Although Pidgin will probably not include vv functionality (vv = voice & video) into Pidgin 3.0.0, there is a protocol called Jingle for GTalk/XMPP. The Wikipedia page also shows a list of clients which are compatible with it. Jingle is an extension to the <a style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabber" title="Jabber">Jabber</a> /<a style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMPP" title="XMPP">XMPP</a> protocol, to allow for <a style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer" title="Peer-to-peer">peer-to-peer</a> (p2p) signalling for <a style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia" title="Multimedia">multimedia</a> interactions such as <a style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_over_IP" title="Voice over IP">voice</a> or <a style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videoconferencing" title="Videoconferencing">video</a> . It was designed by <a style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a> and the <a style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMPP_Standards_Foundation" title="XMPP Standards Foundation">XMPP Standards Foundation </a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingle_%2528protocol%2529"> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingle_%28protocol%29 </a> <div>On 11/5/07, Andres Mochi <<a href="mailto:andres.mochi@gmail.com">andres.mochi@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> but are those 3 clients compatible with gtalk/yahoo/msn messenger? I think that's the problem. Most windows users are quite inexpert and won't install new IM programs... <div>2007/11/5, Jonathan Kaye < <a href="mailto:jdkaye10@yahoo.es" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">jdkaye10@yahoo.es</a>>:<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Ashfaq Shaikh wrote: > I have downloaded and installed Gutsy about 15 days back. After the > initial fears I had very well settled and happy without windows interface > except for the voice messengers like yahoo and Google talk which I used > extensively in windows for voice chatting. > > I am sure linux too is competable, and not lagging behind, but I dont know > where to find the info or the how to to get the voice chat enable in > linux. Kindly help me out with the available information for this. All my > other multimedia problems for Audio video have been solved except this > one, and the the other is Lexmark Z513 printer! > > Will some one guide me to get this resolved/ > > Thanking you, > Ashfaq Shaikh. Hi Ashfaq, There are loads of clients that will run on linux that use the SIP protocol: Ekiga Twinklephone Sjphone to name but 3. Ekiga also support video conferencing. Cheers, Jonathan -- Registerd Linux user #445917 at <a href="http://counter.li.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> http://counter.li.org/</a> Please do not send me copies of list mail. I read the lists. Thanks! -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div></div> -- Andrés "Majes" Mochi Mella Administrador de <a href="http://www.MeHaDejado.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> http://www.MeHaDejado.com </a> -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> -- Chris