I need softwares for talking to people

I need softwares for talking to people


What softwares I can use to chat in the internet with other my family?

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Andrew Min's picture
Submitted by Andrew Min on

Depends on what they use. If they use MSN, AIM, ICQ, or Yahoo!, get Kopete. If you don't need to video and audio chat, you can just use Gaim.

If they don't use anything, try http://sipphone.com.

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committed's picture
Submitted by committed on

Hi,

I would suggest AMSN: http://amsn-project.net/

The real question is: where can we find a IM program that would allow us to share a VIDEO with our family?

Committed.

Andrew Min's picture
Submitted by Andrew Min on

If you use KDE, try Kopete. It has support for video. And works with all the major protocols.

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Anonymous visitor's picture
Submitted by Anonymous visitor (not verified) on

Skype is only free as in free beer. Meaning it doesn't cost anything. It isn't free as in free speech. more about what we consider 'free software' on the gnu website: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

guydjohnston's picture

For normal instant messaging, I recommend Pidgin (Gaim) or Kopete, and I recommend WengoPhone for VOIP. I definitely don't recommend Skype for anything as it's proprietary software.

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