From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Dec 1 10:54:19 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 982B2A3D7E7 for ; Tue, 1 Dec 2015 10:54:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerry@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-qk0-x235.google.com (mail-qk0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c09::235]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4E9FB1CA2 for ; Tue, 1 Dec 2015 10:54:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerry@seibercom.net) Received: by qkao63 with SMTP id o63so654087qka.2 for ; Tue, 01 Dec 2015 02:54:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=seibercom.net; s=google; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to :organization:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=TCFiNNxDNBzfANBD68xUM4WcBGBW+JepR4sA+BxazMA=; b=UmzyDIJX6RGSgUZUY2iunFPjUVSNqfRJjXSZDwSKArFR6s2QUx+QcKD0DUgyanKWZG XsOBw5GwQet5ij9YnmZxuRHG45kRUThRezw+Ye4T2hDxBNpE4kMi+/McSUkoii7A2fX8 cQaUDEYegcQzgkXM61F8sxIp3nDMGtIbXG9Zc= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:reply-to:organization:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=TCFiNNxDNBzfANBD68xUM4WcBGBW+JepR4sA+BxazMA=; b=GQ0hWkLmMbrNiyjR7LEqR6eYxDfKjVDnhBatjyzXvMPrqa0vQZe/P6hGlPGB4tXnqC GlwBcUfiGR6eRFtSKMh0snVuyPmIEmnSGFUe0oUO3BPtoCLur05CukvX8fFkGSkUr1zg GTerrmo5BKk7wEO+UZvNgWoTBC2P1va5LFmQPIx9qvtls3YNRMMseqSVwJHW9Vr2eD5C L5I6CaLvkQcwoMJr0ZwARExSHyKTkblvunHXAc/TBANSU8v1KNkd2mfkS6yiyD+DiUrE sQVNphv2OCdzOf+p0pnUa/TtO3DgyZGouDc27uUs1d3UvTmYpkbgTA5m7y4Zxtysq0XW Rkpw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlJ8iY1BET69Mvi/UC9zp1wvUUnOUo+eVBUzWLh5mRELqAR7PNnqSwyyghb9mXlpI3EG9rW X-Received: by 10.55.75.87 with SMTP id y84mr80321782qka.56.1448967258236; Tue, 01 Dec 2015 02:54:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (cpe-174-109-28-112.nc.res.rr.com. [174.109.28.112]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w75sm16849968qka.25.2015.12.01.02.54.17 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 01 Dec 2015 02:54:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3p90fw66nFz3K0Zp for ; Tue, 1 Dec 2015 05:54:16 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.98.7 at scorpio.seibercom.net Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 05:54:16 -0500 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD FreeBSD Subject: Re: google hangout and/or skype Message-ID: <20151201055416.0ec1d9e8@seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: References: Reply-To: FreeBSD FreeBSD Organization: seibercom NET X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.0 (GTK+ 2.24.28; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.2) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2015 10:54:19 -0000 On Tue, 1 Dec 2015 09:46:56 +0100, Giuseppe Pagnoni stated: > Hi all, > > I am running Freebsd 10.2 amd64 on a desktop, and I would need to use > either Skype or Google Hangout for work. By perusing the web and the > mail lists, it seems that neither Hangout nor Skype work anymore on > FreeBSD. So, I installed Windows 7 in VirtualBox to get around this, > only to find out that in VirtualBox *USB* doesn't work on FreeBSD > hosts (and I have a USB webcam, which works in FreeBSD, as tested via > pwcview). > > Does anybody know of a solution short of dual-booting to Windows? I am > pretty positive that asking all colleagues to install uTox, ekiga, > etc. on their various systems is not going to be a successful > strategy. > > Thanks in advance for any suggestion > > giuseppe The only method I have seen to guarantee complete compatibility with those applications is to dual boot with Windows. Why use Win 7 though? You can update for free to Win 10. Win 10 and the latest versions of Skype and Hangout work flawlessly on my machine. -- Jerry