From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 22 18:04:32 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF3CB106566C for ; Sun, 22 May 2011 18:04:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from merlyn@stonehenge.com) Received: from mail.mroute.net (lax-gw08.mailroute.net [199.89.0.108]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9863C8FC0C for ; Sun, 22 May 2011 18:04:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lax-gw08.mroute.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEC86299E3F; Sun, 22 May 2011 17:44:51 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: by MailRoute Received: from red.stonehenge.com (red.stonehenge.com [208.79.95.2]) by lax-gw08.mroute.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB772299D8C; Sun, 22 May 2011 17:44:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: by red.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id DBAA52001; Sun, 22 May 2011 10:44:50 -0700 (PDT) From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) To: Matthias Apitz References: <20110522171033.GA8442@tinyCurrent> x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.18.7.1; tzolkin = 10 Imix; haab = 9 Zip Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 10:44:50 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20110522171033.GA8442@tinyCurrent> (Matthias Apitz's message of "Sun, 22 May 2011 19:10:33 +0200") Message-ID: <86hb8m8wa5.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ekiga && FreeBSD (for a future without Skype) X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 18:04:32 -0000 >>>>> "Matthias" == Matthias Apitz writes: Matthias> Now, as M$ bought Skype, we should stop wining for a native Matthias> Skype client for FreeBSD and should prepare us for the time Matthias> when M$ will "integrate" Skype into its desktop and stop Matthias> deliver binaries for Linux; Consider Jitsi, which is written in Java, and supports all modern SIP and XMPP and IM (and soon full Gtalk) protocols, with a built in broad list of audio and video codecs. With the proper use of the free (or paid) PSTN-to-SIP bridges, it can nearly completely replace Skype, at least for point-to-point audio/video. (No SILK though... there's nothing that comes close, sadly.) I interviewed the lead developer for FLOSS Weekly a few weeks back... sounds quite promising. http://twit.tv/floss162 -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion