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Old 11-02-2004, 11:38 AM   #1
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Good Messenger Program?

Is there a program like Trillian for Linux? I'm looking for something that supports multiple chat applications and is also eyecandy. I've installed ayttm, but its kind of ugly. The only themes I could find were for smilies... Any suggestions?
 
Old 11-02-2004, 11:44 AM   #2
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Gaim
 
Old 11-02-2004, 12:01 PM   #3
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kopete?
i forget the name
 
Old 11-02-2004, 12:07 PM   #4
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Does GAIM or Kopete support skin, or themes? Can you make them transparent? Thanks for the advice!
 
Old 11-02-2004, 04:00 PM   #5
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gaim is GTK-based and does support themes.
 
Old 11-02-2004, 05:01 PM   #6
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if you search for icq with msn protocoll, then get Licq - it's your trusted ICQ from windoze
 
Old 11-02-2004, 05:07 PM   #7
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I thought Gaim was just an AIM client.....
 
Old 11-02-2004, 06:19 PM   #8
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Quote:
Originally posted by LiNuXn00biE_2.4
I thought Gaim was just an AIM client.....
So did I. That's why I didn't even think to try it. lol

I don't know what GTK is... I'll read up tonight. Will Gaim support transparancy?
 
Old 11-02-2004, 06:52 PM   #9
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Kopete
 
Old 11-02-2004, 06:54 PM   #10
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Gaim is simply awesome.

"Gaim is a modular messaging client capable of using AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, Jabber, ICQ, IRC, SILC, Novell GroupWise, Napster, Zephyr, and Gadu-Gadu all at once. It is written using Gtk+ and is licensed under the GPL."

GTK+ is just the graphic user interface toolkit used to code it...of no importance to a user like you.
 
Old 11-02-2004, 08:03 PM   #11
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I'd agree that GAIM is your best option.
 
  


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