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Cross-Platform, Simple Voice Chat Software?

Posted by Cliff on from the bridging-the-LD-gap dept.

nordicfrost asks: "My wonderful girlfriend and I have a dilemma. We want to talk to each other via the net to save money and still have a conversation. But she is a strictly Apple girl, and I'm a Debian man, who compromises with Windows at work. So, does anyone have the solution for an easy cross-platform voice chat application, preferrebly without having to altering my GF's firewall router via the phone?"

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  1. Teamspeak? by eggstasy · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I dont know anything about firewalls but Teamspeak has both a win32 and linux version, I've used it a lot, it has very low bandwidth comsumption and it's completely painless to set up.

  2. Ventrilo by fluor2 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I know it's only Windows, but it's the BEST voice-chat out there. It has very good sound quality, and the server application really offers good functionality with rooms and passwords.

    I guess you could encourage the author to make a Linux-version.

  3. About there spyware claims. by DAldredge · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They also claim that the normal version on Kazza doesn't come with spyware.

    They use a unique meaning of the term spyware.