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Tip: Skype's beta videophone for Linux looks pretty good |
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Monday, 26 November 2007 |
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Skype recently released Skype 2.0 beta for Linux, which includes the ability to make video calls, a feature the Windows and Mac versions have had for some time. I tried the beta on two systems running Ubuntu 7.10 -- my desktop PC with a USB webcam and a MacBook Pro with its onboard iSight webcam -- with mixed results.
Probably the hardest part of using Skype or any other VoIP application
as a video phone is finding a webcam that is supported on Linux. As I
noted in my review of the Ekiga videophone earlier this year, the Creative Labs Ultra NX works flawlessly. Read more at Linux.com
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