IRC, Voice and Video

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jrl
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IRC, Voice and Video

#1 Post by jrl »

I have been volunteered to help out with a local scout group. They want to join JOTI (Jamboree on the Internet) in October. The easy part is a radio connection to the Internet. Now I am on the scrounge for PCs.

At the moment I can lay my hands on five laptops of varying vintage. On each one I hope to have a webcam and a mic. Obviously the solution for the operating system is puppy. I'll make a .sfs overlay or overlays with the applications needed in addition to the standard distribution. I may need to make some for particular hardware combinations ( I have two possibly three EEEPCs).

Now the really hard bit, What IRC client should I use? It would be nice if the kids can type to each other, talk and given enough bandwidth actually see each other.

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http://www.tokbox.com/

Try Pidgin and also Psip (under Internet menu in Puppy)
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Thanks

#3 Post by jrl »

Thanks for the reply. I looked at ayttm too. The combination of ayttm and Psip plus a webcam on a website may do the trick.

I am going to track down a local who helped last year with another local scout group.

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