Video Conferencing for Unix?

LordDavon asks: "I have been trying to find a good video conferencing solution for Linux. The main issue is that my family and many friends are subjects under the Microsoft tyranny and use Microsoft NetMeeting. Although it is a nicely featured application (Whiteboard, VNC, File Transfer, etc...), I am failing to find a comparable application for Linux. Is there a single, low cost, multi-platform application that can compete?" While I'm not so sure about the existence of a whole suite of Open Source applications that can compete with NetMeeting, are there apps that are usable solely for video conferencing? We touched on this exact question two years ago, we also talked about shared whiteboards as well, although a bit more recently. Are any of you out there using Linux (or any Unix clone for that matter) in Video Conferencing? If so, how?

Comments

To put it in a nutshell,

[Anonymous Coward]

No.

But you should feel free to create an open-source multiplatform confrencing project.

Re:www.openh323.org

[kableh]

I have seen some of the Open H323 stuff in action, and it looks pretty good. Compatible with Netmeeting too. A developer at work contributes to it, and is developing a VoIP app for us. I've actually dialed a coworkers cell phone from an iPaq with a WiFi card, with good voice quality.

Anyhow, more on topic, the OpenH323 stuff is coming along, and is quite usuable in its current form. Not sure about the video support at the moment, but I'm sure a quick look at their website would help!

I agree; what's the point anyways?

[eean]

I've done some video conferencing and it just seems silly. I do not know if I really like being able to see the person I'm talking to or visa versa. It makes it harder to multitask. I can't cook or read a website while videoconferencing, but I can while on the telephone or instant messenging.