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I've been hearing some good things about Gizmo, for one, that it's more |
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Linux-friendly. Haven't tried it myself yet. |
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Anybody have anything to say about gizmo? |
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On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Ralph Slooten wrote: |
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> Jason Weisberger wrote: |
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>> Apparently Skype has been working furiously on a newer version where |
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>> alsa support and the like will be built in, but I'm waiting to see that one. |
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> Just to give a little inside heads-up ~ |
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> Firstly I would not call it "furiously" ... it's more like "when they |
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> have time". Yes it's true that alsa-support is being developed, and the |
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> current "beta-beta" builds (not available to the public) use alsa, but |
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> since they released their first alsa-supporting version until the |
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> present it has _never_ worked on either of my gentoo machines. I do beta |
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> testing for Skype btw. Some users on other distros (like redhat) report |
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> success, but I still have to find a gentoo-user who has. The idea of |
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> alsa is great, but the fact that it's all pre-compiled delivers the |
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> issue of compatibility problems with the different alsa versions. |
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> So don't hold your breath ;-) I think the current public release of |
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> Skype will be around for quite a long time, until either: |
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> a) they get more personal to develop the Linux port |
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> b) they open up certain parts of the application (like it's alsa |
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> integration) for self-compiling (like vmware and it's modules) which |
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> imho would solve some compatibility issues. |
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> They also have to eventually rebuild the whole Skype application too it |
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> seems, as it has many design flaws apparently. I'm not saying security |
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> flaws though, just limitations due to it's design. |
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> That being said though, I still think Skype is great. I use it quite a |
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> bit from time to time with good friends and all the main features work |
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> pretty darn well, even with plain OSS-emulation (/dev/dsp). |
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> Greetings, |
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> Ralph |
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