Running Google Talk on ubuntu

[Giorgos]

On Tue, 2005-12-13 at 21:56 -0500, 'Forum Post wrote:

> i support gizmo for the fact that they are a linux-related company, and
> that they are built on open standards.
> 
> 
> 
> however, having both gizmo and skype on both windows xp and ubuntu
> breezy, my experience tells me tat yes, while gizmo sounds better than
> skype, the reliability nomination at this moment goes to skype. skype
> just works out of the box, with hardly any interruption during calls. i
> can't say the same for gizmo, as it seems to have problems even setting
> itself up.
> 
> 
> 
> eg1. my friend's skype on windows xp works perfectly, but his windows
> gizmo (downloaded just 2-3 days ago, so it's quite recent) could not
> produce any sound. he could hear me, but i can't hear him. he was using
> a laptop's built-in microphone.
> 

Well, Skype has given me all sorts of trouble on windows and linux. I'm
talking with someone who uses a 56k connection every night. With Skype
it's barely possible, lag is reaching over 30s most of the time (windows
and linux). With Google Talk it works. Without any lag.

I don't think gaim-vv would let me chat with google talk clients. Isn't
there a way to run Google Talk in some emulator or something?