Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 23:12:13 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> To: Robert Simmons <rsimmons0@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Skype 4.0 Message-ID: <CAN6yY1u3Dv2%2Bc8iKe0DPV82NCyJ%2Ba9dEpfONAadn0hOu7-8deQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BQLa9Dq6q=880Gtc2fsZD3DJ-e=7Td3tHnPsWk=PfKLkszZPw@mail.gmail.com> References: <20120615130839.2bbb9d51@scorpio> <CA%2BQLa9CrNGzp-7zgPmVgs=mGmaNdJ%2BBFiQ3AUTvv%2B2v1X=MGLQ@mail.gmail.com> <4FDBA4E7.40209@gmail.com> <CA%2BQLa9CGJt4E8GbJrQXZGQ4aPRxZ8kCtDao9jSJ%2BJs6wqL3uVQ@mail.gmail.com> <4FDBE878.5010008@bluerosetech.com> <CA%2BQLa9Dq6q=880Gtc2fsZD3DJ-e=7Td3tHnPsWk=PfKLkszZPw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Robert Simmons <rsimmons0@gmail.com> wrote= : > On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Darren Pilgrim > <list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com> wrote: >> On 2012-06-15 14:25, Robert Simmons wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Rich Neese<r.neese@gmail.com> =C2=A0wr= ote: >>>> >>>> I just wish skype would get off their buts and make a bsd version. tim= e >>>> to break code and make a opensource version >>> >>> >>> That's not the answer. =C2=A0Really, everyone needs to move away from S= kype >>> altogether. =C2=A0Use Blink. =C2=A0It is a superior client and it uses = SIP >>> rather than Skype's network. =C2=A0Making a FreeBSD port of it has been= on >>> my list of things to do for quite a while, I just haven't had the >>> time. >> >> >> Skype supports video calls. =C2=A0According to AG Projects' website, Bli= nk is a >> VoIP app with IM features added, no video. =C2=A0Is this not the case? > > I dislike video, so I have never even looked for that feature, but now > that I'm looking, no it doesn't support video. =C2=A0I was curious, so I > googled alternatives to Blink and I ran across Linphone. =C2=A0Has anyone > used this? =C2=A0It exists in the FreeBSD ports collection, but is a few > versions behind the current stable version from the project's website. You might look at ekiga. It is in ports and a standard part of Gnome. It does sip and also claims to support H.323 conferencing, but I have not had much success making it work with our H.323 system. I will admit that I have not tried in a while, though. --=20 R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: kob6558@gmail.com
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