Re: Ekiga FreeBSD (for a future without Skype)

2011-05-25 Thread Mario Lobo
On Sunday 22 May 2011 14:10:33 Matthias Apitz wrote: Hello, Now, as M$ bought Skype, we should stop wining for a native Skype client for FreeBSD and should prepare us for the time when M$ will integrate Skype into its desktop and stop deliver binaries for Linux; Behold! The corpse is

baresip (was Re: Ekiga FreeBSD (for a future without Skype)

2011-05-23 Thread Luigi Rizzo
On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 07:10:33PM +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote: Hello, Now, as M$ bought Skype, we should stop wining for a native Skype client for FreeBSD and should prepare us for the time when M$ will integrate Skype into its desktop and stop deliver binaries for Linux; I have spent

Re: Ekiga FreeBSD (for a future without Skype)

2011-05-23 Thread Gour-Gadadhara Dasa
On Mon, 23 May 2011 06:39:42 +0100 Frank Shute fr...@shute.org.uk wrote: Gour, the Skype port(s) were updated[*] not so long ago. Maybe worth giving it a try again. You're right...I tried to build it, but update of OS was required. In the meantime, I rebuilt my world, but forgot about Skype.

Re: baresip (was Re: Ekiga FreeBSD (for a future without Skype)

2011-05-23 Thread Luigi Rizzo
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 08:46:14AM +0200, Luigi Rizzo wrote: ... For people interested in audio/video telephony, I'd also suggest baresip, which you can find at http://www.creytiv.com/pub/ version 0.2.0 works almost with no effort on FreeBSD, does not need a ton of libraries, and

Re: Ekiga FreeBSD (for a future without Skype)

2011-05-23 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
ajtiM == ajtiM lum...@gmail.com writes: ajtiM What about Blink: ajtiM http://icanblink.com/ Blink doesn't have as many IM links and video support as Jitsi does. ajtiM IMO Ekiga is not good replacemnet for Skype. I comunicate with many Windows ajtiM users and Skype is the best choice if you

Re: Ekiga FreeBSD (for a future without Skype)

2011-05-22 Thread Ivan Klymenko
В Sun, 22 May 2011 19:10:33 +0200 Matthias Apitz g...@unixarea.de пишет: Hello, Now, as M$ bought Skype, we should stop wining for a native Skype client for FreeBSD and should prepare us for the time when M$ will integrate Skype into its desktop and stop deliver binaries for Linux; I

Re: Ekiga FreeBSD (for a future without Skype)

2011-05-22 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
Matthias == Matthias Apitz g...@unixarea.de writes: Matthias Now, as M$ bought Skype, we should stop wining for a native Matthias Skype client for FreeBSD and should prepare us for the time Matthias when M$ will integrate Skype into its desktop and stop Matthias deliver binaries for Linux;

Re: Ekiga FreeBSD (for a future without Skype)

2011-05-22 Thread Ivan Klymenko
В Sun, 22 May 2011 10:44:50 -0700 mer...@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) пишет: Matthias == Matthias Apitz g...@unixarea.de writes: Matthias Now, as M$ bought Skype, we should stop wining for a native Matthias Skype client for FreeBSD and should prepare us for the time Matthias when M$

Re: Ekiga FreeBSD (for a future without Skype)

2011-05-22 Thread Jerry
On Sun, 22 May 2011 19:10:33 +0200 Matthias Apitz g...@unixarea.de articulated: Now, as M$ bought Skype, we should stop wining for a native Skype client for FreeBSD and should prepare us for the time when M$ will integrate Skype into its desktop and stop deliver binaries for Linux; Honestly,

Re: Ekiga FreeBSD (for a future without Skype)

2011-05-22 Thread ajtiM
On Sunday 22 May 2011 12:44:50 Randal L. Schwartz wrote: paid) PSTN-to-SIP bridges, it can nearly completely replace Skype, at least for point-to-point audio/video. (No SILK though... there's nothing that comes close, sadly.) What about Blink: http://icanblink.com/ IMO Ekiga is not good

Re: Ekiga FreeBSD (for a future without Skype)

2011-05-22 Thread Robert Simmons
Also, unless my friends all change from Skype or Skype becomes intolerable with SIP, I'm stuck with Skype. Also, we should wait and see what ms does with Skype before we condemn them. On May 22, 2011 7:20 PM, ajtiM lum...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday 22 May 2011 12:44:50 Randal L. Schwartz wrote:

Re: Ekiga FreeBSD (for a future without Skype)

2011-05-22 Thread Gour-Gadadhara Dasa
On Sun, 22 May 2011 19:36:46 -0400 Robert Simmons rsimmo...@gmail.com wrote: Also, unless my friends all change from Skype or Skype becomes intolerable with SIP, I'm stuck with Skype. You use Skype -- SIP gateway? I use SIP even with my 'landline' phone, but still have the need to talk to

Re: Ekiga FreeBSD (for a future without Skype)

2011-05-22 Thread Frank Shute
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 07:10:06AM +0200, Gour-Gadadhara Dasa wrote: On Sun, 22 May 2011 19:36:46 -0400 Robert Simmons rsimmo...@gmail.com wrote: Also, unless my friends all change from Skype or Skype becomes intolerable with SIP, I'm stuck with Skype. You use Skype -- SIP gateway?