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? >> - 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? >> 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. Regards, - Robert --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
