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On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 08:59:07AM +0200, Jean-Christophe Bach wrote: |
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> Well, it depends on what you call a replacement: Jitsi and Ekiga can do |
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> the work as well as Skype, but not with the Skype protocol and |
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> "network". But if your contacts do not care about it, it's ok. |
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> I tried Jitsi last year after the FOSDEM, but it was too much buggy. I |
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> tried again this year (after the FOSDEM again), and I think it si now |
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> usable. |
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> You can also try Ekiga which is also usable on other OS. |
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> With both of these pieces of software, the main problem when moving from |
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> Skype is to change your buddies' habits :\ |
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> Regards, |
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> JC |
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Thanks everyone for the explanation of why jitsi isn't in the tree. That makes sense now. |
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I'm going to try ekiga and linphone. I guess there aren't a lot of options right now. |
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Randy |