Linux IM

Mint · **Posted:** Tue Jul 06, 2004 2:51 pm

Is there an IM for linux that can communicate with MSN and the like?
Thanks, also I am using Mandrake 10.

rizzix · **Posted:** Tue Jul 06, 2004 2:54 pm

wtd · **Posted:** Tue Jul 06, 2004 3:35 pm

Indeed. Gaim is hard to beat on any platform.

rizzix · **Posted:** Tue Jul 06, 2004 5:38 pm

hmm but i prefer adium

wtd · **Posted:** Tue Jul 06, 2004 5:44 pm

rizzix wrote:

hmm but i prefer adium

Which, if memory serves, uses gaim code. Wink

rizzix · **Posted:** Tue Jul 06, 2004 7:10 pm

heh yea if thats what u mean.. the inside code.

speaking of which all the major multi im clients for mac run on libgaim.

Blade · **Posted:** Tue Jul 06, 2004 10:45 pm

http://sourceforge.net/projects/amsn/

whenever lookin for somethin for linux, sourceforge.org is usually the best place to check out... i usually use AMSN with linux for MSN chatting... the odd time i use gaim

Mazer · **Posted:** Wed Jul 07, 2004 6:41 am

W00t for aMSN, that client is even better than the original MSN client. And ditto for sourceforge.

PaddyLong · **Posted:** Fri Jul 16, 2004 11:03 am

yeah amsn is the rule.. kinda miss it now that I'm back in doze

Raugrist · **Posted:** Fri Jul 16, 2004 3:55 pm

Isn't there a windows version for it?

Mazer · **Posted:** Fri Jul 16, 2004 7:07 pm

Yeah, there is. Actually, there are windows versions of most linux programs. Hmm.

wtd · **Posted:** Fri Jul 16, 2004 8:09 pm

Mazer wrote:

Yeah, there is. Actually, there are windows versions of most linux programs. Hmm.

Open source hackers tend to be more concerned with writing code that's cross-platform compatible than do coders who've grown comfortable serving a purely Windows market.

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