Re: [newbie] Willing to help bring someone up to speed on Mandrake via Skype
On Wednesday 23 March 2005 10:22, David Anderson wrote: Pablo, (snip) Skype: 1.7 euro cents /minute GMeeting: 0.043 euros/ minute So Skype is substantially cheaper then? Converted prices: Skype 1.7 eurocents/min GMeeting 4.3 eurocents/min David, I got those rates from their websites. However, after downloading gnomemeeting-1.2.1-0.2.101mdk, I can no longer acces the site to which the installation druid (or ToolsPC-to-Phone Account) pointed to. Therefore, I was able to check Sype's (which is OK), but not Gnomemeeting's. http://www.skype.com/products/skypeout/rates/ SkypeOut Global Rate: 1.7 Euro Cent per minute. -- Pablo Ortúzar Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Willing to help bring someone up to speed on Mandrake via Skype
On Saturday 12 Mar 2005 17:44, Dave Ashmore wrote: Ok I'm here and have a few minutes before I get started on my home project. Give me a call if you need some help. Skype: djash34 I'm somewhat puzzled by all this. What exactly is the advantage of Skype over GnomeMeeting? I've spoken to a friend in USA over GM, with video, thought it can be used without, and no problems at all with the quality on a 512 ADSL connection. I'm not meaning to be negative - it's just that I wonder what this newer product can do that the older one can't. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels pgpWagO9V7sm2.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Willing to help bring someone up to speed on Mandrake via Skype
On Monday 14 Mar 2005 21:33, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 12 Mar 2005 17:44, Dave Ashmore wrote: Ok I'm here and have a few minutes before I get started on my home project. Give me a call if you need some help. Skype: djash34 I'm somewhat puzzled by all this. What exactly is the advantage of Skype over GnomeMeeting? I've spoken to a friend in USA over GM, with video, thought it can be used without, and no problems at all with the quality on a 512 ADSL connection. I'm not meaning to be negative - it's just that I wonder what this newer product can do that the older one can't. Anne Does GnomeMeeting talk to other voip clients? I'm curious ... most of my friends use MS, and skype has downloads for both. Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Willing to help bring someone up to speed on Mandrake via Skype
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Monday 14 Mar 2005 21:33, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 12 Mar 2005 17:44, Dave Ashmore wrote: Ok I'm here and have a few minutes before I get started on my home project. Give me a call if you need some help. Skype: djash34 I'm somewhat puzzled by all this. What exactly is the advantage of Skype over GnomeMeeting? I've spoken to a friend in USA over GM, with video, thought it can be used without, and no problems at all with the quality on a 512 ADSL connection. I'm not meaning to be negative - it's just that I wonder what this newer product can do that the older one can't. Anne Does GnomeMeeting talk to other voip clients? I'm curious ... most of my friends use MS, and skype has downloads for both. Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com That's whay I was going to say. I can use it to talk to family that is on windows. I have not yet been able to convert everyone I know to linux yet...lol. -- Regards Dave Ashmore MDK 10.1 Official Thunderbird 1 Sometimes I can be reached via Skype as djash34 Disclaimer: The below quote is randomly generated and I may or may not agree with the quote. (fortunes) % Good day to deal with people in high places; particularly lonely stewardesses. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Willing to help bring someone up to speed on Mandrake via Skype
On Monday 14 Mar 2005 10:42, Dave Ashmore wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Monday 14 Mar 2005 21:33, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 12 Mar 2005 17:44, Dave Ashmore wrote: Ok I'm here and have a few minutes before I get started on my home project. Give me a call if you need some help. Skype: djash34 I'm somewhat puzzled by all this. What exactly is the advantage of Skype over GnomeMeeting? I've spoken to a friend in USA over GM, with video, thought it can be used without, and no problems at all with the quality on a 512 ADSL connection. I'm not meaning to be negative - it's just that I wonder what this newer product can do that the older one can't. Anne Does GnomeMeeting talk to other voip clients? I'm curious ... most of my friends use MS, and skype has downloads for both. I haven't received this message yet - but That's whay I was going to say. I can use it to talk to family that is on windows. I have not yet been able to convert everyone I know to linux yet...lol. Yes - I have tested it against a GnomeMeeting to NetMeeting session. I think it was easier to start the session from GM than it was from NM, but that's the only issue I remember having. It certainly works without any problems. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels pgpuJRUS5yJl9.pgp Description: PGP signature
RE: [newbie] Willing to help bring someone up to speed on Mandrake via Skype
-Original Message- From: Anne Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 3:34 AM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] Willing to help bring someone up to speed on Mandrake via Skype On Saturday 12 Mar 2005 17:44, Dave Ashmore wrote: Ok I'm here and have a few minutes before I get started on my home project. Give me a call if you need some help. Skype: djash34 I'm somewhat puzzled by all this. What exactly is the advantage of Skype over GnomeMeeting? I've spoken to a friend in USA over GM, with video, thought it can be used without, and no problems at all with the quality on a 512 ADSL connection. I'm not meaning to be negative - it's just that I wonder what this newer product can do that the older one can't. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels Good question, and I would be interested in the answer as well... Correct me if I'm wrong here, but can PC to Phone calls be made for free under GnomeMeeting? There is a (cheap) rate for this to happen with Skype... __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Willing to help bring someone up to speed on Mandrake via Skype
On Monday 14 March 2005 14:42, Tango Echo wrote: -Original Message- From: Anne Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (snip) Good question, and I would be interested in the answer as well... Correct me if I'm wrong here, but can PC to Phone calls be made for free under GnomeMeeting? There is a (cheap) rate for this to happen with Skype... Skype: 1.7 euro cents /minute GMeeting: 0.043 euros/ minute -- Pablo Ortúzar Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Willing to help bring someone up to speed on Mandrake via Skype
On Monday 14 Mar 2005 13:42, Tango Echo wrote: -Original Message- From: Anne Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 3:34 AM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] Willing to help bring someone up to speed on Mandrake via Skype On Saturday 12 Mar 2005 17:44, Dave Ashmore wrote: Ok I'm here and have a few minutes before I get started on my home project. Give me a call if you need some help. Skype: djash34 I'm somewhat puzzled by all this. What exactly is the advantage of Skype over GnomeMeeting? I've spoken to a friend in USA over GM, with video, thought it can be used without, and no problems at all with the quality on a 512 ADSL connection. I'm not meaning to be negative - it's just that I wonder what this newer product can do that the older one can't. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels Good question, and I would be interested in the answer as well... Correct me if I'm wrong here, but can PC to Phone calls be made for free under GnomeMeeting? There is a (cheap) rate for this to happen with Skype... As far as I know that is still work in progress. Where you can use pc to pc, though, it is totally cost-free. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels pgpen62chsSJA.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Willing to help bring someone up to speed on Mandrake via Skype
On Monday 14 Mar 2005 15:18, Pablo Ortuzar wrote: On Monday 14 March 2005 14:42, Tango Echo wrote: -Original Message- From: Anne Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (snip) Good question, and I would be interested in the answer as well... Correct me if I'm wrong here, but can PC to Phone calls be made for free under GnomeMeeting? There is a (cheap) rate for this to happen with Skype... Skype: 1.7 euro cents /minute GMeeting: 0.043 euros/ minute Ah - I didn't know it had been introduced on GM yet. I knew they had been working on it. I guess if there is a significant price difference they will have to address that problem before long. Thanks for that. It's time I got it working again ;-) It will be pc to pc, so that's fine. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels pgpQ7s7RktygZ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Willing to help bring someone up to speed on Mandrake via Skype
On Sunday 13 Mar 2005 06:44, Dave Ashmore wrote: Dave Ashmore wrote: Hello all. I'd like to take this chance to offer to bring a new user up to speed on Mandrake. I don't consider myself an expert but would like to give a little back to a community where I've learned so much about linux. So, If someone needs some help learning how to get around Mandrake Linux via Skype (voip application) I'm looking to help sometime tomorrow afternoon EST. (not exactly sure when) I'll turn on skype an await a call as mentioned above. Skype name: djash34 Till then take care I'm assuming from this you Skype up and running on Mandrake? Is it 10.1, and was it difficult to set up? I used it briefly in windows to communicate with a friend and thought it was great. Thanks Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Ok I'm here and have a few minutes before I get started on my home project. Give me a call if you need some help. Skype: djash34 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Willing to help bring someone up to speed on Mandrake via Skype
On Monday 14 March 2005 00:23, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: (snip) I'm assuming from this you Skype up and running on Mandrake? Is it 10.1, and was it difficult to set up? I used it briefly in windows to communicate with a friend and thought it was great. Hi, it's in your installation CDs. You can also download Skype: http://www.skype.com/ Works great. -- Pablo Ortúzar Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [ml] Re: [newbie] Willing to help bring someone up to speed on Mandrake via Skype
Pablo Ortuzar wrote: On Monday 14 March 2005 00:23, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: (snip) I'm assuming from this you Skype up and running on Mandrake? Is it 10.1, and was it difficult to set up? I used it briefly in windows to communicate with a friend and thought it was great. Hi, it's in your installation CDs. You can also download Skype: http://www.skype.com/ Works great. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Yes I would recommend the download as I'm sure it's the latest version. Then go to konsole and type su to become root and type roots password. The type urpmi /pathto/getskype-linux-mdk.rpm You may have to play with the sound mixer settings for your mic. http://www.skype.com/help/guides/soundsetup_linux.html Good luck. -- Regards Dave Ashmore MDK 10.1 Official Thunderbird 1 Sometimes I can be reached via Skype as djash34 Disclaimer: The below quote is randomly generated and I may or may not agree with the quote. Frobnicate, v.: To manipulate or adjust, to tweak. Derived from FROBNITZ. Usually abbreviated to FROB. Thus one has the saying to frob a frob. See TWEAK and TWIDDLE. Usage: FROB, TWIDDLE, and TWEAK sometimes connote points along a continuum. FROB connotes aimless manipulation; TWIDDLE connotes gross manipulation, often a coarse search for a proper setting; TWEAK connotes fine-tuning. If someone is turning a knob on an oscilloscope, then if he's carefully adjusting it he is probably tweaking it; if he is just turning it but looking at the screen he is probably twiddling it; but if he's just doing it because turning a knob is fun, he's frobbing it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [ml] Re: [newbie] Willing to help bring someone up to speed on Mandrake via Skype
Noel McG. wrote: Hello Dave, Do we take it from EST that you are in the US or are you Europe pleas. Thanks. - Original Message - From: Dave Ashmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com; expert@linux-mandrake.com Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 2:57 AM Subject: [newbie] Willing to help bring someone up to speed on Mandrake via Skype Hello all. I'd like to take this chance to offer to bring a new user up to speed on Mandrake. I don't consider myself an expert but would like to give a little back to a community where I've learned so much about linux. So, If someone needs some help learning how to get around Mandrake Linux via Skype (voip application) I'm looking to help sometime tomorrow afternoon EST. (not exactly sure when) I'll turn on skype an await a call as mentioned above. Skype name: djash34 Till then take care -- Regards Dave Ashmore MDK 10.1 Official Mozilla 1.7.3 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com I'm in the US. -- Regards Dave Ashmore MDK 10.1 Official Mozilla 1.7.3 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re:[newbie] Willing to help bring someone up to speed on Mandrake via Skype
Dave Ashmore wrote: Hello all. I'd like to take this chance to offer to bring a new user up to speed on Mandrake. I don't consider myself an expert but would like to give a little back to a community where I've learned so much about linux. So, If someone needs some help learning how to get around Mandrake Linux via Skype (voip application) I'm looking to help sometime tomorrow afternoon EST. (not exactly sure when) I'll turn on skype an await a call as mentioned above. Skype name: djash34 Till then take care Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Ok I'm here and have a few minutes before I get started on my home project. Give me a call if you need some help. Skype: djash34 -- Regards Dave Ashmore MDK 10.1 Official Mozilla 1.7.3 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Willing to help bring someone up to speed on Mandrake via Skype
Hello Dave, Do we take it from EST that you are in the US or are you Europe pleas. Thanks. - Original Message - From: Dave Ashmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com; expert@linux-mandrake.com Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 2:57 AM Subject: [newbie] Willing to help bring someone up to speed on Mandrake via Skype Hello all. I'd like to take this chance to offer to bring a new user up to speed on Mandrake. I don't consider myself an expert but would like to give a little back to a community where I've learned so much about linux. So, If someone needs some help learning how to get around Mandrake Linux via Skype (voip application) I'm looking to help sometime tomorrow afternoon EST. (not exactly sure when) I'll turn on skype an await a call as mentioned above. Skype name: djash34 Till then take care -- Regards Dave Ashmore MDK 10.1 Official Mozilla 1.7.3 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Willing to help bring someone up to speed on Mandrake via Skype
On Saturday 12 Mar 2005 02:57, Dave Ashmore wrote: Hello all. I'd like to take this chance to offer to bring a new user up to speed on Mandrake. I don't consider myself an expert but would like to give a little back to a community where I've learned so much about linux. So, If someone needs some help learning how to get around Mandrake Linux via Skype (voip application) I'm looking to help sometime tomorrow afternoon EST. (not exactly sure when) I'll turn on skype an await a call as mentioned above. Skype name: djash34 Till then take care Dave, I'm sure someone will take you up on that. Meanwhile, to make this a more permanent help, could you start now writing up all you have learned about getting the system up and running, then add to it anything that comes up from users asking you for help? It would be nice to add this to the TWiki. When you get to that stage ask for help if you need it. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels pgp4LnVzIVQtS.pgp Description: PGP signature
