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On 12/13/07, Thierry Thomas <thierry@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
>
> Skype is a closed proprietary project, and they don't release binaries
> for FreeBSD: the Linux emulation is necessary (it may work, or not... I
> don't trust this soft and never tried it!).
>
> On the contrary, Wengo is an open source project (OpenWengo), and it
> might be possible to port it on FreeBSD. It could be difficult, if they
> only use ALSA or things like that, but feasible, perhaps with some help
> from the authors...
>
>
Though, I don't like Skype too, many of my partners and customers use it.
Yes, Skype works in FreeBSD via Linuxulator (installed from ports as
usually). I have no problems with it.