# LINPHONE 'S USER MANUAL

# Introduction

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.

You should close any application that is using the audio device before running linphone.

Linphone is free, it is released under GNU Public License.

WARNING: This software is provided with NO WARRANTY see file COPYING for details. This means you MUST NOT use linphone for confidential conversations: there is NO encryption, so it is easy for any bad-intentionned person to catch audio streams. Note also that it is not recommended to run Linphone as root.

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