<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Geoff<br><br>I have never used it personally but Ubuntu comes with Ekiga Softphone installed.<br><br>More info here: <a href="http://ekiga.org/">http://ekiga.org/</a><br><br>I don't know if it's skype compatible, however there is an extensive FAQ on the web site.<br><br>HTH<br><br>Stu<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Geoff Bagley <geoff.bagley@btinternet.com><br>To: Gloucestershire LUG@yahoo.com; Malvern LUG <Malvern@mailman.lug.org.uk><br>Sent: Wednesday, 28 November, 2007 11:53:38 AM<br>Subject: [Malvern] Re: [Gloucs] Skype or similar animals.<br><br>My sincere thanks to Ciaran, Andy, Ian, Zeth, Alan, and Simon
for all <br>the splendid info on Skype.<br>It looks like Ubuntu being the best bet - they are closest to Debian, <br>but don't shy away from anything "proprietary" !<br><br>Please can I ask one more question ?<br>What telephone instrument is preferred, and is the instrument itself <br>interchangeable between the brands ?<br>Would an ordinary microphone and headset be OK (in which case I would <br>need to "dial" using the keyboard) ?<br><br>It would be nice to see a FreeSkype or Openskype available.<br><br>Do these Skype service providers require registration or payment, or <br>for that matter do the "free" alternatives ?<br><br>I don't intend to rush this - at least we can now email the family !<br><br>See some of you soon.<br><br>Geoff.<br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Malvern mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Malvern@mailman.lug.org.uk"
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