Interesting - Im still evaluating other VOIP apps - Ekiga, Wengo, Gizmo and Kopete. Sofar Ekiga seems the best (installation, looks and quality). Skype is just still way better in finding a way out of our firewalled proxy. Skype is till tops with "users" because it just works (TM) (no choices, just install, register and talk).
We discussed Ekiga on the list a while back... about how to get it linked up with FreeCall. I like Ekiga because you can link it to any VOIP provider that provides you their SIP details - compared to Skype where you are at the mercy of their availability, their call rates, and their call quality. With SUSE, Ekiga almost "just works"... installing is easy if you pull it from the repositories. Adding in the VOIP provider is also quite easy.. but it's not automagic... you do need set up an account, but doing that is no more difficult than adding an account to Pidgin. It would be nice if Ekiga could connect into the Skype network so you could chat with other Skype users... but... not likely to happen with Skypes closed model. I don't use a proxy, but I do have a firewall, and part of the installation and setup for Ekiga is to find the "best way" out from your computer to the internet. It seems to do a good job of this ß at least on the Linux side. I tried to get it working in Windows, but had enough issues that we gave up on it. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
