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george55

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[SOLVED] Recommended Google Talk Client for XFCE

Hi all,

I come from Gnome and have used Empathy before to make Google Talk calls. I now changed to XFCE and want to keep using Google Talk. I do not mind what application I use, and I do not mind about any other functionality than to be able to call other Google users through the internet. What is a recommended program? I was about to install Empathy, but saw 133MB of mostly Gnome dependencies that need to be installed, and wondered if there are more suitable solutions.

Thanks.

Last edited by george55 (2011-10-27 21:37:41)

ngoonee

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Re: [SOLVED] Recommended Google Talk Client for XFCE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison … ng_clients

This is a personal preference, and the decision should be as a result of your own searching and trying out of alternatives. As it is it does not seem you even know what's available besides Empathy.

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george55

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Re: [SOLVED] Recommended Google Talk Client for XFCE

Thank you. I have indeed little experience with other programs; I've only tried a few. I understand this is a personal preference, but was hoping other users could share their experience which might help narrow down the trial and error process significantly.

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ConnorBehan

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Re: [SOLVED] Recommended Google Talk Client for XFCE

What you want is an XMPP (Jabber) client that supports libjingle. The only ones I've tried are pidgin and gajim.

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ngoonee

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Re: [SOLVED] Recommended Google Talk Client for XFCE

Thank you. I have indeed little experience with other programs; I've only tried a few. I understand this is a personal preference, but was hoping other users could share their experience which might help narrow down the trial and error process significantly.

There's a reason I mentioned 'searching' first. ConnerBehan has given you some terms that would help.

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GogglesGuy

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Re: [SOLVED] Recommended Google Talk Client for XFCE

I prefer the Google Talk browser plugin. It seems to have the best sound quality. ( https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=40056 )

george55

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Re: [SOLVED] Recommended Google Talk Client for XFCE

Thanks! I'll be trying out pidgin, gajim and google-talk plugin.