Configuring ur instant messengers.

[srikar]

To connect to Yahoo or Gtalk from Linux you need to install any multiprotocol Instant messaging client like: 'Kopete' or 'Pidgin'

Kopete >> http://kopete.kde.org
Pidgin >> http://www.pidgin.im
Download them from the above links & install them.

To configure kopete for yahoo/MSN/ICQ/AIM etc: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/...tant_messenger

To configure Pidgin for Yahoo/MSN/ICQ/AIM etc:
Click Accounts >> Add/Edit. On the new Accounts window click Add.
Select the Protocol like Yahoo, Google Talk etc. & fill in other required details.

To configure Kopete for Gtalk:
http://www.google.com/support/talk/b...n&answer=57557

To configure Pidgin for Gtalk: http://www.google.com/support/talk/b...73&ctx=sibling

[srikar]

Voice chat

Call a person using yahoo messenger on windows
First sign up for a free SIP username at http://ekiga.net

Now open ekiga and sign in using your newly registered username.
If the yahoo id of the friend you wish to call is linuxrox@yahoo.com then in the sip address bar of ekiga type in
linuxrox_at_yahoo.com@yahoo.gtalk2voip.com
or
linuxrox%yahoo.com@yahoo.gtalk2voip.com

During the first time u call the person at the other end will get an add request from an id that looks kinda like this-> gtalk2voipXXX@yahoo.com which he/she must accept.

After the user accepts the invitation, he/she can answer your call the next time you call.



Call a person using Google Talk on windows
First sign up for a free SIP username at http://ekiga.net(or use the same SIP id registered earlier for yahoo)

Now open ekiga and sign in using your registered username.
If the gmail id of the friend you wish to call is linuxrox@gmail.com then in the sip address bar of ekiga type in
linuxrox@gtalk2voip.com

During the first time u call the person at the other end will get an add request from an id that looks kinda like this-> gtalk2voipXXX@gmail.com which he/she must accept.

After the user accepts the invitation, he/she can answer your call the next time you call.

[srikar]

Re: Configuring ur instant messengers.

I didnot try ekiga .I have found it on some blog. Just make a try and plz post ur comments.
Are there any other tools that allow u to make pc-pc calls for free(other than skype).