Best FOSS alternative for skype?

[Fernando Cassia]

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 23:33, Fernando Cassia <fcassia at gmail.com> wrote:
> So... the only difference will be if you get the freeware binary from
> Java.com, or the OpenJDK release from your favourite package
> manager...
>
> AFAIK "IcedTea" only includes a free implementation of the browser
> plug-in glue, and Java Web Start, which were not included as part of
> OpenJDK.
>
> FC

Second thought: JITSI (formerly known as SIP communicator) makes use
of native code for certain routines (surely having to do with webcam
support and audio, to avoid the mess that was Java Media Framework
(JMF)).

You should ask in the Jitsi-developer mailing list, I´m sure they´ll
be more than happy to help get Jitsi built smoothtly for Fedora repos
using OpenJDK.

http://www.jitsi.org/index.php/Documentation/FAQ#ml-subscribe
FC
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