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Submission + - Gmail Video Chat now available on Linux

Submitted by borfast on Friday August 20, 2010 @03:43AM

borfast writes: If you use Gmail on Linux, you may have wondered when would you be able to use the voice&video chat that Windows and Mac users have enjoyed for quite some time. The wait is finally over; Google yesterday announced video support for Linux browsers. Now if only Pidgin could get their act together and provide a solid video chat functionality in their client...

Submission + - List of Linux migration stories

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borfast

on Sunday October 29, 2006 @05:30PM

borfast writes: "From time to time, I read about schools, cities, states or countries that decided to switch their operating systems to Linux for a number of reasons. The latest was the city of Munich.

I'm currently preparing a presentation to do on local schools about Free Software and its advantages (and disadvantages) in government and education and I'd like to show some examples of what I'll be saying to those folks. Not that I consider myself an authority on the subject but you know the saying, "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king".

Anyway, I have been collecting all the stories (both positive and negative) I find but I'd really appreciate it if the /. croud could give me a hand, here. Due credit will be given and the presentation will be posted online under a Free license.

So, what Linux migration nightmares or cotton-candy dreams do you know about? And do you know any site that collects these stories?"

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