Re: Grandma uses Logitech Vid, how to chat with her with Debian?
On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 16:02:29 -0500, S. Fishpaste in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 08:59:40 -0500, Celejar in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote:
>> On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 07:52:06 +0000
>> Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir@cohens.org.il> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 10:40:14AM +0800, jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:
>>> > >>>>> "SF" == S Fishpaste <SDA@Deer-in-the-headlights.ca.invalid> writes:
>>> > SF> Check out Google's Talk - It can do video.
>>> > Google Talk video doesn't seem to have a Linux version.
>>>
>>> The protocol it uses is Jingle. I'm not sure if either one of Empathy,
>>> Pidgin or Kopete support video in it. In fact, I'm not sure how well
>>> they support audio in it.
>>
>> Last time I tried, Pidgin wasn't working very well:
>>
>> http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/10697
>
> Ah sorry guys for the wrong direction.
Replying to my own post; Have new information.
Since GChat doesn't work on Linux, looks like this new product will;
They claim that no plugin is required.
http://thenextweb.com/apps/2010/02/08/social-os-pipio-dropped-beta-tag-friends/
Perhaps you and your Grandma can sign up -- FWIU it's free.
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