On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 12:18:53 +0800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Monday 20 March 2006 12:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:17 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > On Monday 20 March 2006 04:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 01:03:26PM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > I downloaded skype: > > > > <SNIP> > > > > > > My wife's twin is in the US, her father in the UK. Skype on > > > > SuSE32 is perfect. Sooo the bit that is hung out is the shiny > > > > new AMD64 :-(:-( > > > > I got stuck that way for a bit - getting all the family on Skype and > > then Skype seemed to get worse and worse. Anyway, gradually > > transferred everyone over to Gizmo - an easy change for Windows > > people and easy to connect to via Ekiga. Worth the effort to break > > away from closed source & Closed system. > > I've been looking at their site. There is talk of 'open' but where? > EG my brother runs SuSE9.3. No rpm for 9.3. How to build it?
I don't think I made myself clear. I wouldn't use the Gizmo client on Linux. The point is that since it is a standard SIP protocol you can use any standard SIP softphone. I use Ekiga, but I know that a lot of people like the Xten phone. The Gizmo client is for your relos that use Windows. (I know, there is a Gizmo client for Linux, but I don't like it much). Ekiga is nice because it can register to multiple services. I use Free World Dialup to ring toll free numbers, Gizmo to talk to relatives and to make cheap calls to the US, and a number of other providers for special purposes. You can sign up to a Gizmo account without using their software. > > James > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 428 148 071 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 FWD: 615662 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
