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From: Randy Westlund <rwestlun@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Jitsi or Other Skype Alternative
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 14:42:21
Message-Id: 20130822144211.GB2446@artifex
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Jitsi or Other Skype Alternative by Jean-Christophe Bach
1 On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 08:59:07AM +0200, Jean-Christophe Bach wrote:
2 > Well, it depends on what you call a replacement: Jitsi and Ekiga can do
3 > the work as well as Skype, but not with the Skype protocol and
4 > "network". But if your contacts do not care about it, it's ok.
5 > I tried Jitsi last year after the FOSDEM, but it was too much buggy. I
6 > tried again this year (after the FOSDEM again), and I think it si now
7 > usable.
8 > You can also try Ekiga which is also usable on other OS.
9 >
10 > With both of these pieces of software, the main problem when moving from
11 > Skype is to change your buddies' habits :\
12 >
13 > Regards,
14 >
15 > JC
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18 Thanks everyone for the explanation of why jitsi isn't in the tree. That makes sense now.
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20 I'm going to try ekiga and linphone. I guess there aren't a lot of options right now.
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22 Randy