On Saturday 04 November 2006 20:20, Thufir wrote: >some, not all, skype hardware can work with linux, apparently. ><http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8592> gives some info on skypemate. >I've also seen skype phones, which connect to the USB port, which >advertise skypemate. > >Any personal experience? > >I hate the proprietary nature of the skype network, but it might be >easiest to set up. > > > >-Thufir Its extremely easy to setup, all you need is skype, an audio card you can dedicate to its use, and a $15 headset with an attached boom mic. If you don't have any audio but the default, I think you may have to shut any audio servers using it down for the duration of the call. However I've used it without doing that on my lappy, with FC5 installed. Basicly you want to hear everything, but only send whats set for capture and do it without that channel being heard in the phones. And you'll have to turn on the +20 db mic gain switch in your audio config screen. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
