chat server in linux with windows client

imezsons · 12-09-2004, 06:37 PM

hi,,

i want to setup a linux chat server and i want the clients to be windows.since i have not done it before can any one help me in this regards.can someone tell me which software should i use. and how to configure it. my need is only for internel chating (with in our network). it is very urgent plz give me your ideas.

thanks and regards
lenin

sigsegv · 12-09-2004, 07:41 PM

Jabber is a good choice

imezsons · 12-10-2004, 02:53 PM

hi

from where can i download jabber. the download option is not there in the www.jabber.com site. is it a freeware???.

thanks and regards
lenin

sigsegv · 12-10-2004, 03:07 PM

Jabber servers are available here. Since you didn't mention your distro I can't say, but most distros have a packaged binary available.

drj000 · 12-10-2004, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sigsegv
Jabber is a good choice

Just out of curiosity, if he only needs chatting, is Jabber a better choice than IRC, and if so, why?

sigsegv · 12-10-2004, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by drj000
Just out of curiosity, if he only needs chatting, is Jabber a better choice than IRC, and if so, why?

I would answer "yes" for a lot of reasons. Jabber does everything IRC will do and a good bit that IRC will not. Don't get me wrong ... I love IRC (I'm always on at least one server, and IRCop on a couple), but since this sounds like a corporate environment, jabber will impress the management (and not confound them with stuff they don't understand).

"You mean it works just like AOL!?! That's great!"
"Yes sir, and with XYZ client, you can even talk to your AOL buddies and the company employees with the same program."
"That's great! You deserve a raise ... You're not getting one, but you deserve it!"

Something like that.

cbelangovan · 08-31-2009, 12:18 AM

Hi,

I m using Openfire (Java based) and its working cool.

-OpenFire Server for Linux also available for windows

- Spark Windows Client

Advantage:
-Reduce Internet bandwidth
- Monitoring and auditing
- Public IM Gateway like yahoo,Google, MSN,ICQ etc.,
- Web based management

DisAdvantage:
- More memory (In my machine it takes 65M)
- Some times its very slow when you using another Java oriented application.
- No Folder sharing option

Overall performance is good.

Regards,
Elangovan B

joeldick · 03-01-2011, 12:32 AM

I have never tried it, buy you can look into Apache Vysper.

http://mina.apache.org/vysper/

It's on this list:

http://xmpp.org/xmpp-software/servers/