You can, of course, try dialpad.com, but I haven't got
it to work with Linux yet. It even locks up my
windows now. Good luck. If you get it working, let
us know how.
--- Praedor Tempus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have seen this question asked in the past but paid
> no attention and
> eliminated the messages. Now I want to ask. Is
> there a net2phone-like app
> for linux?
>
> I have run some searches and find NOTHING. All I
> find are things like
> speakfreely, which is NOT the same thing or as
> good/useful. Thus far, every
> single voice-over-IP app that I have found for linux
> is merely a glorified
> chat/IRC app that requires the receiver to have a
> compatible piece of
> software on their computer.
>
> I would like to dial someone's phone, not call their
> computer. Most of the
> people I would be interested in calling are not at
> their computer all day and
> do not have their computer running 24 hours a day.
> They all have telephones.
> If there is no such beast for linux...why not? Is
> it really that difficult
> to write software to use your modem/ethernet card
> and soundcard to ring a
> telephone and send voice signals? Is it necessary
> for a server to be setup
> somewhere that would route internet traffic to
> phonelines?
>
> --
> Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in
> vain.
>
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