Skype 4.0

[Kevin Oberman]

On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Robert Simmons <rsimmons0 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Darren Pilgrim
> <list_freebsd at bluerosetech.com> wrote:
>> On 2012-06-15 14:25, Robert Simmons wrote:
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Rich Neese<r.neese at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I just wish skype would get off their buts and make a bsd version. time
>>>> to break code and make a opensource version
>>>
>>>
>>> That's not the answer.  Really, everyone needs to move away from Skype
>>> altogether.  Use Blink.  It is a superior client and it uses SIP
>>> rather than Skype's network.  Making a FreeBSD port of it has been on
>>> my list of things to do for quite a while, I just haven't had the
>>> time.
>>
>>
>> Skype supports video calls.  According to AG Projects' website, Blink is a
>> VoIP app with IM features added, no video.  Is this not the case?
>
> I dislike video, so I have never even looked for that feature, but now
> that I'm looking, no it doesn't support video.  I was curious, so I
> googled alternatives to Blink and I ran across Linphone.  Has anyone
> used this?  It exists in the FreeBSD ports collection, but is a few
> versions behind the current stable version from the project's website.

You might look at ekiga. It is in ports and a standard part of Gnome.
It does sip and also claims to support H.323 conferencing, but I have
not had much success making it work with our H.323 system. I will
admit that I have not tried in a while, though.
-- 
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
E-mail: kob6558 at gmail.com