SIP Communicator is an audio/video Internet phone and instant messenger that supports some of the most popular instant messaging and telephony protocols such as SIP, Jabber, AIM/ICQ, MSN, Yahoo! Messenger, Bonjour, IRC, RSS and more, it is completely Open Source / Free Software, and is freely available under the terms of the GNU LGPL.
How to install latest bundle on Fedora 9?
Step 1: Install ‘alsa-oss’ if this package not exists
yum install alsa-oss
Step 2: Visit this page and download the latest version
wget http://download.sip-communicator.org/nightly/fedora/sip-communicator-
1.0-alpha3.nightly.build.1637.i386.rpm
Step 3: Install
su
rpm -ivh sip-communicator-1.0-alpha3.nightly.build.1637.i386.rpm
Done !
Why is so useful to have sip-communicator installed :
1. It is free software and yes, it is a alternative of Skype.
2.Secure calls with zRTP (secure your VOIP with public algorithms)
3. Audio/ Video communications made easy
4. Integration of LDAP directories (very good for corporate users)
5. Shared Whiteboard (stll beta, but it is very usable)
Screens:
See more screenshots here
Tags:
fedora
3 Comments
My video camera is not recognised with SIP-comunicator (No-device) …
Ekiga recognise it well ….
Can it actually be used with Skype ? (Can I call someone that is using Skype ?)
Thanks
@Pingou: No, you can’t call Skype users, because the skype protocol is not open.
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