-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Check out speak freely http://speak-freely.sourceforge.net Greg On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 11:17:31PM +0100, Gaijin wrote: > Hello, > > I was wondering if there was still any old-fashioned, direct, > computer to computer VOIP clients out there that *don't* go through > some 3rd-party service like Skype, that will run on both Windows and > Linux, or at least Windows, so a friend can do some remote > troubleshooting of my WinXP box. I was hoping to just email or phone > this friend our IP numbers, input it into a simple VOIP client, and be > able to speak to each other while he troubleshoots my system. I only > have a cell phone, and the battery is only good for about an hour per > day, leaving me up the creek if I ever need to dial 911. All the client > needs to do is create a voice connection between two computers, without > any frils, IP to IP. We both can't afford 20-odd phone systems, just to > stay in touch, and everything out there now seems to require that > everything pass through some middle-man or service that now has to be > paid for. I'm wondering whatever happened to software like > see-you-see-mee, or whatever that video-chat program was called, that > was being used on IRC, or the old I-Phone software...wherever they went. > I'm looking for the cheapest, free voice communications software that > there is for Windows, and if possible, that will also work on Linux. > Any clues would be appreciated. TIA, > > Michael > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG8Gg57s9z/XlyUyARAoC1AJ9/1iR03mq/8vRDtAq0k9EsqMgc8wCcC7hr Hr+E5S1+57hZEwlnwOFAQXg= =zVQB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
