thanks for the recommendation. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Kevin Fries wrote: > Haven't you heard? Microsoft has blessed CentOS... ha ha ha > > Seriously, the days of Microsoft trying to kill off Linux by killing Linux > versions of programs is pretty much over. It hasn't worked, and only cost > them money from products dieing the death of a proprietary purgatory. Even > Microsoft's VM product formally accepts CentOS as a "officially supported > operating system" > > But that being said, G+'s video chat client is far superior. At my work, > we have completely abandoned Skype for GTalk. One of the key reasons why > is that we use Windows, Linux, and Mac machines routinely in out > operations. Our largest client is a very Mac friendly company, so cross > platform is crucial to us. Even with all Windows clients, we could not get > Skype to handle more than 3-4 video clients reliably. Some days it > would... other days junk. But G+ has been great! Linux and Mac clients > are not second class citizens, and we often have 6-8 remote participants > rarely with even the slightest glitch. > > So, from our own experience... I would highly recommend G+ video chat over > Skype. > > Kevin > On Oct 30, 2012 3:56 PM, "Matt Graham" wrote: > >> From: Daniel Stasinski >> > Michael Havens wrote: >> >> From the articles I've read it seems skype is better. But which >> >> uses more resources? Is skype really better? >> > I can't recall the exact numbers but in my own usage, Google Voice >> > video used significantly less bandwidth than Skype video. Less >> > than half. I have no idea about system resource usage though. >> >> Since Microsoft bought Skype, I've been thinking that they'll eventually >> abandon the Linux Skype client, and it will stop working. So I'll >> probably >> *have* to use google video or another video-chat client, not skype, at >> some >> point in the future. I usually video chat with people pretty >> infrequently, >> only about 3 or 4 times per year though. >> >> -- >> Matt G / Dances With Crows >> The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress/ >> There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >