[Malvern] Re: [Gloucs] Skype or similar animals.

[Stuart Bird]

Geoff

I have never used it personally but Ubuntu comes with Ekiga Softphone installed.

More info here: http://ekiga.org/

I don't know if it's skype compatible, however there is an extensive FAQ on the web site.

HTH

Stu

----- Original Message ----
From: Geoff Bagley <geoff.bagley at btinternet.com>
To: Gloucestershire LUG at yahoo.com; Malvern LUG <Malvern at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, 28 November, 2007 11:53:38 AM
Subject: [Malvern] Re: [Gloucs] Skype or similar animals.

My sincere thanks to Ciaran, Andy, Ian, Zeth, Alan, and Simon for all 
the splendid info on Skype.
It looks like Ubuntu being the best bet -  they are closest to Debian, 
but don't shy away from anything "proprietary" !

Please can I ask one more question ?
What telephone instrument is preferred,  and is the instrument itself 
interchangeable between the brands ?
Would an ordinary microphone and headset be OK  (in which case I would 
need to "dial" using the keyboard) ?

It would be nice to see a FreeSkype  or Openskype  available.

Do these Skype service providers  require registration or payment,  or 
for that matter do the "free"  alternatives ?

I don't intend to rush this -  at least we can now email the family !

See some of you soon.

Geoff.



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