[Asterisk-Users] Xten-lite for linux

[Bruno Hertz]

Kris Edwards <krisedwards at gmail.com> writes:

> Well, I'm certainly not selling xten.. Perhaps my enthusiasm extends
> from my disgust with everything else.  In particular, kphone, and
> sjphone.  I have noticed latency with xten in meetme, but if I just dial
> somebody it works better than anything I've tried (so far.. I've only
> spend about 1 hour talktime).  Anyway, I'm certainly more hip on open
> source, and can't wait to try gnomemeetings sip once I can actually get
> it to compile :/
>
> I have not tried lipz4 yet either (not sure if it will work w/ gentoo,
> but I might give it a try if I can find any rave reviews)

Funny how experiences vary. E.g. I thought sjphone for linux wasn't too
bad, if it only had a dial pad.

Anyways, I'm trying the latest xlite beta right now, and I must say it really
has improved. I've been sticking to gnomemeeting yet, but here seems to
be a candidate to be taken into serious consideration for everyday use.
Especially since the GM/SIP support apparently takes it's time.

Regarding my previous statements, echo tests with a local and a public *
server are pretty fine now, and audio/latency is way better compared to my
last tests maybe two months ago. In this respect, the current beta actually
does equally well as GM and could be considered fit for production.

What I personally don't like though is that funky interface where one even
can't always be sure where the mouseclick 'hot spots' are. For an mp3 player
this might be OK, but this being a tool one is supposed to really work with
I'm not sure what's going through the mind of those people. Hopefully, a
reasonable skin comes up some time in the near future ...

Still, thanks (finally) for reminding me of a phone that I've put aside maybe
a little too early :)

Regards, Bruno.