You really have to try to use up 8+ GB.[/QUOTE] I have Visual Studios, the Unreal Engine 4 toolkit, Skype, Steam, about 12 tabs of Chrome and a shit tonne of other stuff open and I'm using less than half of my memory (12GB on my laptop)

[QUOTE=Elspin;46009521]I have Visual Studios, the Unreal Engine 4 toolkit, Skype, Steam, about 12 tabs of Chrome and a shit tonne of other stuff open and I'm using less than half of my memory (12GB on my laptop)[/QUOTE] Yeah the only time I have legitimate memory issues are when I'm running several VMs. Otherwise, I'm hovering around 2-3 GB used out of 8, and that's probably mostly prefetch. When I was running 512 MB system I had to micromanage, but I sort of let my system do its own thing as far as RAM is concerned.