First, there wasn’t (and still isn’t) any good instructions for setting up the Grandstream GXP 2000 with Fedora Talk.  I spent a good bit of time with Jon Stanley and Ian Weller who helped me get past this hurdle.  I would say that it’s much easier to set up Twinkle than it is the Grandstream VoIP phone.  But it’s all configured now, so I’m pretty happy.  I should get some energy in the next week or two to get up a page for this as well.

But that’s not why I am blogging this!  Instead, I spent some time today with Ian Weller to get some new Conference Bridges up on Fedora Talk, which he did in a snap.  I then proceeded to code a new page that describes the current conference bridges available within Fedora Talk.  If you didn’t know, there are several already set up for many sub-projects along with the 5 new ‘General’ conference bridges.

I sure hope you all enjoy the new availability, configure twinkle and start chatting more and more on Fedora Talk!

Cheers,

Herlo

Essentially, the goal of Fedora Talk is to make it easier for use Fedorans to talk with one another, hold conference calls and accommodate impromptu conversations that need to happen over voice.  A few of the features is that it’s tied into FAS (the Fedora Account System) and authentication uses a password different than your FAS password, which is very nice.

So tonight, I was interested in getting this working because recently I was given a VOIP phone from the Fedora Project and wanted to use it soon.  However, I’m currently in Denver, and the phone was in Salt Lake.  That means it will have to wait for this weekend at least.

But all is NOT lost!!!

I decided to spend a bit of time helping get this great idea off the ground by creating a screencast to configure your machine to use Fedora Talk with Twinkle.  It took me only about 20 minutes to create and only two takes.  It’s fairly easy to set up as my screencast shows.

There are some restrictions I wish to share, mainly because didn’t mention them in the video.

• You must have a computer with a microphone and speakers.
• I recommend you purchase a $5 mic from radio shack, it makes the quality of your voice so much better.
• Headphones work well also.instead of speakers, keeps the feedback down.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the screencast and join the Fedora Project.

Cheers,

Herlo