Alternative to Skype? HELP PLEASE!

Can anyone recommend a replacement for Skype for making international calls to a phone line, over the internet? (That service is closing down May 1.)

I use Skype to call the UK to help look after my father-in-law, including sorting problems out with the bank account. Yesterday I was on for 1 hour (and then was cut off), most of that on hold with the bank. I will have to do the same tomorrow. For now I can use Skype at reasonable rates. If I had used my cellphone, it would have cost me $75 plus tax. Using my landline would be even more. This would be the case even using a 0800 number. I can't afford this but basically I will have no option unless I can find another service. The bank will not speak to a third party so I can't ask anyone in the UK to call for me.

Has anyone used Google voice calling international numbers (from Canada)?

Is there some other service? As if there wasn't enough stress in our lives...

#fediHelp #help #skype

!Friendica Support

First of all, sorry for my English, I use a translator.

I am using Friendica version 2024.12, database version is 1576/1576 and the post update version is 1550/1550.

I have changed my storage in Friendica from “Database” to “Filesystem”.

I have selected /var/friendica_storage as the path -> drwxr-xr-x 258 www-data www-data 4096 2 Mar 15:49 /var/friendica_storage

This setting was also applied:

sudo -u www-data bin/console storage list:
Sel | Name
-----------------------
* | Filesystem
| Database

Then I execute the following:

sudo -u www-data bin/console storage move
[2025-03-02 14:49:46] Moved 5000 files
[2025-03-02 14:49:50] Moved 5000 files
[2025-03-02 14:49:55] Moved 5000 files
[2025-03-02 14:49:59] Moved 5000 files
[2025-03-02 14:50:04] Moved 5000 files
[2025-03-02 14:50:08] Moved 5000 files
[2025-03-02 14:50:13] Moved 5000 files
[2025-03-02 14:50:18] Moved 5000 files
[2025-03-02 14:50:22] Moved 5000 files
[2025-03-02 14:50:27] Moved 5000 files
[2025-03-02 14:50:33] Moved 5000 files
[2025-03-02 14:50:38] Moved 5000 files
[2025-03-02 14:50:43] Moved 5000 files
[2025-03-02 14:50:49] Moved 5000 files
[2025-03-02 14:50:54] Moved 5000 files
[2025-03-02 14:50:59] Moved 5000 files
[2025-03-02 14:51:04] Moved 5000 files
[2025-03-02 14:51:10] Moved 5000 files
[2025-03-02 14:51:16] Moved 5000 files
[2025-03-02 14:51:22] Moved 5000 files
[2025-03-02 14:51:27] Moved 5000 files
[2025-03-02 14:51:32] Moved 5000 files
[2025-03-02 14:51:37] Moved 5000 files
[2025-03-02 14:51:44] Moved 5000 files
[2025-03-02 14:51:49] Moved 5000 files
[2025-03-02 14:51:54] Moved 5000 files
[2025-03-02 14:52:00] Moved 5000 files
[2025-03-02 14:52:02] Moved 2180 files
[2025-03-02 14:52:03] Moved 137180 files total
[Error] Friendica\Console\Storage::doExecute(): Return value must be of type int, null returned

It ends with this error message. But the files are present in the /var/friendica_storage folder.

The query in MariaDB shows that the images are still stored in the database:

MariaDB [xxxxxxxxxxxx]> SELECT COUNT(*) FROM photo WHERE data IS NOT NULL;
+----------+
| COUNT(*) |
+----------+
| 137228 |
+----------+
1 row in set (0,419 sec)

MariaDB [xxxxxxxxxxxx]> SELECT COUNT(*) FROM photo WHERE data IS NOT NULL;
+----------+
| COUNT(*) |
+----------+
| 137246 |
+----------+
1 row in set (0,39 sec)

But probably also in /var/friendica_storage, because this is getting bigger.

So the images are now saved simultaneously in the database AND in the /var/friendica_storage folder, including new images!

I have now tried this process twice and both times the error occurred. I restored my database backup.

What have I done wrong, what can I improve or change?

#Friendica, #Help

Muj kolega z Unreleased rozjel iniciativu na obnovu LA a podporu zachanych slozek. S podporou mistnich umelcu chce vytvorit playlist nevydanych pisnicek a nabidnout je pres nase PWYW na charitu. Zaroven posbirat lidi, kteri chteji pomoct a propojit je s potrebnymi na odstranovani nasledku pozaru.

Ono se to nezda, ale ted pracujeme na kampani pro zpevacku, ktere dnes pres noc shorel v LA dum 😢

Moznost prispet na konkretni pomoc jiz brzy.

unreleased.art/allwegot

#music #help #la

California Fire Relief

We are looking to be a hub of organized effort as we help rebuild the communities we love. We want to help as many individuals from our City as we can. Just add your phone number to this list, and we will deploy opportunities to help.

^{unreleased.art}

Hello !Friendica Support anyone here who knows the docker setup for #Friendica well? I would like to migrate my installation to a docker based one.
I wonder if anyone besides @Philipp Holzer is familiar with the docker setup and knows docker better than me.

I am not a newbie to docker, but first questions that came up when I looked at friendica/docker where if I can still use the same config file I do use now, so not to uses these Environment Variables given under Friendica Settings?
Also need to figure out how to load the database I got (a dump) into this docker mysql, I guess that should be fairly easy with a pipe.

But it is all this little things that I am not sure about and that would take me ages to figure out without know what actually to search for.

#Friendica #Docker #Help

!Friendica Support

Hello, I must ask again: I don't receive reshares from a certain Diaspora pod and I also can't find the posts with my instance's search. For example this one: pod.mttv.it/posts/625cd090bc3d…

The search for that URL gives me "No results". Can someone #help ? I'm clueless

Saint Margaret [with baby dragon] Part of an altarpiece, 1435-1445 ...

Saint Margaret [with baby dragon] Part of an altarpiece, 1435-1445 Via: https://www.instagram.com/p/C3n20luO-W5/

^{diaspora* social network}

[бг] След поне 10 години усилия на много хора, #Thunderbird вече е 100% преведен и локализиран на български.

Тъй като в превеждан от доста хора, елементите имат нужда от изглаждане.

Включете се в тази акция за да ни помогнете да го направим разбираем за употреба. Към момента българската версия се използва от повече от 20 000 устройства.

opensource-bulgaria.org/%d0%bf…

#L10n #help #opensource

Does anyone here have Linux? Specifically maybe Ubuntu?

If so, could you install the Playtest of my game Rocket (Not the Demo, just the Playtest), and see if it works in your Linux?

Really appreciate the help, thanks!
store.steampowered.com/app/238…
#indiedev #gamedev #linux #help #steam

Rocket! on Steam

Rocket is a Bullet Hell, High Stakes Arcade Shooter & Score Chaser. Use your skills to survive the onslaught of asteroids, enemies, black holes and the chaos of rockets and bombs everywhere. Upgrade your ship over time and enjoy the challenge.

^{store.steampowered.com}

Our new guide introduces you to all the elements of Thunderbird's main window, in its Classic layout AND the new Supernova layout.

Let's get you familiar with the terminology, and help you navigate Thunderbird like a pro!

blog.thunderbird.net/2023/07/g…

#Thunderbird #Help #Supernova #Guide #FOSS

Getting Started With The Main Window Of Thunderbird 115

Learn about Thunderbird's main window (in Classic layout and new "Vertical Cards" view) and start navigating Thunderbird like a pro!

^{Roland Tanglao (The Thunderbird Blog)}

Help my homie out with living expense. Ze is a Black trans person who has a lot of wisdom about life in general and has personally helped me realized social dynamics that I never saw before. Please share and/or donate.

Cashapp -$amyleeisqueen.
Venmo - @ARRushet.
Paypal: princessvoidelorean.

#mutualaid #help #trans #transcrowdfund #survival #juneteenth

Huh, I can just upload music here. Music fans of Mastodon, I've been trying to find the name of this song and who sings it for the last 10-plus years. I found it on a burned CD randomly in High School, and that is all I got.

It would be of great help if you could boost this to try and get it to as many people as possible to hear this song. I'm sure someone out there knows who sings this.

#music #mastodon #help

LYRICS (To the best of my abilities)

Why is there war

This is the Reason

Human diseases plague upon ourselves

the more we survived, the more we lay waste

bring up the weak and tell them to fly

Follow my children. You are the saviours

Or just a number that dies in the storm

supposedly special, yet there is nothing

You cannot be done by some younger face

And who are our idols?

What do they teach?

Reflection upon us

We hate ourselves

Reality is lost

Higher than God

But you are our god, so who is the answer

Question your beliefs

You've been buried in oblivion

Live for today

Consequences tomorrow

Bloody for attention

Soil the floor

Not looking for the answer, just looking to ignore

How bleak is your weakness

[Can't understand the next few lines]

True power is money

Capitalist coin

Now we're back to the reason.

This question isn't solved.

So I drink to your health.

I smoke to your memories.

I shoot for the stars.

I dream of being heard

I entered your lies time and time again.

[Can't understand the rest]

Soeben habe ich 20.- CHF sinnvoll ausgegeben; #thunderbird von #mozilla ist auf unsere #Spende angewiesen. Vielleicht kannst ja auch Du mithelfen, dass dieses sinnvolle Projekt in Zukunft weiter existiert:

give.thunderbird.net

#Hilfe #opensource #email

Just now I spent 20.- CHF wisely; thunderbird by mozilla depends on our #donation. Maybe you can #help to keep this useful project going in the future?

Give to Thunderbird | Give to Thunderbird

I gave to @mozthunderbird today to #freetheinbox. Join me to support communication privacy.

^{Give to Thunderbird}

::: CPU-X needs new contributors and -or a maintainer!

CPU-X is a CPU-Z equivalent from Windows realm.

The developer: "I lost interest in developing this software, and I do not plan to make major changes in the future.

It bores me to develop new features, and I do not want to keep doing it anymore.

I work on my free time, but I have changed during these years and I want to do something else now."

Are you a software developer and interested in helping / contacting the current lead of the project for future plans?

=> github.com/TheTumultuousUnicor…

#CPUX #CPUZ #developers #help #motherboard #CPU #info #maintainer #OpenSource #contribute

future of project · TheTumultuousUnicornOfDarkness/CPU-X Wiki

CPU-X is a Free software that gathers information on CPU, motherboard and more - future of project · TheTumultuousUnicornOfDarkness/CPU-X Wiki

^GitHub

Anyone know how long it takes for Mastodon instances to update their profile pic caches for followed accounts?

I’m still seeing the initial one for our Owncast account. No idea how to manually force a refresh either.

CC @Gargron

#mastodon #fediverse #help