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[Liam Proven]

On 08/01/2008, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On 01/08/2008 10:30 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
> > On 08/01/2008, gagan sharma <ginnytinnyster at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> tell me yahoo messenger for ubuntu plz,i want voice and cam chat in ubuntu
> >
> > As people have said, there's a built-in Yahoo client. It's called
> > Pidgin in Ubuntu 7.10.
> >
> > However, it won't do voice or webcam.
> >
> > There is also an official Yahoo client which does support viewing
> > others' webcams - I've used it in the past. Get it from Yahoo. I'm not
> > sure if it can send - I've never set up a webcam on my Ubuntu box. I
> > do have an old one I never use, but Linux doesn't recognise it. I must
> > try this!
> >
> > If you want two-way sound and video, though, your best bet is Skype.
> > In my experience, none of the Linux or Mac cross-platform chat clients
> > are very good at audio/video. It's mainly a Windows thing. Skype, on
> > the other hand, specialises in this.
> >
>
> Gyachi claims to support webcams for Yahoo:
> http://gyachi.sourceforge.net/intro.shtml
>
> <quote>
> This Yahoo! client for Linux operating system supports almost all of the
> features you would expect to find on the official Windows Yahoo! client:
> Voice chat, webcams, faders, 'nicknames', audibles, avatars, display
> images, and more. Yet, it remains very light-weight and memory-friendly.
> GyachE Improved uses Gtk-2 for its user interfaces (Gtk-2 2.0.6 or
> better required).
> </quote>
>
> Disclaimer: I've not tried it... yet.

That's impressive. Thanks for the heads-up!

Shame you have to run a separate client, though...

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