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View Poll Results: Messaging App of the Year
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Pidgin
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157 |
43.85% |
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Gwibber
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5 |
1.40% |
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Kopete
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36 |
10.06% |
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Skype
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52 |
14.53% |
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Ekiga
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7 |
1.96% |
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Psi
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4 |
1.12% |
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XChat
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12 |
3.35% |
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konversation
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4 |
1.12% |
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aMSN
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10 |
2.79% |
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Irssi
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20 |
5.59% |
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CenterIM
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3 |
0.84% |
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Gajim
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3 |
0.84% |
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Kadu
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3 |
0.84% |
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KMess
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2 |
0.56% |
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Empathy
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28 |
7.82% |
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EKG2
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1 |
0.28% |
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Gyachi
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0 |
0% |
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Linphone
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1 |
0.28% |
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Finch
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3 |
0.84% |
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BitlBee
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4 |
1.12% |
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WeeChat
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3 |
0.84% |
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01-12-2011, 04:02 PM
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root 
Registered: Jun 2000
Distribution: Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu
Posts: 9,536
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Messaging Application of the Year
Which app do you prefer to keep in touch?
--jeremy
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01-13-2011, 10:03 AM
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Member
Registered: Jan 2011
Location: London
Distribution: Mageia, Debian
Posts: 468
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Where is qutIM?
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01-13-2011, 10:06 AM
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#3
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: London
Distribution: Slackware64-current
Posts: 5,090
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Discovered irssi a few months back. Better late than never.
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01-13-2011, 10:42 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Paris
Distribution: Slackware forever.
Posts: 2,179
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Kopete. QT, but nice.
1- The awesome Twinkle is not listed. Maybe because there were no update in 2010 ?
2- Sorry, aMsn, but you do only msn... and you do it pretty well.
3- Hey !!! Is Skype open source ?!!?
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01-13-2011, 11:10 AM
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root
Registered: Jun 2000
Distribution: Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu
Posts: 9,536
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1) There hasn't been a Twinkle release in almost two years, so we have no plan to add it this year.
3) There is no requirement to be Open Source for this particular category.
--jeremy
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01-13-2011, 05:18 PM
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Registered: Nov 2005
Location: USA
Distribution: Mageia Cauldron & Salix 14
Posts: 939
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Pidgin...
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01-13-2011, 05:20 PM
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Guru
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: Piraeus
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 10,365
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Just Skype
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01-13-2011, 05:30 PM
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Member
Registered: Dec 2005
Location: Philippines
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 409
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I used to use Pidgin but tried Kopete and it stuck. 
I use Skype also but my vote was for Kopete
Last edited by chrisretusn; 01-13-2011 at 05:32 PM.
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01-13-2011, 07:11 PM
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Member
Registered: Mar 2010
Location: Western Maine
Distribution: PCLinuxOS (LXDE)
Posts: 467
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I'm a Pidgin kinda guy.
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01-13-2011, 08:42 PM
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Member
Registered: Dec 2010
Distribution: Debian Squeeze (Console Only)
Posts: 79
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I use finch...not on the list :P
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01-14-2011, 02:51 AM
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Member
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: London, UK
Distribution: CentOS, IPCop
Posts: 90
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Pidgin. The plugins are excellent and make it decent for IRC too
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01-14-2011, 09:19 AM
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root
Registered: Jun 2000
Distribution: Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu
Posts: 9,536
Original Poster
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Finch has been added.
--jeremy
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01-14-2011, 09:45 AM
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#13
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Member
Registered: Jan 2011
Location: London
Distribution: Mageia, Debian
Posts: 468
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jeremy
Finch has been added.
--jeremy
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but still no qutIM?  |
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01-14-2011, 09:50 AM
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root
Registered: Jun 2000
Distribution: Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu
Posts: 9,536
Original Poster
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From what I see, qutIM did not have a single release in 2010.
--jeremy
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01-14-2011, 02:14 PM
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Member
Registered: Aug 2009
Location: /Universe/Earth/India/Pune
Distribution: Slackware 14.0(workstation), Redhat 5/6(server)
Posts: 529
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For me nothing beats Pidgin so far.
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