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Free video calling applicationFree video calling applicationPosted Aug 1, 2012 6:22 UTC (Wed) by niner (subscriber, #26151)Parent article: The Nexus 7: Google ships a tablet
"There should really be a place for a free-software video calling application that (1) actually works, and (2) can be verified to lack backdoors for government agencies and anybody else interested in listening in on conversations. But that application does not seem to exist at this time, alas."
Interestingly enough, just last week I found linphone to be exactly that. It's free and works perfectly with even better video quality than skype. It's also available for many platforms like Linux, Windows and Android. For my use case, which is better integrating a remote team member into the team meetings, the possibility to have a direct connection via the VPN is a very nice bonus.
Maybe a grumpy editor's guide to video chat applications is in order?
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Free video calling application Posted Aug 1, 2012 9:16 UTC (Wed) by tonyblackwell (subscriber, #43641) [Link]
second that
Free video calling application Posted Aug 1, 2012 12:08 UTC (Wed) by lindi (subscriber, #53135) [Link]
Many users expect that if they can browse the web they can also make calls. Does linphone work in an environment where the only way out is via HTTP proxy? When I went through the options it seemed that google tal using the empathy package from debian was the only reasonable alternative for these cases.
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