[Gllug] VoIP at home, softphone, interoperability

Richard Jones rich at annexia.org
Tue Nov 27 15:27:16 UTC 2007


On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 12:33:25PM +0000, David L Neil Mailing list a/c wrote:
> Interoperability: us on Linux, them on Windows, likely using Skype,
> NetMeeting, or Google Talk. Some talk to each other, others require the
> same at each end. Guess I could recommend they install 'something else'
> under Windows to be compatible with what we install, but you know
> families...

Much as I'm loathed to say it, Skype is still the only softphone which
is easy to use.

For SIP, I've used Twinkle and Ekiga, and configuration is just
ridiculously complex and fragile.

Rich.

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