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Top 20 Linux Apps for 2007
http://ubuntuslave.blogspot.com/2007/12/top-20-linux-apps-for-2007.html
mumble and murmur are open source alternatives to Teamspeak and Ventrilo. mumble is the client and murmur is the server. The interface is simple and intuitive, user management is handled in the client as of the latest svn release, and the sound quality is fantastic. The major kicker for this one is its efficient use of bandwidth. mumble uses significantly less RAM and bandwidth than either Teamspeak or Ventrilo. It is built on QT4 so you'll need to get those extra libraries. This program could quite conceivably dethrone the big boys in their gaming VoIP dominance. mumble is available for both Linux and Windows so no matter which OS you game on, you can communicate with the rest of your friends.
http://mumble.sourceforge.net/
Mumble is an open source, low-latency, high quality voice chat software primarily intended for use while gaming.
Mumble's superior audio quality comes in large parts from Speex, a high quality voice codec and DSP library for echo cancellation and denoising.
last modified 23 October 2007