VoIP4Linux

March 15, 2006

Until this week, many users of open source VoIP on Linux have had to struggle with configuring firewalls and crossing fingers to get the voice to travel in both directions.

That all changed on Sunday night with the release of Ekiga 2 http://www.ekiga.org

Not only is it a full-featured softphone and videophone; it supports the new open STUN standard that allows you to talk with zero configuration across most small business and home NAT firewalls.

Ekiga's full glory is designed for any system that can run GNOME (not just Linux.) If you are brave, and have a very recent GNOME, download the shiny new 2.0.1 sources and have a go at compiling them yourself (there are lots of dependencies.) Otherwise, volunteers are compiling packages for many platforms this week; and you should also expect to see Ekiga replacing Gnomemeeting in the next full GNOME release. (Gnomemeeting is an H.323 videophone that was completely rebuilt over the last year to create Ekiga 2)

David

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