ekiga is not in karmic koala, why? did you took it out?

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Yes, it's been removed from the default install.

For the time being at least, Empathy has replaced both Pidgin and Ekiga.

manzur, as Chris writes, Empathy is the go-to solution for voice chat:

http://live.gnome.org/Empathy

wokay, empathy looks good, when is it going to replace pidgin, or better, when is it going to support camera and audio perfectly?

as Chris wrote, Empathy will probably replace both Ekiga and Pidgin for the release of Karmic.

In a related question, since Empathy will be replacing Ekiga as well, has the problem with Empathy not being able to connect to Ekiga been solved at least for Karmic? ('Coz it still isn't in Jaunty)

AFAIK, Empathy is severely broken with the SIP protocol:

SIP calls no longer work (Incompatibility with telepathy-sofiasip)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/telepathy-sofiasip/+bug/409103

Empathy do not support NAT for SIP: NAT traversal for SIP using Empathy
https://bugs.launchpad.net/telepathy-sofiasip/+bug/294994

SIP/Ekiga accounts don't store contacts
https://bugs.launchpad.net/telepathy-sofiasip/+bug/294991

IMHO, SIP protocol is just broken in the Karmic default install...

Best regards,
Yannick

You can also follow this "bug": Replace Pidgin and Ekiga with Empathy
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/253765