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Kshipra Nidoo's picture

I need softwares for talking to people

Submitted by Kshipra Nidoo on Thu, 2007-05-03 18:32.

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

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Andrew Min's picture

Well...

Submitted by Andrew Min on Fri, 2007-05-04 10:23.

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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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Andrew Min's picture

Well...

Submitted by Andrew Min on Fri, 2007-05-04 10:23.

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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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AMSN

Submitted by committed on Sun, 2007-05-06 09:21.

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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?

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Video's Easy...

Submitted by Andrew Min on Sun, 2007-05-06 21:08.

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

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Gaim

Submitted by Benjamin871 on Sun, 2007-05-06 11:33.

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Gaim is changing its name to Pidgin about now, but should be even better than before:

http://www.pidgin.im

Kshipra Nidoo's picture

Skype

Submitted by Kshipra Nidoo on Fri, 2007-05-11 20:14.

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I am being usign skype for chatting now it is free. Thankyou

KN

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Skype is only free as in

Submitted by Anonymous visitor (not verified) on Thu, 2007-05-17 02:08.

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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

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Pidgin, Kopete, WengoPhone

Submitted by guydjohnston on Tue, 2007-05-22 06:02.

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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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