Ross Burtonhttp://www.burtonini.com/blogA potted account of Ross' lifeen60Ross BurtonGizmo Projectcomputers/gizmo-2005-09-14-09-13http://www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/gizmo-2005-09-14-09-13There are many "Skype-killers" out there at the moment, but until GoogleTalk has a Linux client for it's VOIP service ... There are many "Skype-killers" out there at the moment, but until GoogleTalk has a Linux client for it's VOIP service the best of the bunch appears to be the Gizmo Project. It uses SIP, an open standard unlike Skype, and they just started shipping a Linux client (albeit in beta form). Even better news is that it appears that the source for the client will be available shortly, and it uses GTK+ 2.

Gizmo Project screenshot

It also has a dependency on Apple's Bonjour, so I guess it will automatically find other Gizmo Project users on the local network. If the client will connect to a local server, then that is a really nice it-just-works implementation of VOIP for internal office calls.

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