win compatible video chat app in kde?

gub · 05-06-2006, 03:55 PM

after a friend's pc got eaten by malware, i have installed mandriva 2006 on it. all is not well however, due to a long distance relationship- i guess yahoo messenger video chats were a staple of his pc regimen. well kopete offers no video, and the linux versions of yahoo,aim, and skype fall short of video compatibility. basically i am left with no resource as of yet; but refuse to believe in all that the platform has to offer, a solution does not exist. Does anyone out there hold the answer?

thank you

Gogul · 05-06-2006, 04:34 PM

have you tried using gnome meeting? if the other user uses net meeting then you should be able to have video conversations with her using this

gub · 05-06-2006, 04:44 PM

i'll have to confess my lack of knowledge here- i don't own a webcam, and am not familiar w/ many vavoip possibilities or requirements. i do believe that my friend said that the other party does not own a pc and may frequent internet cafes. is net meeting as easy to use as yahoo im?

gub · 05-07-2006, 02:50 PM

to me, at least it looked as if it might be a good solution- it didn't see if video calls were supported in linux yet. i couldn't get it to run after using the install rpm anyway...

WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot · 05-07-2006, 03:13 PM

there is a messenger on linux that supports video chatting, beautifully i must add. its called Mercury, its a java based chat proagram thats as good as MSN 7.5 with a lot of plugins installed

sadly mercury is only for MSN protocalls, doesnt work with yahoo and i deffinately havnt heard of anything supporting video chat in yahoo

. still it is a very powerful messemger and if the video chatting is important for u guys i would suggest getting a msn account ans using mercury.

gub · 05-09-2006, 10:00 AM

thanks whiskey, installed great