Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 22:23:15 +0100 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Any working SIP-phone on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20110618212315.GB21890@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4DFD01B9.5010807@rawbw.com> References: <4DFCDE25.2050203@rawbw.com> <20110618180326.GA21890@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> <4DFD01B9.5010807@rawbw.com>
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--UHN/qo2QbUvPLonB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. > > =20 >=20 > I use skype and trying to get rid of it. For security reasons. Also for= =20 > the reason that MS who owns it now has the policy of cooperation with=20 > governments worldwide and there are many fascist governments out there. I quite understand. MS taking it over was a disaster :( >=20 > 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). >=20 > Yuri >=20 Regards, --=20 Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html --UHN/qo2QbUvPLonB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk39F0IACgkQHduKvUAgeK6vWwCfcc+XG+UjoY6nuSVmawENBu5N mgEAn3Ei6bI7P0RrwDnfwyxkeJfSVJ7d =QN1/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --UHN/qo2QbUvPLonB--
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