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I tried Skype, but I couldn't get the webcam (standard Logitec model) to work with it (at all), even though it works in some random kde capture software. Are there any better alternatives?

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Define "free" - speech or beer? Both of your answers cost nothing to use. – new123456 Oct 13 '11 at 11:19
Free speach would be nice, but I am after the free beer really... – Grzenio Oct 13 '11 at 11:56
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freedom hating, but google chat video works just fine for me in linux.

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do you use it in the browser? Which one? – Grzenio Oct 13 '11 at 11:56
firefox, 6 i think. need to install the addon, but its worked fine for me. fedora 15 – Sirex Oct 13 '11 at 12:56
Google+ allows you to do funny things with Webcam :) – Pitto Oct 14 '11 at 8:10
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I don't know if you'll be able to sign up for it since Google bought it but you can give Gizmo5 a try.

It's free but not open source and can be downloaded from here.

Edit: It would appear after doing some more digging that this isn't an option after the Google takeover.

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Is there a client for Linux? – Grzenio Oct 13 '11 at 11:58
Updated my post – Matthew Steeples Oct 13 '11 at 12:35
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I like Ekiga, but their SIP support has some deprecated ("don't do that anymore") functionality still in it and it can be a bear to get working. (I switched to Twinkle which is Qt-based, but hasn't seen an update in 2 years, and I don't know if it does video calls.)

If gstreamer supports your video card (try Cheese), Ekiga should too.

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Skype 2.x client for Linux supports video conferencing. Not sure why you have problems with it. Check the skype version.

Gyachi is one alternative. It claims support for voice+video chat using a webcam. All you will need is a yahoo account. I have tried the voice chat and it works great..

Other alternatives are QNext, QuteCom (which was called OpenWengo previously)

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