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[Thorvald Natvig <thorvald@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Justin Dugger wrote:
> Ben Crisford <bcrisford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   
>> Also, so windows users can join us more easily for chat, we could have a
>> ventrilo server using spux?  It is still in development, but by the time
>> we're done sorting this it will probably be released (see
>> www.spuxproject.net).
>>
>> On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Khalid Rashid <khalid.rashid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>     
>>> Tech-Administrators: managing maps, mods and servers for the game aswell as future voip server (mumble?).
>>>       
>
> It sounds like Ubuntu Gaming has it's first technical project:
> identify VoIP server and client software suitable for Ubuntu gaming.
> Part of promoting Ubuntu and open source means showing that we can do
> as well (or better!);  it doesn't say good things when we tell
> everyone how great open source is and then elect not to use it
> ourselves.
>
> With that in mind, here's a draft of requirements for an Ubuntu Gaming
> VOIP service:
>
> * Runs on Ubuntu Server (LTS?)
> * DFSG compatible
> * Capable of being packaged for Ubuntu/Debian
> * Clients available for Linux, Windows, OSX, etc
>
> I asked on #linux-gamers.net and someone seconded Khalid's mumble
> suggestion of mumble.  As it happens, mumble is already packaged for
> Ubuntu, and the lead developer, Thorvald Natvig, seems to be
> adaquately taking care of Ubuntu's packages of mumble as well. There
> are clients on all major platforms, and is based on
>
> Thorvald, first, thanks for your work and contributions to Ubuntu and
> Debian; I'd like to ask you, have I misrepresented anything about
> mumble? And, do you know of a demo server to perhaps test latency,
> audio quality, and stability of the client? Are there important
> requirements you think I've missed?
>
> Justin Dugger
>   
Great to see Ubuntu is putting effort into promoting gaming! Be sure to
let me know if there is something I can do to help.

Mumble is part of Debian these days (we merged efforts with the debian
pkg-voip team), so packages are automatically synced back to Ubuntu, and
I also maintain the latest version in my PPA.

As for requirements, I think it's important to say that "fully
functional" clients should be available on all platforms (or at least
all the base functionality); a user should never have to say to another
user that "I can't do that, because I'm on Linux."

Best Regards,
Thorvald