Sidux/Useable applications/VoIP telephony

pl:Sidux_-_czyli_Debian_sid_krok_po_kroku_dla_każdego/Programy_użytkowe/Telefonia_voip VoIP telphony (Voice over Internet Protocol) lets making calls to landlines or mobiles with cheap prices. Requirements If you want to make VoIP calls you have to do 3 things: 1. Create an account on any VoIP provider web side. 2. Pre-paid your account. 3. Install one of available VoIP application. VoIP providers There are two providers I tried by myself, more you can find on a web side below. 1. Skype Out http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/features/allfeatures/call-phones-and-mobiles/ 2. Freeconet http://www.freeconet.pl/en/ 3. or check it here: http://www.voip-catalog.com/press_releases.html Kphone Kphone is very small but fully working VoIP application. 1. Installation: apt-get install kphone libqt3-mt 2. The installation script doesn't make Menu entry, so you can do it yourself: sux mousepad /usr/share/applications/kphone.desktop copy and past text below in: [Desktop Entry] Name=Kphone Comment=VoIP telephony Exec=kphone Icon=/usr/share/icons/oxygen/64x64/apps/internet-telephony.png Terminal=false Type=Application Categories=Application;Network; and save the file (the icon patch can be vary). 3. Run it from: Menu-> Network-> Kphone 4. As a first step configure your account: a. In "User part of sip URL" type your user name or number you got from VoIP provider. b. In "Host part of sip URL" type VoIP provider sip address such as: sip.address.com c. In "Authentication Username (optional)" type your user name again. center|300px d. As a next step type your password marking "Save password". center|300px 4. In: Preferences tab-> Phone Book you may add your contacts. center|400px 5. To make a phone call type a phone number in search fild and click on phone icon. center|400px Kphone home page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/kphone More about Kphone on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPhone Others applications There are not too many configuration differents for all VoIp applications so I suggest to try: Linphone: http://www.linphone.org and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linphone Ekiga: http://ekiga.org/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekiga X-lite: http://www.counterpath.com/x-lite.html Zoiper: http://www.zoiper.com/ Twinkle: http://www.twinklephone.com/ More about VoIP on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_over_IP