[Gllug] Hi!

[pavithran]

2009/7/6 pavithran <pavithran.s at gmail.com>:
> 2009/7/6 Jose Luis Martinez <jjllmmss at googlemail.com>:
>> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Hari Sekhon<hpsekhon at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Who is talking about servers?
>>
>> Ubuntu is in general better known as *desktop oriented* distro that
>> just works for non technical users.
>
> I was of the same opinion till yeeaterday . Now I am quite stisfied
> that Ubuntu LTS is a better choice that current Ubuntu ditribution  .
>
> This is the reason :
> I installed Kubuntu 8.04 with KDE4 on home machine before I left India
> . My dad used the machine for many days . We used to communicate via
> the proprietary VOIP tool called skype . I didn't believe in the
> reliablity of Ekiga nor even the stablity of the application .
>
> One fine day the Hard disk was full / something happened ( I am  not
> sure because my dad cant paste error logs :( )
>
> My uncle who was a windows user came and installed Windows Xp and
> skype on it . But every day I was really f*ked by the feeling that my
> own machine is not running FOSS :(
>
> I used shipit to send a copy of ubuntu and kubuntu 9.04 . I somehow
> sent my old friend to my place who installed Ubuntu 9.04 on it . But
> we were dissapointed by it .
>
> The broadband which was a ADSL connection configured via PPOE using a
> tool pppoeconf sometimes get disconnected by itself . And even
> restarting the netire network doesnt bring back the network :(
>
> Without network there is almost no point in using the machine as my
> dad uses the machine to read news and talk to me via VOIP .
>
> When the network was working we also had the problem with skype who in
> its site gave  a binary for Ubuntu 8 which we anyways downloaded and
> installed Qt4 .
>
> The skype sound was not working , the test call failed while gnome
> sound recorder was able to record and play sounds . :(
>
> I really hated this . I wish badly now that there is a open source
> VOIP client hence searched for them.
>
> Ekiga : It's usablity s*ks . My dad was unable to use it :( It didnt
> detect my video device which was detected both by UVC and Skype
>
> Wengo Phone : Strangely the company wengo dot com shyt dows and the
> project has a new name ! The binary is not available in ubuntu,  OMG
> should I ask my dad to compile from source ;)
>
> My friends using google talk and Yahoo messenger in windows still dont
> understand why they were not able to call me !!
>
> No wonder Kopete libjingle integration which was google summer of code
> project is still in beta or non usable state
> Pidgin was trying to implement voice for yahoo protocol .. looks like
> GNU/Linux in desktop has long way to go before we prove it usable to
> our win* using friends/peers/relatives :(
>
> Regards,
> Pavithran
>
>
> --
> pavithran sakamuri
> www.pavithran.org
>



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