skype on freebsd

[soko.tica]

Many thanks guys.


On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 7:42 AM, Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze at bsdforen.de>wrote:

> On 24/03/2014 21:22, soko.tica wrote:
> > If someone could just send me if it is possible to run skype on a freebsd
> > box (desktop use). I'm considering which os to install on a pretty old P4
> > (1,7 Ghz, 750 MB RAM).
> >
> > Many thanks in advance.
>
> Yes it's possible to do so. I'd recommend the experimental CentOS 6.5 linux
> compat: https://github.com/xmj/linux-ports/blob/master/README.md
>
> If you want to use a webcam, the setup of webcamd is a bit tricky for
> people not familiar with devfs.rules. The instructions that come with
> it are sufficient if you're willing to do a reboot though.
>
> That's not necessary, but the commands to apply device access rules on
> the fly are not provided with the instructions.
>
> Also skype hogs an awful lot of CPU cycles.
>
> Regards
>
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