Previously, at 10:39 pm +0100 12/18/08, Brian Durant wrote:
>Is Skype the way to go? I would have preferred the new GTalk video option, but
>Google doesn't offer this for the PPC architecture. Is that because G3s to G5s 
>can't
>handle the video output well? Has anyone on the list tried video chatting or 
>doing
>online video interviews for podcasts before - with a G5? Is the video quality 
>OK?
>
>Anyone try this with Linux on a G5? My G5 is dual boot OS X 10.5.6 and Ubuntu 
>8.04,
>so I could in principle try this on the Linux side, particularly since it 
>seems to
>be snappier than OS X Leopard.


We use SKYPE between our Intel iMac and an Intell PowerBook very well, but it 
seems
to miss some features.
 It does have a much better (skip-less) transmission.  Do wish we could have
three-way video, though.

 P.
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