[HLUG] Voice chat for AIM

[Julian Robbins]

Jeff Tupholme wrote:
> Thanks Julian. I'm registered for the Expo and Saturday would be a  
> good day for me to go; I guess you'll be there in the afternoon?
>   
Hi Jeff or anyone other LUG members

Sorry, not to get back to you. I'll be there from about 11.30 till
4.30pm ish.

Please text me on 0796 7788694, so we can meet up whilst at the Linux
Expo @ Olympia tomorrow.

Cheers

Julian
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> Jeff
>
>
> On 22 Oct 2008, at 1:46pm, Julian Robbins wrote:
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>> On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:01:16 +0100, "Jeff Tupholme"
>> <jeff at repositive.com> said:
>>     
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I've been using voice chat on the Mac as an alternative to phone  
>>> calls
>>> with family members. The OS X iChat client is compatible with AIM  
>>> (AOL
>>> Instant Messenger) and I'd like to set up my Ubuntu 8.04 laptop
>>> installation to work with it also. However, the two 'main' clients -
>>> Pidgin and Empathy - don't support voice on AIM, and I've been unable
>>> to identify anything else that does. The official AOL Linux client is
>>> very old and appears to lack all but the most basic text chat  
>>> features.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions, please?
>>>       
>> Hi Jeff, hope you are well.
>>
>> I looked into using Empathy the other day, and although it does offer
>> video and voice chat , its only jabber based at present. but they do  
>> say
>> that other plugins will follow soon. So you may want to check if there
>> is a PPA for this package to allow you to use a newer version than in
>> 8.04.
>>
>> On, another matter, I will be in London on Sat at the Linux Expo, so  
>> if
>> you're around it would be nice to catch up. I'll be going on the  
>> train,
>> so if any others are going, please contact me, and I'll look out for
>> you.
>>
>> Julian
>>
>>     
>>> Thanks & regards,
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>       
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