Is there a option to do this without having to use it in browser but also have ability to call, not only chat?
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2Not to be daft, as I see several answers here. You are referring implicitly to the Voice Chat and / or Video Chat features of GTalk correct?– lazyPowerMar 16, 2011 at 0:36
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@lazyPower - good question, only gtalk is the text chat, and google voice is the voice chat :)– RolandiXorMar 16, 2011 at 1:41
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Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on MSN, talking to a friend on Google Talk, and sitting in a Yahoo chat room all at the same time.
You can access it from Applications -> Internet menu. At first run it asks you add your accounts you can add you gtalk account through that.
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3you need to enable video and voice suport in plugins to use gtalk video and voice service Mar 16, 2011 at 2:34
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Instructions for configuring GTalk with Pidgin: Google apps accounts, regular accounts Feb 17, 2012 at 12:22
For KDE desktop, Kopete is the default chat application, and supports GTalk.
Gtalk uses the jabber protocol, which any number of non-web clients can use. I for example use iChat on mac.
Or may you want to try this trick, it works almost equal to gtalk for windows.You can make audio/video calls also http://tutafuta.com/2011/05/25/how-to-use-gtalk-on-linux-or-mac/