GGoogle chat vs Skype

[Aaron Konstam]

On Fri, 2011-09-23 at 13:10 -0400, Darryl L. Pierce wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 09:43:33AM -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > I have long been intrigued wit having Skype-like capabilities for my
> > computer. I recently looked at Google Chat which seems to be similar and
> > is really easy to install and use (at least on my F14 laptop).
> > 
> > What am I missing by not using Skype?
> 
> Is the Google chat code native or is in running under WINE? And, if so,
> do they have a native 64-bit version yet rather than requiring 32-bit
> libraries?
> 

It runs native of the Linux system. They have 32 bit and 64 bit
versions. I get the idea that Skype is difficult to install. Google Chat
is easy. Less than 5 minutes unless you make the stupid mistakes I made.

Go to: gmail.com/videochat
and see.
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