On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 7:41 PM, John Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Jitsi is the only one that's worked reliably for me for doing video > calls, especially when the person on the other end is not using > GNU/Linux. I use it through my own Asterisk server. > Pity Java sucks so badly on my machine... I don't see myself trying Jitsi again, but it's reassuring to hear so many success stories :) > > However, Jitsi has a serious problem which is that it only uses a > patented codec -- doesn't support Ogg Theora for example. I also have > some other issues with it -- local video display never works for me, for > example. But my webcam is also a bit flaky so that might not be the > software's fault. > Also I'm not sure why it's LGPL rather than GPL... > > Ekiga should in theory work for video calls, and use Ogg Theora, and I > have had some luck with it when talking to another GNU/Linux user. But > cross-platform attempts have failed. > > For just audio calls, at the FSF we tend to use Twinkle. > Thanks for the info. Where do you guys tend to get your SIP/XMPP addresses from? Put the answer on the Wiki actually. > > GNU Telephony is promising, and people can support it at > https://my.fsf.org/donate/working-together/telephony/. > What exactly is the aim there? Apart from donating how can we support? What's the timeline for success? > > For all the ideas in this thread, I started a placeholder at > http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Skype_Replacement -- I hope people can > help populate that and organize the way forward. We have those wiki > pages for other High Priority Projects (you can see them in the > category), not sure why we didn't have a Skype one yet. An assessment of > the existing options would be a great start for the page. > Thanks a lot John for starting this page! I hope it becomes a rich resource. I have started filling in more details already. Join me, all :) > > -john > > -- > John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation > GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://identi.ca/johnsu01 | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS > > Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF and support freedom at > <http://www.fsf.org/register_form?referrer=8096>. > >
