M. Lewis wrote: > > I'd love to get my wife's machine off of M$ software. The only problem > has been Yahoo Messenger. My wife is dependent on YM to talk with her > family. My wife's family goes to the internet cafe to chat with her, so > they don't have any control over what version of YM is being used. Not > only do they chat, they use the webcam. Prior (a couple of years ago) I > tried several Linux substitutes for YM, including Yahoo's own YM for > Linux (which was the worst). > > Hopefully things have changed though and there's a good substitute > available for Linux now. > > What is the best recommendation for a replacement for YM on Linux? It > must be compatibl
e with YM and it must be able to use the webcam. > > Thanks for any suggestions, > Mike > ive been using gyach for years. works great, while others are struggling ie. pidgin, empathy to support video/voice gyach has had it for as long as i can remember. http://gyachi.sourceforge.net/index.shtml there may be someone who has one precompiled deb for debian, wait for another to jump in. ( i use it on ubuntu, might work might not) you may also want to recommend skype. both voice and video there as well. -- Steve Reilly http://reillyblog.com http://budget-repair.com ~ Netiquette ~ http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/dec99/pirillo1.htm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
