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Skype works here (Debian Stable) Google Chat video also works, in Firefox. On 21/02/2012, Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 21 Feb 2012, Neil Winchurst wrote: > >> My wife's niece lives in California. My wife's sister, who lives in >> England, uses some form of video chat to talk to her daughter in >> California, and I get asked why we can't do the same. >> >> I have been doing some research and I have come across Skype, Ekiga and >> Empathy, so I am now getting a bit lost with it all. Has Linux reached >> the stage where this will all work quite easily? Is it worth the hassle? >> Does anyone have any recommendations please, and can I be pointed in the >> right direction? (By the way, said niece uses a Apple computer.) >> >> If it turns out to be too complicated/expensive or not yet ready for >> general use then I will know to turn a deaf ear to the comments at home! > > Skype "just works" - at least if it just works under Debian stable, then > it ought to work just as well under anything else. > > Forget trying to use the bloated piece of buggy crap that is Ekiga, or any > other standards based video chat (ie. SIP based) as you'll just get > shafted by NAT. > > Stick to Skype. I gave-up trying to use SIP for Video and have more or > less given up trying to sell it as a voice solution too. (Except when > businesses will actually (shock, horror) pay for a decent internet > connection) > > Skype won. > > Gordon > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq > -- Adrian Midgley http://www.defoam.net/ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq