[GLLUG] Skype

[John G Walker]

Thanks, everyone. I have Skype up and running. I had a bit of a
problem when I first installed it, in that it wasn't listening to the
mic on the webcam, but a methodical search found the problem,


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 All the best,
 John

On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 15:37:12 +0000 pavithran <pavithran.s at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 1 August 2013 23:30, John G Walker
> <johngeoffreywalker at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > Are there any problems running Skype on a Linux PC or does it just
> > work?
> 
> As others have said :
> 
> If it works , it works
> else it doesnt work . I had really bad experiences with skype spawning
> process which couldnt be killed until a reboot . As long as the
> process dies I wouldnt get access to sound via skype .
> 
> And yes its resource hungry , google voice did work well , but I am
> really looking for a open voice client , something which uses clean
> technology , I did try Jabber which did work .
> 
> Do people still remember ekiga ? Is there still chance for free
> software ?
> 
> Regards,
> Pavithran
> 
> 
> 
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