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sharath udupa <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: gpl
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Package: LinPhone - Telephony on Linux
System name: linphone
This package does NOT want to apply for inclusion in the GNU project

I Introduction 
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Linphone is a simple web-phone. It allows you to make two party-calls using an 
IP network like the internet. What you need to run Linphone is : 

*Linux (maybe it works also on BSD or other UNIX, but nobody test it under 
other envirronnements than linux.) 
*Gnome 1.2 or more, installed but not necessary running. 
*a sound card correctly configured 
*headphones or speakers 
*a microphone 
*a connection to a network (the Internet for example), using a modem, *an 
ethernet card or anything. 

II Running linphone
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Linphone can be run as three different ways:

* as normal application: in the gnome menu, linphone should appear in network 
sub-menu. If you are not running gnome, you can execute linphone by typing 
linphone in a terminal, for example. When linphone is not running, you cannot 
receive calls. 

* as a gnome applet: by clicking on the gnome panel with the right button, add 
the applet. Linphone appears in the network menu. By running silently in the 
panel, linphone is able to receive calls even if its window is not shown. If 
you want the main window to appear, click on the applet. When a call arrives, 
the main window is shown and you will hear the ring normally. 

* as a silent daemon: this is for non-gnome users. For example in kde, you have 
a /home/user/.kde2/AutoStart/ directory where you can add links to the 
application you want to be started when logging. So go to the above directory 
with the file manager, and do \'add link\' by right clicking. The command to 
run is \"linphone --daemon\". You will not show linphone\'s interface, but to 
make it appear, just runs linphone normally, for example in a terminal. 

III Basic principles.
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Linphone uses the Session Initiation Protocol to establish the connection with 
a remote host. To call somebody, you must provide to linphone a SIP URL:
address@hidden(or IP address).

Note that Sip is a new telecommunication protocol designed to be simple, and it 
is not compatible with H323 at all.

The user_name is a login name in a linux machine. host_name is the name of a 
machine, if known by name servers. If not use IP address directly. If you are 
using a temporary connection to the internet, for example if you are using a 
modem, it is important that you run linphone after being connected, since 
linphone needs to find your IP address. If you are connected to multiple 
networks, linphone will warn you, and you will be recommended to check in the 
property box if it is using the good network. The person you want to phone must 
have linphone running in order to receive the call. As SIP is an open protocol, 
Linphone should work with other sip-compatible web phones.



It already exists and you can see it at http://www.linphone.org/