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View Poll Results: Messaging App of the Year
Pidgin
232 48.74%
Kopete
56 11.76%
Skype
58 12.18%
Gizmo
0 0%
Ekiga
7 1.47%
Psi
4 0.84%
XChat
25 5.25%
konversation
4 0.84%
aMSN
13 2.73%
Irssi
24 5.04%
BitchX
2 0.42%
SIM
0 0%
CenterIM
3 0.63%
Ayttm
1 0.21%
Gajim
6 1.26%
Kadu
5 1.05%
Finch
1 0.21%
Spark
1 0.21%
KMess
5 1.05%
Quassel
2 0.42%
Empathy
26 5.46%
Linphone
1 0.21%
Coccinella
0 0%
#1
root
Registered: Jun 2000
Distribution: Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu
Posts: 9,008
Messaging App of the Year
Which app do you prefer to keep in touch?
#2
Senior Member
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Nottingham, UK
Distribution: Mandriva 2011 / Mageia 1 / Linux Mint 12 / CrunchBang Linux 10 Statler
Posts: 4,273
Jeremy please add Kmess to the list.
Last edited by {BBI}Nexus{BBI}; 01-07-2010 at 07:53 PM .
#3
Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2005
Location: OZ
Distribution: Debian Sid
Posts: 4,195
irssi+bitlbee
#4
Guru
Registered: Oct 2005
Location: $RANDOM
Distribution: slackware64
Posts: 11,054
Now that pidgin has improved a lot, it gets my vote over kopete.
#5
Member
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Boston, MA
Distribution: Slackware 13 & 11; Ubuntu; Slax
Posts: 171
Rep:
skype open source? i wish pidgin could use the skype protocol, at least for text chat...
#6
Senior Member
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Nottingham, UK
Distribution: Mandriva 2011 / Mageia 1 / Linux Mint 12 / CrunchBang Linux 10 Statler
Posts: 4,273
Quote:
Originally Posted by
geek745
i wish pidgin could use the skype protocol, at least for text chat...
Agreed. They are planning to open source the 'UI' only. Not the complete solution we would like, but a step in the right direction.
#7
Guru
Registered: Oct 2005
Location: $RANDOM
Distribution: slackware64
Posts: 11,054
well skype sucks anyway, so it doesn't matter, because I doubt it will win. It's damn buggy and very insecure.
#8
Member
Registered: Oct 2008
Location: Mexico City
Distribution: Fedora
Posts: 65
Rep:
aMSN!!
#9
Member
Registered: Dec 2002
Location: China
Distribution: Arch
Posts: 359
Rep:
Quassel!!! How can you not have Quassel on the list?
#10
Member
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: England
Distribution: Arch
Posts: 118
Rep:
Pidgin for everything except IRC where I use X-Chat. I'm glad that audio/video has finally arrived in Pidgin. Hopefully a/v support for the remaining protocols will arrive this year
#11
root
Registered: Jun 2000
Distribution: Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu
Posts: 9,008
Original Poster
Quassel has been added.
#12
Senior Member
Registered: Sep 2007
Location: Dhaka,Bangladesh
Distribution: Slackware 13.0
Posts: 1,016
Rep:
Pidgin for gui.
#13
Member
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: Brooklyn, NY / Citizen of the Web
Distribution: Slackware 13.1
Posts: 847
Rep:
I would have expected to find Empathy here? I daresay that is the IM app that got the most exposure in 2009...
#14
root
Registered: Jun 2000
Distribution: Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu
Posts: 9,008
Original Poster
Empathy has been added.
#15
LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2010
Location: London
Distribution: CentOS
Posts: 8
Rep:
Replace centericq with centerim. Centerim is a fork of the first, which is no longer mantained.
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