LinuxQuestions.org
Welcome to the most active Linux Forum on the web.
Home Forums Tutorials Articles Register
Go Back   LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > 2014 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards
User Name
Password
2014 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards This forum is for the 2014 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards.
You can now vote for your favorite products of 2014. This is your chance to be heard! Voting ends on February 3rd.


Notices


View Poll Results: Messaging Application of the Year
aMSN 0 0%
BitlBee 2 0.88%
CenterIM 1 0.44%
EKG2 1 0.44%
Empathy 3 1.32%
Finch 1 0.44%
Gajim 2 0.88%
Gwibber 1 0.44%
Hexchat 8 3.52%
Irssi 23 10.13%
Jitsi 7 3.08%
Kadu 1 0.44%
KDE-Telepathy 5 2.20%
KMess 0 0%
konversation 2 0.88%
Kopete 9 3.96%
Pidgin 91 40.09%
Psi 3 1.32%
qutIM 0 0%
Thunderbird 39 17.18%
WeeChat 4 1.76%
XChat 18 7.93%
Tox.im 3 1.32%
Telegram 3 1.32%
Voters: 227. You may not vote on this poll

Reply
  Search this Thread
Old 12-15-2014, 08:54 PM   #1
jeremy
root
 
Registered: Jun 2000
Distribution: Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu
Posts: 13,600

Rep: Reputation: 4083Reputation: 4083Reputation: 4083Reputation: 4083Reputation: 4083Reputation: 4083Reputation: 4083Reputation: 4083Reputation: 4083Reputation: 4083Reputation: 4083
Messaging Application of the Year


Which app do you prefer to keep in touch?

--jeremy
 
Old 12-16-2014, 03:06 AM   #2
anticapitalista
antiX
 
Registered: May 2005
Location: Greece
Distribution: antiX using herbstluftwm, fluxbox, IceWM and jwm.
Posts: 631

Rep: Reputation: 190Reputation: 190
irssi for chat.
 
Old 12-17-2014, 06:32 AM   #3
kooru
Senior Member
 
Registered: Sep 2012
Posts: 1,385

Rep: Reputation: 275Reputation: 275Reputation: 275
irssi!
 
Old 12-17-2014, 07:02 AM   #4
lm8
Member
 
Registered: Oct 2012
Distribution: Debian Linux, AntiX, Win32, FreeBSD, Android
Posts: 80

Rep: Reputation: Disabled
Nanolinux has an interesting IRC client called FlChat. Should port easily to other Linux systems.
 
Old 12-18-2014, 05:34 AM   #5
metalaarif
Member
 
Registered: Oct 2011
Location: Nepal
Distribution: RHEL, CentOS, Slackware
Posts: 131
Blog Entries: 1

Rep: Reputation: 3
I would still go for pidgin but I don't really use them these days.
Everyone these days are more into smartphone based messaging apps
 
1 members found this post helpful.
Old 12-18-2014, 07:20 AM   #6
Drakevr
Member
 
Registered: Jan 2013
Location: Greece
Distribution: Slackware64, openBSD
Posts: 38

Rep: Reputation: 7
I wonder if Tox.im and it's clients would qualify here... some of them are rather pretty or have very good functionality.
 
Old 12-18-2014, 11:47 AM   #7
Soderlund
Member
 
Registered: Aug 2012
Posts: 185

Rep: Reputation: 81
ircII
 
Old 12-18-2014, 12:41 PM   #8
jeremy
root
 
Registered: Jun 2000
Distribution: Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu
Posts: 13,600

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 4083Reputation: 4083Reputation: 4083Reputation: 4083Reputation: 4083Reputation: 4083Reputation: 4083Reputation: 4083Reputation: 4083Reputation: 4083Reputation: 4083
I've added Tox.im as it looks interesting, although I don't think it would make sense to add each individual client.

--jeremy
 
Old 12-18-2014, 04:56 PM   #9
Drakevr
Member
 
Registered: Jan 2013
Location: Greece
Distribution: Slackware64, openBSD
Posts: 38

Rep: Reputation: 7
Quote:
Originally Posted by jeremy View Post
I've added Tox.im as it looks interesting, although I don't think it would make sense to add each individual client.

--jeremy
No i think you are right, most of those do abide to a common spec so should be similar in features but not function anyway so yeah doesn't make much sense for individual clients.
 
Old 12-19-2014, 02:55 PM   #10
273
LQ Addict
 
Registered: Dec 2011
Location: UK
Distribution: Debian Sid AMD64, Raspbian Wheezy, various VMs
Posts: 7,680

Rep: Reputation: 2373Reputation: 2373Reputation: 2373Reputation: 2373Reputation: 2373Reputation: 2373Reputation: 2373Reputation: 2373Reputation: 2373Reputation: 2373Reputation: 2373
Not sure how to vote here:
I use Icedove for email so I take it I would vote Thunderbird for that?
But, then, I use IRC on occasion and use XChat for Linux and Windows.
 
Old 12-20-2014, 09:35 PM   #11
veerain
Senior Member
 
Registered: Mar 2005
Location: Earth bound to Helios
Distribution: Custom
Posts: 2,524

Rep: Reputation: 319Reputation: 319Reputation: 319Reputation: 319
I use xchat; it's simple and working.
 
Old 12-27-2014, 11:36 AM   #12
sbolokanov
Member
 
Registered: Feb 2013
Location: Бдинъ, Бѫлгариѧ
Distribution: GNU/Linux
Posts: 104

Rep: Reputation: 27
Tox. This has great potential.
 
Old 12-28-2014, 02:14 PM   #13
Miati
Member
 
Registered: Dec 2014
Distribution: Linux Mint 17.*
Posts: 326

Rep: Reputation: 106Reputation: 106
for im, pidgin. It supports otr and supports default theme colors. For those with dark themes, this is essential.

For irc, irssi. It just works.
Although, I have never been able to change the color of the bar above the text entry line. It's always blue
Besides that - no complaints.
 
Old 01-04-2015, 08:35 PM   #14
schmatzler
Member
 
Registered: Jan 2011
Location: Germany
Distribution: Slackware64 -current + Multilib
Posts: 411

Rep: Reputation: 181Reputation: 181
Pidgin for Skype, Steam, WhatsApp, ICQ, Yahoo and GTalk.

XChat for IRC, because Pidgin feels uncomfortable with that.
 
Old 01-05-2015, 02:35 AM   #15
trosdejos
Member
 
Registered: Mar 2012
Posts: 51

Rep: Reputation: Disabled
I have voted PSI but I'm using Spark with my iMac.
 
  


Reply



Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off



Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Messaging Application of the Year jeremy 2013 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards 19 02-04-2014 08:48 PM
Messaging Application of the Year jeremy 2012 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards 27 02-04-2013 05:13 AM
Messaging Application of the Year jeremy 2011 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards 29 03-01-2012 05:25 AM
Messaging Application of the Year jeremy 2010 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards 56 02-15-2011 10:36 AM
Messaging Application of the Year jeremy 2007 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards 45 02-19-2008 02:21 PM

LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > 2014 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 07:05 PM.

Main Menu
Advertisement
My LQ
Write for LQ
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
Syndicate
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration