Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:35:13 -0400 From: Robert Simmons <rsimmons0@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Skype 4.0 Message-ID: <CA%2BQLa9A5WQ6xxyZkUFKNQyq8ZD7fv2%2BWYyWmrgYHqLQ3Sz6nhQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4FDBB1F1.7080601@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> <4FDBB1F1.7080601@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 6:06 PM, <animelovin@gmail.com> wrote: > On 06/15/2012 05:25 PM, Robert Simmons wrote: >> >> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Rich Neese<r.neese@gmail.com> =A0wrote: >>> >>> I just wish skype would get off their buts and make a bsd version. time >>> to break code and make a opensource version >> >> >> That's not the answer. =A0Really, everyone needs to move away from Skype >> altogether. =A0Use Blink. =A0It is a superior client and it uses SIP >> rather than Skype's network. =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. >> >> If you want to check it out you can find it here: >> http://devel.ag-projects.com/repositories/blink-qt/ >> >> It is written in Python, and it is GPL. =A0There is a MacOS binary and a >> Windows binary download of it on their website. >> http://icanblink.com/index.phtml > > __________ > > Thanks for the intelligent answer, I could have not said anything better. > > Will look into SIP/Blink for a more secure alternative than skype... :-) Thanks! One more thing to note, since using SIP/Blink introduces the old problem of being the only person on Earth with a fax machine. Getting your linuxy friends to convert to FreeBSD may be impossible, but getting them to add Blink's repositories to their apt config is trivial since Blink runs their own Ubuntu PPA: http://www.ag-projects.com/projects-products-96/683-software-repositories
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