On 25 August 2010 06:59, Steven Stern <subscribed-lists(a)sterndata.com> wrote:
On 08/25/2010 06:23 AM, suvayu ali wrote:
> On 25 August 2010 04:07, Jatin K <ssh.fedora(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wednesday 25 August 2010 03:08 PM, L wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Google recently announced the availability of GMail Video Chat for
>>> linux!, Unfortunately the sad part is that the released only for
>>> Ubuntu and Debian based systems!
>>> So the thing is we have a .deb. Is there a way we could get the .rpm
>>> for installation? anyone have this convert to rpm?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>> Y
>>>
>> Hey L
>>
>> have a look at this[1]
>>
>> [1]
http://www.linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/RPM-for-Unix-HOWTO-8.html
>>
>
> Some other options:
>
> 1. Wait -
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/use-linux-now-you-can-video-chat-to...
> 2. Use pidgin
> 3. Use empathy
>
> Both pidgin and empathy has supported audio/video chat for a little
> under a year now.
>
How do you do it with Empathy? I see nothing in the preferences
relating to video.
I personally use pidgin, but the empathy FAQ on
gnome.org has this,
http://live.gnome.org/Empathy/FAQ#Audio_and_Video_calls
I would presume (from my pidgin experience) to make a call, you would
probably have to right click a contact and choose whether you want to
make an audio or audio/video call.
Hope this was helpful.
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-- Steve
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Suvayu
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