Google Hangouts unofficial client for Linux Ubuntu Systems. Install YakYak Beta 3 (Google Hangouts Client) on Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 14.10 and Derivatives.
YakYak is an open-source, cross-platform, unofficial Google Hangouts client for Linux Desktop. Below are the main features of YakYak:
- Send/receive chat messages
- Create/change conversations (rename, add people)
- Leave/delete conversation
- Notifications
- Toggle notifications on/off
- Drag-drop, copy-paste or attach-button for image upload.
- Hangupsbot sync room aware (no bot name, proper user pics)
- Show inline images
- Send presence/focus/typing/activeclient to behave like a proper client
- History scrollback
- Video/audio integration (open in chrome)
- Focus/typing indications (mainly a design issue. keep it clean)
What doesn’t it do (yet?):
- Have a serious icon (this is being adressed)
Install YakYak (Google Hangouts Client)
Please note that YakYak is not available via any repository or PPA. YakYak 3 can be installed via the zip archive from github. Download the zip archive, exctact it and install it. Run the following commands to do so:
Install YakYak on 32 bit Linux systems:
$ wget https://github.com/yakyak/yakyak/releases/download/v0.2.0/yakyak-linux-ia32.zip
$ unzip yakyak-linux-ia32.zip
$ cd linux-ia32
$ ./yakyak
Install YakYak on 64 bit Linux systems:
$ wget https://github.com/yakyak/yakyak/releases/download/v0.2.0/yakyak-linux-x64.zip
$ unzip yakyak-linux-x64.zip
$ cd linux-x64
$ ./yakyak