Request: PhoneGaim

This looks pretty nice: A GPL IM client based on Gaim that lets you make VoIP calls direct to all your IM buddies (even on different networks) - see:

www.phonegaim.com

See also the following page for a link to the source code: http://www.linspire.com/lindows_products_details.php?id=12646&pg=specs

I don' t know if there's a package already in Debian for this, but you can certainly get binaries for Linspire which is Debian-based. It'd be good to get this in universe for Ubuntu if possible.

I've always been a bit skeptical about Skype and if this works as advertised it looks like a better system since you can migrate all your existing buddies.

I'd give it a try too, but I think it has a lot of problems. First, it is not a Gaim plugin, is a "fork" based on an old version of gaim. Second, the people behind Linspire seems to act a bit micro$oft-like (maybe is a feature to make their customers feel at home? :grin: ), look here: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=290304

Though, I'm going to try (at my own risk!) this unofficial .deb I found: http://people.debian.org/~smimram/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/phonegaim_0.79-0_i386.deb

I'll make you know.

[edit] Already tryed, doesn't install: too many dependencies, and I'm not going to screw up my system now [-X