What IM client do you use?

FINITE · Guru Joined: 10 May 2002 Posts: 449

I am using gaim but I would love to have something that allows me to transfer files using an msn plugin. Is there anything else out there that has the ability to use a broad range of im client types that can do file transfers?

Oneiric · n00b Joined: 09 Jun 2002 Posts: 18 Location: Seattle, WA

sorry... although there are alot of alternatives to gaim, I don't think there are too many I would use if you want compatibility with msn features.
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Utoxin · Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2002 7:14 am Post subject:

I've heard it's possible to run Trillian in Wine. Might look into that...

True · Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2002 5:40 pm Post subject:

'psi' is the nicest one I've seen yet. I'm not sure if it lets you transfer files on MSN but you might want to check it out:

emerge psi

FINITE · Guru Joined: 10 May 2002 Posts: 449

I am merging psi now. I don't HAVE to have a file transfer capability through an msn "plugin" its just that alot of my friends use msn. Any type of file transfer through an IM would be nice.

pjp · Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2002 12:26 am Post subject:

Look here. Already been asked

This may also help.
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IrvineHosting · n00b Joined: 24 Aug 2002 Posts: 7 Location: Irvine, CA

Hi I searched through the forums, but I wasn't able to find any good messages on this subject.

I was wondering if there is an IM (instant messenger) client in portage that works as well as Trillian on Windows? It has to support all the different protocols out there: ICQ, AIM, YIM, MSN, etc. Is there anything like this out there? Which is the best? What do you recommend?

Thanks for your help.
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I don't know Trillian, but Everybuddy (http://www.everybuddy.com/en/index.php) might be what you want.

giant · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 01 Aug 2002 Posts: 107

GAIM http://gaim.sourceforge.net/

might be another alternative.

taskara

Russki · Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2002 8:41 am Post subject:

If you like trillian so much, you can as well install
crossover plugin As a bonus you'll get Quicktime Player, Windows Media Player and alot more.

I use gaim.

Btw, isn't it Desktop Environments thread????
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masseya · Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2002 6:01 am Post subject:

Don't worry about missing the search. The search engine for these forums isn't the best because it requires you to put things like "instant and messaging" instead of what we are used to using with google and yahoo, "instant messaging". See this thread for more on searching.

As for the IM client, I recommend gaim.
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taskara · Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2002 10:31 am Post subject:

and I recommend trillian!

u loved it under windows.. now love it under linux!

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Techie2000 · Guru Joined: 16 May 2002 Posts: 344

As a windoze client Trillian is nice, however I'd personally rather run a native client then something in WINE. I want to send an army of linux zealots over to the trillians forums to convince them to start porting the thing...
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shakti · Guru Joined: 15 May 2002 Posts: 358 Location: omnipresent

you could always run your own im-server...jabber comes to mind.... :wink:

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slak · n00b Joined: 16 Jun 2002 Posts: 31

i think gabber and psi are the best ones; jabber beats them all

feld · Guru Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 593 Location: WI, USA

yes someone mentioned Psi in another thread - i had never heard of it before.

damn after looking at it for a while it makes me want to try it!

http://psi.affinix.com/

-Feld

jjasghar · Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 5:31 pm Post subject:

gaim of a frontend though xwindows

but if i have to ssh into my box i use centericq, it's solid and console based just to make me feel a little cooler.

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d0nju4n · Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 5:36 pm Post subject:

never used trillian before, but gaim supports every protocol that I have an IM account for
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lagrima · Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 6:02 pm Post subject:

i didnt like using trillian a couple of years ago but it could be a lot better now.. i use gain atm and im very happy with it.
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Horgrathi · Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 6:07 pm Post subject:

I use GAIM for my AIM, MSN, Yahoo and sometimes IRC. I really like it and always works

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jakamaka · Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 6:19 pm Post subject:

I use dMSN, a java based messaging client, written by some Dutch guy, named 'Danny'.

It's a good MSN client. No more, no less
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piffle · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Posts: 98

I used to use Trillian under crossover, but I didn't really like it. I now use Gaim for AIM, Y!, MSN, and ICQ, and it supports others as well. (If you are up for an adventure a fork of Gaim called Gaim-vv supports audio and video for Y! and AIM. It's not in portage though, and getting it and its dependencies built is a bit of a pain.)