Need something like yahoo messenger

cola · #1 28th July 2009, 01:54 PM

Hi,

Is there any software like yahoo messenger to call someone(voice chat with yahoo id)?

zackf · #2 28th July 2009, 02:00 PM

Don't know about yahoo, but I know Skype works with Linux.

Have you tried using wine?

cola · #3 28th July 2009, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by zackf

Don't know about yahoo, but I know Skype works with Linux.

Have you tried using wine?

Haven't tried with wine, searching application that can be run without wine for voice chat with yahoo id.

beaker_ · #4 28th July 2009, 03:15 PM

How about the jabber clients? Don't they support it?

zackf · #5 28th July 2009, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by beaker_

How about the jabber clients? Don't they support it?

They might support VoIP, but I'm not sure about the Yahoo connectivity. I guess if he needs something like Yahoo messenger there are a lot of options, but as for using the yahoo ID, I don't know.

There is a web version of it though: http://messenger.yahoo.com/platform/web/

beaker_ · #6 28th July 2009, 02:00 PM

Pidgen and kopete (bad spelling?) are good clients. Don't know if they support voip but I just portforward my router to ekiga. Dimdim's good for conferencing but overkill for most.

cola · #7 28th July 2009, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by beaker_

Pidgen and kopete (bad spelling?) are good clients. Don't know if they support voip but I just portforward my router to ekiga. Dimdim's good for conferencing but overkill for most.

Probably pidgin and kopete don't have the option of voice chat.

pwhitney · #8 28th July 2009, 02:21 PM

Skype and Ekiga are the native linux answer. If you install Wine, you can also use Ventrilo. It works, but depending on your hardware/system performance, it could be somewhat choppy.

Unsought · #9 28th July 2009, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by cola

Hi,

Is there any software like yahoo messenger to call someone(voice chat with yahoo id)?

I'm using GYachE.
It boasts the same features that Yahoo has. And although I've never tried voice chat with it. This is the only yahoo messenger program for linux that I found uses webcams. And I can see the option for voice chat here too. I just haven't tested that part myself yet.