8 Dec
2014
8 Dec
'14
7:39 p.m.
On Sun, Dec 07, 2014 at 09:34:19PM +1000, Robert Peters wrote:
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are there any usable Skype alternatives?
IHU -- I Hear U -- is an excellent audio-only VOIP system for Linux.
http://ihu.sourceforge.net/
I've been using the "i386 binary linked with static libs" download
for years on OpenSuse 11.4, and a friend uses it on OpenSuse 13.1.
Both are the 32-bit version of the OS. He was not successful
running it on the 64-bit OS, but did not try compiling it from source.
It's very easy to get going, requiring only one port to be opened.
You call a person by specifying their ip-address. You can do a
test call by calling your own ip-address, and you should get a
very rapid echo.
If the loop gain is too high you can get echoes, which of course
can be eliminated if one party uses earphones. I did not get
echoes with a friend in Finland (I'm in the US).