The most used IM client in Linux is Pidgin. But the problem with Pidgin is that doesnt support voice chat. Also the gtalk software is not available for linux. Its only available as exe that is supported only by Windows.
When i was chatting with my friend using pidgin and he was in gtalk, he called me for voice chat. But i couldnt. Googling this problem i found a solution. the solution is Empathy. Use Synaptic package manager, go to Settings->Repositories->Third Party Software and then click Add and add the following line
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/telepathy/ubuntu hardy main
Then, Install the following packages using Synaptic Pagakage manager.
- Empathy
- telepathy-gabble
- telepathy-mission-control
- telepathy-stream-engine
After successful installation, open the Empathy application and use the menu, Edit->Accouts to add your gtalk account. Enjoy using voice chat with your favorite gtalk account using Empathy in Linux.
Empathy With my Gtalk account
Applications, Internet, Ubuntu
Internet, Ubuntu
I was creating a photo slideshow VCD in my windows XP using Nero. My Writer drive was not working fine, so i decided to creat the cd image (.nrg) and write it using my Lap installed with Hardy(Ubuntu 8.04) using K3B. K3B didnt accept the nrg file… So going through how to convert the nrg to ISO, I came accross IAT.
IAT is nothing but ISo9660 Analyser Tool. In windows we use many CD Image manipulation softwares
Eg. Alcohol(.mdf), Clone CD(.cdi), Nero (.nrg) and many more. But the standart Image format accepted my all platforms are ISO(.iso). iat (Iso9660 Analyzer Tool) is a tool for detecting the structure of many types of CD-ROM image file formats, such as BIN, MDF, PDI, CDI, NRG, and B5I, and converting them into ISO-9660. Even many Operating System CDs are downloaded in Internet in the same file format. AS it is widely accepted standard. You can install IAT like
~$sudo apt-get install iat
provided your repositories are configured well. Also for the developers the source files can be downloaded in
http://prdownload.berlios.de/iat/
Usage is like
~$iat input_file.nrg output_file.iso
Applications, Ubuntu
ISO
D4X is a very cute Webdownloader or Download manager for Linux. Its More equivalent to Free Download Manager that is used for Window. The feature of D4x is quite interesting than many other Download manager that is ever used.
D4X means Downloader for X. X may denote Linux. It was developed in gtk+ programming. D4X is quite simple that any new users can use the software with no knowledge. You can install D4X using Synapic Package manager in you Debian or Ubuntu, as there repositories have D4X. To download it the softpedia link is
http://www.softpedia.com/get/UNIX/Networking/Client-Applications/Downloader-for-X.shtml
Using the D4X is very simple, copy the url to the file to be downloaded, Click the + icon in the software and paste the URL and click OK. Quite interesting features in D4X are sound effets on completion, ftp access, simple usage, logs, setting limits on download size etc… Use D4X for your downloads and Enjoy…
Applications, Internet
Internet
KolourPaint is an Opensource Painting tool. I sat with it, felt to draw something, and something came out…
Art using KolourPaint
Write your comments about my painting…..
Applications, Ubuntu
KolourPaint, Paint
