Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 05:54:16 -0500 From: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> To: FreeBSD FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: google hangout and/or skype Message-ID: <20151201055416.0ec1d9e8@seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <CAAdktEy%2BoG0=Do1VqJT3-xQuvP%2BbB7RkYaUWg85E=0-hZFsyQQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAAdktEy%2BoG0=Do1VqJT3-xQuvP%2BbB7RkYaUWg85E=0-hZFsyQQ@mail.gmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Tue, 1 Dec 2015 09:46:56 +0100, Giuseppe Pagnoni stated: > Hi all, > > I am running Freebsd 10.2 amd64 on a desktop, and I would need to use > either Skype or Google Hangout for work. By perusing the web and the > mail lists, it seems that neither Hangout nor Skype work anymore on > FreeBSD. So, I installed Windows 7 in VirtualBox to get around this, > only to find out that in VirtualBox *USB* doesn't work on FreeBSD > hosts (and I have a USB webcam, which works in FreeBSD, as tested via > pwcview). > > Does anybody know of a solution short of dual-booting to Windows? I am > pretty positive that asking all colleagues to install uTox, ekiga, > etc. on their various systems is not going to be a successful > strategy. > > Thanks in advance for any suggestion > > giuseppe The only method I have seen to guarantee complete compatibility with those applications is to dual boot with Windows. Why use Win 7 though? You can update for free to Win 10. Win 10 and the latest versions of Skype and Hangout work flawlessly on my machine. -- Jerry
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20151201055416.0ec1d9e8>