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A quick google (i.e. I have used none of these myself) gives a few suggestions. Off-the-record messaging looks good at first glance, and comes with a plug-in for Pidgin, making it easy to use on any reasonably common operating system and probably possible to use on anything that can run a C compiler.
I also ran across chatcrypt and cryptocat, which might be worth investigation.
Cryptocat is an OTR implementation that happens to run as a browser plugin and has developers trying to work out how to have cryptographically secure group conversations. The cross-compatibility should be high.
+1 for OTR. Also, it works with XMPP, which has an A/V extension called Jingle for video calls. I don't know if the two do the Right Thing when put together, but it's worth looking into.
I'm not a huge fan of Skype either, but it's extensively used. The requirement of most IM and call networks that the other party be using the same service is incredibly aggravating. Didn't we learn anything from the email walled gardens of the 80s? (or early 90s, I forget)
Jitsi is also relevant to this question, and I will concur that network effects are very frustrating.
<scans feature list, blinks> I was unaware of Jitsi. At first glance it looks like it does basically what Skype does, but over XMPP and using an open source product. I assume since you brought it up, that you use it. Any impressions you'd care to share, especially regarding multi-user video chats?
(this may be relevant to the Less Wrong Study Hall project; one of the options kicked around was an XMPP based system. At the moment we're not pursuing that route, but it's early days yet.)