Re: Newbie question regarding video and audio alternatives of MSN on Linix

From: S.T. (sammy_at_linux.site)
Date: 12/07/04 

Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 22:13:03 -0500

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> You haven't said which programs you have tried to date. In general I use
> Kopete for MSN, but MSN won't work on my network with audio/video (from
> Windows or Linux). Under Windows, I always dropped back to Netmeeting when
> talking to friends - and then it had to be an outgoing conversation (i.e. I
> had to "dial" their number if we wanted speech and video). Poking holes in
> the firewall allowed netmeeting to receive, but funnily enough MSN still
> wouldn't work.
>
> For Linux, I use Gnomemeeting. The Linux chat clients don't have any more
> success than the official Microsoft client at establishing chat and video
> connections.
>
> If I used it more than a couple of times a year, I might look further into
> getting it working, but currently it isn't worth the hassle. Most of the
> people I chat with either don't have audio/video hardware installed on
> their machines or those that do are usually not in an environment where it
> can easily be used...
>
> Dave

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Thank you for the reply. In my case,MSN messenger works
perfectly on Windows, with video and audio. However, since I decided to
give Linux a serious try, I want to learn how to do the same and even more
of what I can do with Windows. Since I leave in a different city than the
rest of my family, I find video and audio chat a very
convinient free way of keeping in touch with them.
B.regards S.T.

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