configure command it gives me the following error.Ĭhecking for APPLET. This application needs gtk so I've installed libgtk2.0-dev using Synaptic Package Manager. However - this comes not as an installable package as previous ubuntu versions. I've recently downloaded g2ipmsg (IP Messenger for Ubuntu 11.10). "5 open source VoIP softphones to watch". "Ubuntu 9.10 – One step forward, two steps back".
"Good karma: an in-depth review of Ubuntu 9.10". "Hands-on: GNOME 2.26 brings incremental improvements". "Empathy toolkit simplifies instant messaging integration".
Empathy's developers do not consider it within the client's scope to implement OTR, while leaving the possibility of supporting potential future protocol-level encryption standards open. Unlike clients supporting Off-the-Record Messaging (OTR), Empathy lacks privacy and security facilities enforced through technical means. In 2010, Empathy was listed as one of "5 open source VoIP softphones to watch" by Rodney Gedda of Computerworld magazine. In his extended review of Ubuntu 9.10, Igor Ljubunčić was terse about the switch from Pidgin to Empathy: "Personally, I see no value in the change, especially since Empathy supports less networks." Tom's Hardware reviewer Adam Overa referred to the switch to the "much less popular and compatible Empathy client", as "robably the most controversial change in Ubuntu 9.10", noting that a "firestorm of debate has been raging over this topic among developers and users alike ever since the announcement to replace Pidgin was made…" in 2009. It crashed quite a few times during my tests and exhibited a number of other minor bugs. In November 2009, after Empathy replaced Pidgin (and Ekiga) in Ubuntu 9.10, Ryan wrote: "Although Empathy has improved a lot over the past year, it's still not stable. Ryan Paul at Ars Technica wrote in March 2009, "Empathy's highly modular design, basic video chat capabilities, and excellent support for desktop integration are all major assets." He stated that it had "improved", but it was "rough around the edges", noting that at the time it had not yet "been included in any major Linux distribution" citing an Ubuntu usability study. Automatic configuration of Google Talk accounts (with GNOME Online Accounts).Geolocation of contacts (can display contacts on a map).Voice and video calls using SIP, MSNP and XMPP (including support for Google Talk voice calls).Conversations can be logged, which can be viewed or searched, and prepended to new chats. One-on-one and group chats include smileys and spell checking. Additional protocols are supported with libpurple plug-in: OSCAR ( AIM/ ICQ/ MobileMe), Bonjour (Apple's implementation of Zeroconf), MySpaceIM, QQ, MXit, Novell GroupWise, YMSG, Gadu-Gadu, Lotus Sametime, SIMPLE, SILC, Zephyr.Īutomatic features include auto away and extended away using gnome-screensaver, and auto re-connect using NetworkManager.
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Įmpathy natively supports protocols, implemented in telepathy framework: XMPP (including configuration for Facebook IM, Google Talk, though Gizmo5, LiveJournal Talk, Nokia Ovi and other Jabber servers also supported), salut link-local XMPP for local network peer discovery, MSNP (to Microsoft Messenger service as used by MSN Messenger or Windows Live Messenger), IRC and SIP.
It is written as extension to the Telepathy framework, for connecting to different instant messaging networks with a unified user interface.Įmpathy has been included in the GNOME desktop since its version 2.24, in Ubuntu since version 9.10 (Karmic Koala), and in Fedora since version 12 (Constantine) Empathy has replaced Pidgin as their default messenger application.Įmpathy is no longer under development by the GNOME team. This led to the forking and new name Empathy.Įmpathy also provides a collection of reusable graphical user interface widgets for developing instant messaging clients for the GNOME desktop. It was initially completely XMPP based (similar to Google Talk and Facebook's chat implementations), but others wanted it to use the Telepathy stack. It was forked because there were disagreements amongst contributors about the backend at the time. Empathy is an instant messaging (IM) and voice over IP (VoIP) client which supports text, voice, video, file transfers, and inter-application communication over various IM communication protocols.Įmpathy was created by forking the Gossip project started by Michael Hallendal, Richard Hult and later maintained by Martyn Russell.
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