Re: [gentoo-user] skype experiences: good/bad/etc

[michael@michaelshiloh.com]

I've been hearing some good things about Gizmo, for one, that it's more
Linux-friendly. Haven't tried it myself yet.

Anybody have anything to say about gizmo?

M

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Ralph Slooten wrote:

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> Jason Weisberger wrote:
>> Apparently Skype has been working furiously on a newer version where
>> alsa support and the like will be built in, but I'm waiting to see that one.
>
> Just to give a little inside heads-up ~
>
> Firstly I would not call it "furiously" ... it's more like "when they
> have time". Yes it's true that alsa-support is being developed, and the
> current "beta-beta" builds (not available to the public) use alsa, but
> since they released their first alsa-supporting version until the
> present it has _never_ worked on either of my gentoo machines. I do beta
> testing for Skype btw. Some users on other distros (like redhat) report
> success, but I still have to find a gentoo-user who has. The idea of
> alsa is great, but the fact that it's all pre-compiled delivers the
> issue of compatibility problems with the different alsa versions.
>
> So don't hold your breath ;-) I think the current public release of
> Skype will be around for quite a long time, until either:
> a) they get more personal to develop the Linux port
> b) they open up certain parts of the application (like it's alsa
> integration) for self-compiling (like vmware and it's modules) which
> imho would solve some compatibility issues.
>
> They also have to eventually rebuild the whole Skype application too it
> seems, as it has many design flaws apparently. I'm not saying security
> flaws though, just limitations due to it's design.
>
> That being said though, I still think Skype is great. I use it quite a
> bit from time to time with good friends and all the main features work
> pretty darn well, even with plain OSS-emulation (/dev/dsp).
>
>
> Greetings,
> Ralph
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