NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Ekiga

Ekiga (formerly called GnomeMeeting) is a free and open source VoIP and video conferencing application for GNOME and Windows. Ekiga supports both the SIP and H.323 (based on OpenH323) protocols and is fully interoperable with any other SIP compliant application and with Microsoft NetMeeting. It supports many high-quality audio and video codecs. Image File history File links Ekigaweblogo. ... â€œSoftware developmentâ€ redirects here. ... Code complete redirects here. ... is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... In computing, a platform describes some sort of framework, either in hardware or software, which allows software to run. ... This article is about operating systems that use the Linux kernel. ... â€œWindowsâ€ redirects here. ... Computer software can be organized into categories based on common function, type, or field of use. ... IP Telephony, also called Internet telephony, is the technology that makes it possible to have a telephone conversation over the Internet or a dedicated Internet Protocol (IP) network instead of dedicated voice transmission lines. ... Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | Groupware | Telecommunications stubs ... A software license is a legal agreement which may take the form of a proprietary or gratuitous license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Free software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions only to ensure that further recipients can also do these things. ... ... IP Telephony, also called Internet telephony, is the technology that makes it possible to have a telephone conversation over the Internet or a dedicated Internet Protocol (IP) network instead of dedicated voice transmission lines. ... Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | Groupware | Telecommunications stubs ... This article is about the mythical creature. ... 1. ... The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is an application-layer control (signaling) protocol for creating, modifying, and terminating sessions with one or more participants. ... H.323 is an umbrella recommendation from the ITU-T, that defines the protocols to provide audio-visual communication sessions on any packet network. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... This article or section should be merged with Video teleconference A videoconference is a live connection between people in separate locations for the purpose of communication, usually involving audio and often text as well as video. ... A codec is a device or program capable of performing encoding and decoding on a digital data stream or signal. ...

Ekiga was initially written by Damien Sandras in order to graduate from the Université catholique de Louvain. It is currently developed by a community-based team led by Sandras. The logo was designed based on his concept by Andreas Kwiatkowski, an open source enthusiast and a friend of his. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Catholic University of Leuven (french-speaking). ...

Features

Integration

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User interface

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Technical

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Incoming new features

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Release history

Ekiga 2.0 was released on March 13, 2006. It was bundled with GNOME 2.14. This article is about the mythical creature. ...

Version 2.0.9 was the first version to include bundled support for Microsoft Windows (in beta).^[1] â€œWindowsâ€ redirects here. ...

Notes

See also

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