Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3139 mails)

[Alexa Pongracz <blkbird@xxxxxxxxx>]

Skype is included with Mandriva, the newest version

On Wed, 2006-10-25 at 09:21 -0700, Robert Lewis wrote:
> JB wrote:
> > On Tuesday 24 October 2006 14:35, Doug McGarrett wrote: 
> >
> >   
> >> From reading the list, I thought that SKYPE was supported
> >> in Linux.  I've just been to their download site, and it only
> >> seems to support Mac and Windows.  Comments or help
> >> welcome.  (My Windows machine just broke--it's electrical,
> >> not MS--hard drive not found.)
> >>     
> >
> >   Why not use open-source and go with Ekiga (formerly GnomeMeeting)? Packman 
> > has the 
> > rpm's I believe and the mailing list is always pretty busy and helpful.
> >
> > <www.ekiga.org>
> >
> >   
> Ekiga is very good. I used it for quite a long time.
> 
> However, Skype has clients for Windows, Mac and Linux that all talk to
> each other very
> nicely.   For me using a telephone application I need to be able to use
> something that
> talks to all the major OS's.  In addition Skype is offering free calling
> to land lines within
> the U.S. and Canada until the end of the year.   It also has a much
> bigger market share
> than Ekiga.  Skype also has answering machine service  and the ability
> to send a voice
> mail to another user amongst many other features.   I don't like closed
> source software
> but in this case...
>