On Sep 18, 2009, at 8:59 AM, Robert Citek wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 8:52 AM, Scott Granneman > <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sep 18, 2009, at 7:16 AM, Robert Citek wrote: >>> - the eeePC can't handle the load. Has worked fine in the past. >> >> Maybe. That would be my guess, since netbooks tend to be >> underpowered. > > Does Skype require a boat load of processing power?
Not a boatload, but more than other apps - I would assume. I could be wrong. But you have to agree - netbooks tend to be underpowered. Atom processors? >>> - my network is flaky. Other apps seem to be working fine at the >>> same >>> time the call is dropped (e.g. ssh). >> >> Remember, though, that those apps are connection-oriented, so they >> include error-correction, while VoIP apps are connectionless- >> oriented, >> so they do not. Packets will be dropped, & that is expected. > > So Skype should be able to handle a flaky network, right? Not super-flaky, no. I would think that it would make it much worse. At WebSanity, occasionally we've had to restart the router when Skype was really bad. >>> BTW, I've installed Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR) on a SD card and >>> run it >>> on the eeePC. Works well except that I have not been able to get >>> Skype to work. >> >> Is UNR the new item in the mix? Or have you had it with your >> netbook & >> Skype for a while? You can see where I'm going here. > > No. Sorry for the confusion. Should have been another thread. Skype > works under Xandros except for the dropped calls. Skype does not work > at all under UNR, yet. So I won't be running the UNR on the eeePC > until I can get Skype working. Ah. Sounds like UNR is the issue then. Scott -- R. Scott Granneman [email protected] ~ www.granneman.com Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications My new book: Google Apps Deciphered @ http://www.granneman.com/books "I have never seen the film, but by all accounts it was terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific." ---Michael Caine, explaining why he made Jaws: The Revenge --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
