On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 09:54 -0500, Dave Feustel wrote: > I have become interested in using Skype on F9. I know next to nothing > about Skype, so I read the wiki entry which is an eye-opener. The Skype > software for linux is for F7. How well does that software work on F9? IIRC audio works OK, video not so much. > How much does it cost? Nothing. The "Skype Out" service (for calls to POTS phones) costs money -- you can use PayPal -- but is very cheap compared to regular phone service, especially for international calls. Skype-to-Skype calls are free. > Are there any open-source alternatives to Skype? Ekiga (Gnome-based) and a few others. I think none of them are really competitive with Skype in the market volume sense, but they do use the open SIP protocol. > Any other comments? Skype uses a closed proprietary protocol which free clients can't interact with, and of course the source is closed so you get to install a binary and hope it isn't doing anything nasty. If you can live with that, it works quite well. poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
