[Arm-netbook] VOIP working?

[luke.leighton]

On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 12:05 AM, joem <joem at martindale-electric.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 10:01 PM, joem <joem at martindale-electric.co.uk> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Anyone got VOIP working?
>> Twinkle is not in the Ubuntu 13.04 arm repository :(
>
> : http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=twinkle
> :
> : hmmm...  looks like it's lost a maintainer, even for x86.  only amd64
> :compiles successfully right now.
> :
> : http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=ekiga
> :
> : ah ha!
> :
> : http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=simpleopal
> :
> : and that.
> :
> : http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=sflphone-gnome
> :
> :and that.
> :
> :answer: yes, there are plenty, and a few more not listed above.  my
> :experience with VoIP clients has been that their quality (stability)
> :significanty varies, as does the interoperability.  but hey, it's a
> :start to begin investigating.  all of those except twinkle compile for
> :armhf.
>
>
> Twinkle was the best for stability - works on every Ubuntu PC reliably
> with good clean sound and reliable connection set up, number setup, dialing and hang up.

 source is available - it's always possible to give it a try.  apt-get
source twinkle followed by dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot

l.