On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 12:51:21PM -0700, Yuri wrote: > > On 06/18/2011 11:03, Frank Shute wrote: > >Skype works. You need a reasonably recent 7 or 8 STABLE or CURRENT and > >the linux-f10 stuff. There are a number of skype ports; you want to > >use net-im/skype. > > > > I use skype and trying to get rid of it. For security reasons. Also for > the reason that MS who owns it now has the policy of cooperation with > governments worldwide and there are many fascist governments out there.
I quite understand. MS taking it over was a disaster :( > > So my question was about the alternative to skype. I was going to use Ekiga but it's dependency on qt and my small SSD meant it was a no go. As another poster mentioned, I wasn't overly impressed that you have to muck about with your router etc. I think we have to wait for somebody to write a Skype clone and hopefully MS taking over Skype will provide the impetus (MS will drop the linux port as soon as they can). > > Yuri > Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html
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