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Old 11-10-2006, 12:03 PM   #1
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guys why do u think google hasn't made an official google talk linux on linux platfor


it seems to be so old to ask about that now but it is so..
why do u think google has made google talk client just for windows and no linux?
 
Old 11-10-2006, 01:27 PM   #2
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You can use GAIM to access googletalk from Linux.. it's just jabber. the only feature that Googletalk client supports that the others don't is the voice aspect.

http://www.google.com/talk/otherclients.html
 
Old 11-10-2006, 02:21 PM   #3
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i know but i m asking about client made by google..
and also giam is not that best..
 
Old 11-10-2006, 02:47 PM   #4
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Moved: More suitable in General since this is more like a discussion that isn't directly Linux technical.
 
Old 11-11-2006, 03:07 AM   #5
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and also giam is not that best..
Actually it is.

Also, you can try BitlBee if you're a big fan of IRC *and* need to use GTalk/Yahoo MSGR/whatever.
 
Old 11-11-2006, 05:04 AM   #6
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Actually it is.
He speaks the truth. Gaim supports many protocols out of the box. Thats one application, for multiple uses. And its fairly lightweight. No ads, no daemons sticking around sucking up resource. Trivial on most peoples boxes. But I still prefer gaim. I even like the way it looks better.

Perhaps you could say, it is less crowded.
 
Old 11-12-2006, 12:06 AM   #7
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isn't this the usual chicken and egg problem? If there are enough linux users asking for it, they will do it, but how do you get more linux users if there aren't enough enticing applications for the casual users, etc?
 
Old 11-12-2006, 03:34 AM   #8
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sure gaim as a program which can do alot of things, is good ,maybe it is something like emacs..
but i was just asking about google , do google see that gaim is enough for the linux user?
in another word do u compare gaim on linux with google talk client on windows?
 
Old 11-12-2006, 03:43 AM   #9
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sure gaim as a program which can do alot of things, is good ,maybe it is something like emacs..
but i was just asking about google , do google see that gaim is enough for the linux user?
in another word do u compare gaim on linux with google talk client on windows?
Maybe. It is likely. Developers. like writers or directors, have a target audience. In their minds, they see that virtually every who uses linux knows about gaim. And gaim is a pretty capable client. So why bother right?

It is possible that the people running google might even feel silly for releasing yet another chat client for linux.

Might even be a personal thing, where the makers really like gaim and don't want to compete. So to increase awareness of open source projects, they feed with linux users with instructions on how to connect with gaim.

It is a well known fact that google utilizes linux. People that use linux tend to support it in the way they best see fit. Even if the methods seem somewhat backwards.
 
Old 11-12-2006, 06:03 AM   #10
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in another word do u compare gaim on linux with google talk client on windows?
Ter tell you the truth, I would have chosen Gaim had they made a GTalk Linux client. Just like I chose Gaim over the YahooMSGr client.

Now I gave up Gaim because I'm trying to live almost 100% in the console [again] thus I'm using Bitlbee.

One thing to note here: You're requesting something for Linux. But why doesn't google make their client available for the BSDs, for Solaris, MAC OS etc.?
 
Old 11-12-2006, 06:57 AM   #11
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One thing to note here: You're requesting something for Linux. But why doesn't google make their client available for the BSDs, for Solaris, MAC OS etc.?
Well supposedly, atleast the way rumor has it, if it runs on linux it can run on almost any *nix. With either simple recompilation and minor modifications, or directly with binary translation. In fact all the oses you mentioned support linux binaries.
 
Old 11-12-2006, 10:20 AM   #12
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In fact all the oses you mentioned support linux binaries.
Yes and that's a bad thing; they shouldn't need to. People don't think portability, most just give a Linux version to make a large amount of people stfu; but this is hurting the BSDs (at least). Why shouldn't google make a FreeBSD version and let Linux people port it over?
 
  


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