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Version 2.0 Released For Open Skype Alternative Jitsi

Posted by Unknown on from the chat-without-patents dept.

New submitter emilcho writes with news for anyone looking for a Free alternative to Skype "Among the most prominent new features people will find quality multi-party video conferences for XMPP, audio device hot-plugging, support for Outlook presence and calls, an overhauled user interface and support for the Opus and VP8 audio/video codec. Jitsi has lately shaped into one of the more viable open Skype Alternatives with features such as end-to-end ZRTP encryption for audio and video calls. The 2.0 version has been in the works for almost a year now, so this is an important step for the project." There are prebuilt packages for Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, Fedora, Windows, and OS X.

2 of 112 comments (clear)

  1. No Android or IOS client? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Pass. Who uses a full PC to make calls?

  2. Re:Jitsi is the most advanced VOIP program by epyT-R · · Score: 4, Insightful

    it's too bad jitsi wasnt written in decent c/c++. desktop java applications are clunky, slow and take way too much memory than they should.