videoconferencing using linux / free software

[NoOp]

On 12/04/2007 10:02 AM, andy baxter wrote:
> A friend has asked me if I could find out about free software for 
> videoconferencing. At the moment he just wants a general idea of what is
> possible, but has also asked me if I could set something up for him.
> 
> Does anyone have any practical experience with this who could advise me 
> on where to start looking? E.g. which software is actually worth 
> investigating further. I've found the following page through google:
> 
> http://myhome.hanafos.com/~soonjp/vclinux.html
> 
> but there are so many projects it's a bit hard to know where to start.

No practical experience, but the Ubunutu promoted & installed by default
in Gutsy is Ekiga (was GnomeMeeting):

http://www.gnomemeeting.org/
http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/gnome/ekiga
https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnomemeeting/+bugs
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ekiga/