Phones and VoIP

[ciphergoth]

Two questions:

1) By any chance, does anyone have a spare tri- or quad-band phone I can use while I'm in SF? My SIM card has arrived and I have a phone I can use in this country, but it would be nice to have a phone while I'm away.

2) What's the best way to get a voice conversation between a Linux and a Windows machine? I have Ekiga installed under Linux and it seems to work, and I've got myself a SIP address, so one way would be to find a good SIP client for Windows. But perhaps I should be using something else altogether? I've Googled, of course, but one recommendation from someone who's been there is worth a thousand searches.

Comments

[just-becky.livejournal.com]

Ah sorry I was being dense, the thought that these apps might not be simply interchangable client apps that can comunicate via a common protocol didn't cross my mind.

However a bit of digging around alledges that you can install Ventrilo on Linux as per:
http://slinux.net/how-to-install-ventrilo-2-3-on-linux

The following has a Linux Ventrilo Script under 3rd party dowloads if thats any use:
http://www.ventrilo.com/download.php

Don't know if any of that makes any sense as I only have a passing knowledge of redhat linux from days gone by.

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

I don't think that running a proprietary, closed-source Windows-based protocol under Wine is going to be the best solution. As I said, I can Google like anyone else, what I need is a recommendation from someone who's been there. Thanks for trying to help though!