Throw, not through!  Geesh, I'm rushed...<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Ralph deGennaro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rmdegennaro@gmail.com">rmdegennaro@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hey Dan,<br><br>My schedule is pretty tight, but I just created an account.  Through out a few days/times and we might be able to connect.  <br> <br>Oh crud, I don't even know if the webcam on my laptop works under linux. Or if you have one, or just to check it out I can use it under Mac OS X or Windows....  So sill through out some times.  I'll test the webcam under linux in the least before hand.<br> <br>Best,<br>Rio<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Daniel Hollocher <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:danielhollocher@gmail.com" target="_blank">danielhollocher@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> </div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"> Hey all,<br>I've been looking at some skype alternative possibilities.  Here are two that I found interesting:<br><a href="http://www.dimdim.com/products/what_is_dimdim.html" target="_blank">http://www.dimdim.com/products/what_is_dimdim.html</a><br> <a href="http://www.voiceandvideochat.com/" target="_blank">http://www.voiceandvideochat.com/</a><br><br>Neither of these are VOIP soft phones like skype is, but they have similar capabilities.  Dimdim is opensource, but only supports a single webcam.  VVC seems to support linux (its flash based), and supports multiple webcams, but its not opensource.<br> <br>I haven't tested these services with other people yet, so if there is interest, we could set up a time to test them out.  <br><br>So far, for a two person voip call, skype is still the best that I have seen.  I tried ekiga and qutephone, and couldn't get either to work.  <br> <br>Dan<br clear="all"><font color="#888888"><br>-- <br>In science and in mind, the impossible and the hasn't-happened-yet are indistinguishable.<br> </font><br></div></div>--<br> Ubuntu-us-ma mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-ma@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">Ubuntu-us-ma@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ma" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ma</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br> </blockquote></div><br>