Re: So much for Skype.

[Steven Sciame <sasciame@yahoo.com>]

----- Original Message -----
> From: Mathieu Malaterre <mathieu.malaterre@gmail.com>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Cc: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 10:23 AM
> Subject: Re: So much for Skype.
> 
> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 5:17 PM, jeremy jozwik <jerjoz.forums@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>>  On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 7:58 AM, Curt Howland <Howland@priss.com> 
> wrote:
>>>  So Skype has been bought by Microsoft.
>>> 
>>>  I expect the Linux version of Skype to be abolished in short order. Oh
>>>  well, thus the fate of proprietary software. I'm sure St. Ignucious 
> is
>>>  shaking his head with the inevitability of it all.
>>> 
>>>  This aught to re-ignite the effort to develop the alternatives.
>>> 
>>>  And if it doesn't, that will say more than any success could.
>>> 
>>>  Curt-
>>> 
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>> 
>>  better download that latest linux version now.
>> 
>>  annoying, but it does work.
> 
> Moving on to google talk...
> 
> -- 
> Mathieu
> 


Have you been able to get google talk to work?  

http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=57985&hilit=ekiga

Also when trying to video chat using ekiga with someone with windows ekiga apparently there is a non-free codec for H263 needed.  Is there a way to configure the windows version of Ekiga to use the libre codec that the debian version uses? 

I figured this was a good place to ask this since we are talking about skype and video chat alternatives.  I am looking for a solution, preferably using libre software to video chat with all my friends still using proprietary OS's (Mac and Doze). 

-Steven