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Ekiga
Official Ekiga Logo
Ekiga 3.0.0 (Video call)
Ekiga 3.0.0
Developer(s) Damien Sandras
Stable release 3.2.7  (May 31, 2010) [+/−]
Preview release 3.3.2  (August 22, 2011; 53 days ago (2011-08-22)) [+/−]
Written in C/C++, but the GUI is written in C[1]
Platform Unix-like, Windows
Type VoIP Video conferencing
License GNU General Public License
Website www.ekiga.org

Ekiga /i k ai g a/ (formerly called GnomeMeeting) is a VoIP and video conferencing application for GNOME and Windows. It is distributed as free software under the terms of the GNU General Public License. It was the default VoIP client in Ubuntu until October 2009, when it was replaced by Empathy.[2] Ekiga supports both the SIP and H.323 (based on OPAL) protocols and is fully interoperable with any other SIP compliant application and with Microsoft NetMeeting. It supports many high-quality audio and video codecs.[3]

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.[4]

Ekiga.net also serves as a free and private SIP registrar, which enables its members to originate and terminate (receive) calls from and to each other without involvement of any other networks (such as the PSTN) except the Internet.

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[edit] Features

Ekiga's website states that the features include:[5]

[edit] Integration

  • LDAP directories registration and browsing
  • Integration with Novell Evolution so that contacts are shared between both programs
  • ZeroConf (Apple Bonjour) support
  • External configuration with GConf, including ability for administrators to block certain settings
  • Device auto-detection, including:

[edit] User interface

  • Contact list based interface
  • Presence support with custom message
  • Monitoring of contacts (in call, online, offline, …)
  • Call history
  • Dialpad
  • Addressbook
  • Chat window
  • SIP URLs and H.323/callto
  • Full-screen videoconferencing (accelerated using the graphic card)
  • In call Instant-Apply support for settings

[edit] Technical features

[edit] History

  • March 2004 – Version 1.0 under the name GnomeMeeting
  • March 2006 – Version 2.0 was released under name Ekiga, it was bundled with GNOME 2.14
  • April 2007 – Version 2.0.9 was the first version to include support for Microsoft Windows
  • September 2008 – Version 3.0.0

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

  1. ^ "Inside GnomeMeeting". O'Reily Linux devcentre.com. 2005-03-17. http://linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2005/03/17/gnomemeeting.html. 
  2. ^ "Ekiga". Ubuntu Documentation. 2008-10-23. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ekiga. Retrieved 2009-04-13. 
  3. ^ "About Ekiga". Ekiga Wiki. 23 February 2007. http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/About_Ekiga. Retrieved 2009-04-13. 
  4. ^ "People". Ekiga Wiki. 23 February 2007. http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/People. Retrieved 2009-04-13. 
  5. ^ "Features". Ekiga Wiki. 27 September 2008. http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Features. Retrieved 2009-04-13. 
  6. ^ "OPAL Plug-In for Intel Integrated Performance Primitives". Vox Lucida. http://www.ippcodecs.org/. Retrieved 2009-04-13. 
  7. ^ Ekiga Current Features, Retrieved on 2009-07-09

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