On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 08:59:07AM +0200, Jean-Christophe Bach wrote: > Well, it depends on what you call a replacement: Jitsi and Ekiga can do > the work as well as Skype, but not with the Skype protocol and > "network". But if your contacts do not care about it, it's ok. > I tried Jitsi last year after the FOSDEM, but it was too much buggy. I > tried again this year (after the FOSDEM again), and I think it si now > usable. > You can also try Ekiga which is also usable on other OS. > > With both of these pieces of software, the main problem when moving from > Skype is to change your buddies' habits :\ > > Regards, > > JC
Thanks everyone for the explanation of why jitsi isn't in the tree. That makes sense now. I'm going to try ekiga and linphone. I guess there aren't a lot of options right now. Randy