I've just bought an ASUS EEE PC900
(at http://eeepc.asus.com/global/900.htm for the uninitiated) which
represents my very first foray into Linux territory and I'm struggling a
bit. I want to set it up for Voip, and don't know where to start in
terms of looking for a client to install. I feel a bit like my old mum
must have felt when she first started using a computer!

This new machine is by definition pretty low-spec, and runs "GNU Linux"
AFAICS - is there any particular client recommended, in terms of
compatibility and ease of setup / use?

I'm pretty new to Voip anyway, but used to run X-lite with Sipgate
service on my previous Windows laptop without problems.

Can't help feeling I'm going to have to install XP on the machine -
anyone prove me wrong? ;-)

David

"Lobster" wrote in message
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I've just bought an ASUS EEE PC900
(at http://eeepc.asus.com/global/900.htm for the uninitiated) which
represents my very first foray into Linux territory and I'm struggling a
bit. I want to set it up for Voip, and don't know where to start in terms
of looking for a client to install. I feel a bit like my old mum must
have felt when she first started using a computer!

This new machine is by definition pretty low-spec, and runs "GNU Linux"
AFAICS - is there any particular client recommended, in terms of
compatibility and ease of setup / use?

I'm pretty new to Voip anyway, but used to run X-lite with Sipgate service
on my previous Windows laptop without problems.


A comprehensive list of what's available he
http://www.voipnow.org/2008/06/the-d...nux-users.html


Can't help feeling I'm going to have to install XP on the machine - anyone
prove me wrong? ;-)


Eueuwwww... Wash your mouth out this instant!

On 2008-06-28, Lobster wrote:
I've just bought an ASUS EEE PC900
(at http://eeepc.asus.com/global/900.htm for the uninitiated) which
represents my very first foray into Linux territory and I'm struggling a
bit. I want to set it up for Voip, and don't know where to start in
terms of looking for a client to install. I feel a bit like my old mum
must have felt when she first started using a computer!

This new machine is by definition pretty low-spec, and runs "GNU Linux"
AFAICS - is there any particular client recommended, in terms of
compatibility and ease of setup / use?

I'm pretty new to Voip anyway, but used to run X-lite with Sipgate
service on my previous Windows laptop without problems.

Can't help feeling I'm going to have to install XP on the machine -
anyone prove me wrong? ;-)

I use Ekiga on my Linux laptop. I've not tried using it directly with
Sipgate (it currently logs into my Trixbox - with dodgy cron job
removed) but has logged on to Tesco Internet Phone and voipcheap.com
(Betamax).

It's at http://www.ekiga.org/ - indeed, it's possible the package
management software on the Eee already knows about it and will install
it upon request. (It's part of the standard fit for Fedora.)

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Lobster wrote:
I've just bought an ASUS EEE PC900
(at http://eeepc.asus.com/global/900.htm for the uninitiated) which
represents my very first foray into Linux territory and I'm struggling a
bit. I want to set it up for Voip, and don't know where to start in
terms of looking for a client to install. I feel a bit like my old mum
must have felt when she first started using a computer!

This new machine is by definition pretty low-spec, and runs "GNU Linux"
AFAICS - is there any particular client recommended, in terms of
compatibility and ease of setup / use?

I'm pretty new to Voip anyway, but used to run X-lite with Sipgate
service on my previous Windows laptop without problems.

I haven't managed to get X-lite to work on my eecpc700.

Someone has just sent me instructions on how to install Wengophone. I'll
install it this week end and get back to you if it works
(Wengo have changed track from their original VOIP activity, and are no
longer giving user support. But it still works and you can still
download their client from their website)

There is also Twinkle, which should self-install using the EEEPC's
Synaptic programme

Can't help feeling I'm going to have to install XP on the machine -
anyone prove me wrong? ;-)

Bloatware takes away the whole point of the eeeeee

On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:40:20 +0200, Salvador Freemanson
wrote:

Lobster wrote:
I've just bought an ASUS EEE PC900
(at http://eeepc.asus.com/global/900.htm for the uninitiated) which
represents my very first foray into Linux territory and I'm struggling a
bit. I want to set it up for Voip, and don't know where to start in
terms of looking for a client to install. I feel a bit like my old mum
must have felt when she first started using a computer!

This new machine is by definition pretty low-spec, and runs "GNU Linux"
AFAICS - is there any particular client recommended, in terms of
compatibility and ease of setup / use?

I'm pretty new to Voip anyway, but used to run X-lite with Sipgate
service on my previous Windows laptop without problems.

I haven't managed to get X-lite to work on my eecpc700.

Someone has just sent me instructions on how to install Wengophone. I'll
install it this week end and get back to you if it works
(Wengo have changed track from their original VOIP activity, and are no
longer giving user support. But it still works and you can still
download their client from their website)

There is also Twinkle, which should self-install using the EEEPC's
Synaptic programme

Can't help feeling I'm going to have to install XP on the machine -
anyone prove me wrong? ;-)

Bloatware takes away the whole point of the eeeeee
I set up a soft phone on a friend's Eee. I tried several but the best
one was SJphone. I got that to work with Voxalot no problems. You have
to make a few adjustments to the settings on the SJphone client to
improve the voice quality. I can't remember what, specifically, those
adjustments were and not having the Eee here (as it isn't mine) I
can't investigate.

I was planning to get an Eee myself but I have waited to see what the
competition is. The Acer 'Aspire One' looks good except for the low
battery life (2hrs max) and the reported 0.3Mpixel camera - though,
unless it has changed, was reported as 1.3Mpixel on cnet.co.uk.
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On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:18:48 GMT, Brian A
wrote:

On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:40:20 +0200, Salvador Freemanson
wrote:

Lobster wrote:
I've just bought an ASUS EEE PC900
(at http://eeepc.asus.com/global/900.htm for the uninitiated) which
represents my very first foray into Linux territory and I'm struggling a
bit. I want to set it up for Voip, and don't know where to start in
terms of looking for a client to install. I feel a bit like my old mum
must have felt when she first started using a computer!

This new machine is by definition pretty low-spec, and runs "GNU Linux"
AFAICS - is there any particular client recommended, in terms of
compatibility and ease of setup / use?

I'm pretty new to Voip anyway, but used to run X-lite with Sipgate
service on my previous Windows laptop without problems.

I haven't managed to get X-lite to work on my eecpc700.

Someone has just sent me instructions on how to install Wengophone. I'll
install it this week end and get back to you if it works
(Wengo have changed track from their original VOIP activity, and are no
longer giving user support. But it still works and you can still
download their client from their website)

There is also Twinkle, which should self-install using the EEEPC's
Synaptic programme

Can't help feeling I'm going to have to install XP on the machine -
anyone prove me wrong? ;-)

Bloatware takes away the whole point of the eeeeee
I set up a soft phone on a friend's Eee. I tried several but the best
one was SJphone. I got that to work with Voxalot no problems. You have
to make a few adjustments to the settings on the SJphone client to
improve the voice quality. I can't remember what, specifically, those
adjustments were and not having the Eee here (as it isn't mine) I
can't investigate.
Just to follow up, though not directly concerning your post, I also
installed an alternative MSN client. I think it is called aMSN. It is
MUCH better than the installed messenger (pidgin ?).




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In article ,
Lobster wrote:
I've just bought an ASUS EEE PC900
(at http://eeepc.asus.com/global/900.htm for the uninitiated) which
represents my very first foray into Linux territory and I'm struggling a
bit. I want to set it up for Voip, and don't know where to start in
terms of looking for a client to install. I feel a bit like my old mum
must have felt when she first started using a computer!

This new machine is by definition pretty low-spec, and runs "GNU Linux"
AFAICS - is there any particular client recommended, in terms of
compatibility and ease of setup / use?

I'm pretty new to Voip anyway, but used to run X-lite with Sipgate
service on my previous Windows laptop without problems.

Can't help feeling I'm going to have to install XP on the machine -
anyone prove me wrong? ;-)

Zoiper

http://www.zoiper.com/free.php

Not open source, but free for what you need. (Cross platform too, so if
there's a group of you on XP/Mac/Linux then you can all use the same
"look and feel" application...

If you want open source then there's Ekiga, but I find that very clunky,
bloated and just over the top...

X-Lite also ought to work, and I find that OK, but fiddly to configure.

One advantage of Zoiper is that it will talk IAX as well as SIP, so if
your provider offers IAX then use that if you can as it's much easier to
get working through NAT firewalls, etc.

Gordon

Gordon Henderson wrote:
In article ,
Lobster wrote:
I've just bought an ASUS EEE PC900
(at http://eeepc.asus.com/global/900.htm for the uninitiated) which
represents my very first foray into Linux territory and I'm struggling a
bit. I want to set it up for Voip, and don't know where to start in
terms of looking for a client to install. I feel a bit like my old mum
must have felt when she first started using a computer!

This new machine is by definition pretty low-spec, and runs "GNU Linux"
AFAICS - is there any particular client recommended, in terms of
compatibility and ease of setup / use?

I'm pretty new to Voip anyway, but used to run X-lite with Sipgate
service on my previous Windows laptop without problems.

Can't help feeling I'm going to have to install XP on the machine -
anyone prove me wrong? ;-)

Zoiper

http://www.zoiper.com/free.php

Not open source, but free for what you need. (Cross platform too, so if
there's a group of you on XP/Mac/Linux then you can all use the same
"look and feel" application...

If you want open source then there's Ekiga, but I find that very clunky,
bloated and just over the top...

X-Lite also ought to work, and I find that OK, but fiddly to configure.

Thanks for the responses so far...

As I said - total newbie at Linux he the only version of x-lite that
I've found is for XP... are you saying you can install that on a Linux
machine and I don't need a special 'for Linux' version? X-lite would
certainly be my preference if poss.

David

On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:51:28 +0100, Lobster
wrote:

Gordon Henderson wrote:
In article ,
Lobster wrote:
I've just bought an ASUS EEE PC900
(at http://eeepc.asus.com/global/900.htm for the uninitiated) which
represents my very first foray into Linux territory and I'm struggling a
bit. I want to set it up for Voip, and don't know where to start in
terms of looking for a client to install. I feel a bit like my old mum
must have felt when she first started using a computer!

This new machine is by definition pretty low-spec, and runs "GNU Linux"
AFAICS - is there any particular client recommended, in terms of
compatibility and ease of setup / use?

I'm pretty new to Voip anyway, but used to run X-lite with Sipgate
service on my previous Windows laptop without problems.

Can't help feeling I'm going to have to install XP on the machine -
anyone prove me wrong? ;-)

Zoiper

http://www.zoiper.com/free.php

Not open source, but free for what you need. (Cross platform too, so if
there's a group of you on XP/Mac/Linux then you can all use the same
"look and feel" application...

If you want open source then there's Ekiga, but I find that very clunky,
bloated and just over the top...

X-Lite also ought to work, and I find that OK, but fiddly to configure.

Thanks for the responses so far...

As I said - total newbie at Linux he the only version of x-lite that
I've found is for XP... are you saying you can install that on a Linux
machine and I don't need a special 'for Linux' version? X-lite would
certainly be my preference if poss.
There is a version of x-lite for linux. That was one of the clients
that I tried. I can't remember just what it was but I did get a
problem with it. I tried Twinkle also.

I did a quick search on Google. This is probably where I got x-lite
from.
http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Commu...ite-5595.shtml
However, I would go for SJphone.
http://www.sjlabs.com/sjp.html

I forgot to say that I installed Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10?) on the
Eee first as it made installation of applications easier. Many
applications can simply be installed automatically for you. It is
worth trying Ubuntu. The latest version is 'Hardy Heron'.
However, applications that are not in the repository will require a
bit of technical knowledge to install. You will need, in some cases,
to get the release notes or search for info. on how to do the
installation.

It is worth checking out Youtube. There are lots of videos on there
about the Eee showing hardware add-ons among other things.

One of the problems I got generally with the Eee is that, when
installing or setting up some applications, I couldn't get to some of
the controls because the windows were too big for the screen. This was
after I had made adjustments to be able to move the windows above the
top of the screen.
I didn't try it but one idea I had was that might be possible
circumvent this problem by using the remote desktop application ( I
can't remember the name of it). It is built into Gutsy, it is easy to
get it working and it works well. That way I might then be able to use
another linux machine to set up the applications.





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In article ,
Lobster wrote:
Gordon Henderson wrote:
In article ,
Lobster wrote:
I've just bought an ASUS EEE PC900
(at http://eeepc.asus.com/global/900.htm for the uninitiated) which
represents my very first foray into Linux territory and I'm struggling a
bit. I want to set it up for Voip, and don't know where to start in
terms of looking for a client to install. I feel a bit like my old mum
must have felt when she first started using a computer!

This new machine is by definition pretty low-spec, and runs "GNU Linux"
AFAICS - is there any particular client recommended, in terms of
compatibility and ease of setup / use?

I'm pretty new to Voip anyway, but used to run X-lite with Sipgate
service on my previous Windows laptop without problems.

Can't help feeling I'm going to have to install XP on the machine -
anyone prove me wrong? ;-)

Zoiper

http://www.zoiper.com/free.php

Not open source, but free for what you need. (Cross platform too, so if
there's a group of you on XP/Mac/Linux then you can all use the same
"look and feel" application...

If you want open source then there's Ekiga, but I find that very clunky,
bloated and just over the top...

X-Lite also ought to work, and I find that OK, but fiddly to configure.

Thanks for the responses so far...

As I said - total newbie at Linux he the only version of x-lite that
I've found is for XP... are you saying you can install that on a Linux
machine and I don't need a special 'for Linux' version? X-lite would
certainly be my preference if poss.

I was saying that Zoiper is cross platform, however last time I looked,
x-lite was too:

http://www.counterpath.com/x-lite-downloadsurvey.html

Looks like they want your name & email address now...

Gordon