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...