video conferencing

[Dave S]

On Saturday 16 September 2006 10:20, Kevin Starkey wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Now that I've got a functioning webcam I'd like to be able to video
> conference with my family/friends.
>
> I used to do this with MSN messenger.  My family/friends are
> disappointed that I'm unable to do this anymore.  I've done all the
> searching I can think of and no luck.  Gaim doesn't seem to support this
> at this time.  I looked into aMSN, but this didn't seem like it's there
> yet either.  If there's a solution that allows all my family/friends to
> continuing to use MSN to video with me, this would be the best solution.
>
> I've got Skype set up, but it doesn't appear to have webcam ability in
> the Linux world, is that right?  If there's a way to change this, that
> would probably be the next best solution.
>
> I've got Ekiga set up, but can't find a piece of software for my windows
> family/friends that they could use on their end.  I tried setting up
> Windows netmeeting on my wifes computer and after spinning my wheels
> with that I came to the conclusion that it's not supported anymore (is
> this right?).
>
> Please help.  Thanks!
>
> Kind regards, Kevin.

Look at wengophone 
http://www.openwengo.org/index.php/openwengo/public/homePage/openwengo/public/homePage

It works on linux, windows ...

I have it set up on my machine, works great on a test call. Cant call my 
family to try it out for real as their XP has a virus (smug smirk) and is 
unusable

Dave