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OSNews: Get to Know GnomeMeeting

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 3, 2003

“Gnome 2.4 comes standard with GnomeMeeting 0.98.5, a Free
video-conferencing application. I have used iSight/iChat and MSN
Messenger with a web camera for quite a while now and so here’s how
Gnomeemeeting compares to these other options.

“My $35 USB Creative Webcam Pro works fine with any Unix I have
tried it with (BSD, Mandrake, JDS, RHL/Fedora, Slackware etc, but
not on Mac OS X) and Gnomemeeting loads it successfully too. The
first time you run Gnomemeeting it runs a wizard which sets up your
microphone, video and personal information.

“The Gnomemeeting window consists of a vertical toolbar, the
video window and its controls, a chat view and a separate window
which shows the server you are currently connected and its
users…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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