Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 13:27:47 -0800 From: Niklas Enbom <niklas.enbom@webrtc.org> To: Joe Nosay <superbisquit@gmail.com> Cc: ports <ports@freebsd.org>, Jan Linden <jan.linden@webrtc.org>, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>, chromium@freebsd.org, gecko@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Making WebRTC available for FreeBSD Message-ID: <CAHzHjDP9PhT%2B=qfdzBJ-snEKRriXAhKg2Oc9YLKRBC7BDc6Cag@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BWntOuY7E%2B__KVPP%2BHJ6QjT6YhAa0rFfFPROFrcfyDmTLRHXA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2BWntOuY7E%2B__KVPP%2BHJ6QjT6YhAa0rFfFPROFrcfyDmTLRHXA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hey guys, not sure what this refers to. The G+ post talks about porting the gtalk plugin to freeBSD. WebRTC is an effort in the opposite direction (no plugins needed). Afaik there is a Chromium build for freeBSD that should support WebRTC (unless it's disabled at build). Niklas On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Joe Nosay <superbisquit@gmail.com> wrote: > https://plus.google.com/110946378055202199166/posts/8iTsSCatk4x > > The process has been started : > http://forums.freebsd.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=44691 > > Dependencies needed- referenced in "howto" and webrtc dependencies: > libbrlapi from brltty. > > > Benefits: Native client and sever side of WebRTC applications for FreeBSD > and possibly other BSDs. > Eliminated dependency for Linuixlator based applications thus cutting down > on hardware resource use. > Eliminated need for other simulated and emulated programs to run Skype or > other voice-and-video binaries. I.e. Wine, VirtualBox, qemu, et cetera, et > al. > > Since it is known that Sony's PS4 uses FreeBSD as the basis for its OS, > WebRTC could be implemented as a native application on the platform/console > thus allowing users to communicater in real time while gaming. > > > Why am I proposing this? > 1. Adrian Chadd asked on Google+ and nowhere else. I decided to bring his > proposal to the public and attempt an initial starting phase. > 2. Users would not be limited to having only a few selected operating > systems at their disposal. Developers could easily communicate with each > other. > 3. Real time sharing/viewing of conventions. This would give the community > another window into the development of FreeBSD. > 4. Companies such as IxSystems and Sony would be able to contact develoers > while simultaneously working on a FreeBSD/FreeBSD_based system. > 5. FreeBSD developers would be able to give feedback on the development of > WebRTC sources. > > > > Being that I am limited on resources, is it possible that others could > take over what was started? > > > > >
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