On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Larry Brigman <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Robert Citek <[email protected]> wrote: >> Also, how does one do the equivalent of SkypeIn and SkypeOut with >> Ekiga? Looking on the website, but haven't found anything. > > SkypeIn and SkypeOut are the method of getting on and off the skype > network mostly to landline and mobile phones. > When you purchase SkypeIn you get a phone number anyone can call. > > Why not try to use google talk or a real voip service like sipphone or > callcentric.
I didn't realize that Google Talk works on Linux. A quick check still shows that it's Windows-only: http://www.google.com/talk/ So that's not going to work. Skype is an service and client software which works with Linux, Window, and Mac OS X. It ain't perfect, in fact, I think it has several shortcomings. But for the core services (VoIP, receive/send landline or mobile connections) it works pretty well on all three platforms. I know of no other service that does that. Skype takes a just a few clicks to install on Windows and OS X. And Skype on Ubuntu takes about as long once you setup the Medibuntu repository: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Skype https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu I'd be more than happy to switch to Ekiga or other Open Source package and service if I could get the same functionality as I do from Skype. Or if there was a way for Ekiga to talk to Skype. Is there? Seems like what's needed is the VoIP equivalent of Pidgin. Regards, - Robert _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
