Re: [ubuntu-uk] Headsets & VOIP

2009-03-04 Thread Michael G Fletcher
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 12:55 AM, Jai Harrison wrote: > Hey, > > I'm interested in talking with a friend who uses Windows over the > internet. I'm going to have to buy a headset and use a service that's > available on Windows and GNU/Linux (I'm thinking Skype). I also need a > headset that works wi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Headsets & VOIP

2009-03-02 Thread mac
Colin Murphy wrote: > On Monday 02 March 2009 07:04:45 mac wrote: >> [...] I've also used usb Plantronics headsets (which have their own >> external sound cards - brilliant with laptops, > > I've not experimented with VOIP very much, but, when using a standard audio > socket headset I've struggl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Headsets & VOIP

2009-03-02 Thread Colin Murphy
On Monday 02 March 2009 07:04:45 mac wrote: > > [...] I've also used usb Plantronics headsets (which have their own > external sound cards - brilliant with laptops, I've not experimented with VOIP very much, but, when using a standard audio socket headset I've struggled to overcome a buzz that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Headsets & VOIP

2009-03-01 Thread mac
Jai Harrison wrote: > ...(I'm thinking Skype). > Can anyone point me in the direction of a headset they've used with > Ubuntu and provide me with any tips setting something like this up? I've successfully used all sorts of mike/headset/speaker combinations with Skype. Basic kit that plugs direc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Headsets & VOIP

2009-03-01 Thread Sean Miller
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 1:04 AM, Pete Stean wrote: > The Creative HS Fatal1ty "just works" as it plugs into the mic and > audio out sockets on your soundcard - £30 though which may be more > than you're willing to spend. You might just need to fiddle with the > mic gain a bit in the audio panel but

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Headsets & VOIP

2009-03-01 Thread Pete Stean
The Creative HS Fatal1ty "just works" as it plugs into the mic and audio out sockets on your soundcard - £30 though which may be more than you're willing to spend. You might just need to fiddle with the mic gain a bit in the audio panel but thats about it. I'd be careful with some of the USB solut

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Headsets & VOIP

2009-03-01 Thread Sean Miller
I think pretty much any, if it's on the mic socket... more complicated with USB. The Tesco basic headset works very well with Skype for me - the one with the jack plug. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Headsets & VOIP

2009-03-01 Thread Jai Harrison
Hey, I'm interested in talking with a friend who uses Windows over the internet. I'm going to have to buy a headset and use a service that's available on Windows and GNU/Linux (I'm thinking Skype). I also need a headset that works with GNU/Linux fine so that I can talk to and hear the person on th