> eg gizmo - I need to build for my hardware (no suse-9 rpms), in 2004 > they said > API and src comming. long wait .... I use deb unstable - gizmo is currently set up for Win 2K, XP, Mac OS X 10.3.9 +, Linspire 5.0+, Debian 3.0+, Fedora Core 4.0+, OpenSUSE 10.0+ (http://www.gizmoproject.com/download.php). Perhaps you should get up to date with SuSE. I had no trouble downloading the deb's and running 'dpkg -i ...'. Your Win using rellies could probably do just as good a job unzipping gizmo, and will probably appreciate a choice.
** > So none of the suggestions offered here have met the need of skype's > ease of > use, nat/firewall hastle free, easily installable, setup able, by eg aged > parents on the other side of the world, or friends with winders, etc > as well as me and my technical circle too. > > Still looking ... I disagree. My 81 yr. old mother is one of my user group. Gizmo just worked, my only problem being "Login Error. No audio output devices are currently available" which I traced via Google to an ubuntu discussion where it emerged that debian (or linux ?) can only handle one audio process at a time. After doing Desktop > Preferences > 'Multimedia Systems Selector' and setting everything to ALSA defaults Gizmo audio worked (but mplayer now does not). I'm not quite sure how to toggle between different audio processes - there must be a way in a multi-threading system. (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=97357&page=10) I'm not evangelical about this - its just the best thing I've seen so far. I've just read the Ekiga Faq by Damien Sandras - previously known as gnome-meeting - which I played with but never got around to buying a web camera for, but which is now optimised for VoIP with plugins allowing video conferencing. It remains optimised for gnome, which I like. Cheers, Adam Bogacki, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
