icq for linux and icq port
 

Dear all,

Can anybody tell men what's the best soft for ICQ chatting program?

I also want to know that port ICQ uses and which port used for file transferring in ICQ?

Thanks,
askar

There is no `best' ICQ client--quality is in the eye of the beholder.

Since you haven't given us your quality criteria, I can't say what's the best *for you*, but worth trying out is: gaim, centericq, icqlite. I've tried the two first (sticking with the 2nd until), and I was very satisfied w. both.

centericq currently connects me to login.icq.com:5190; I wouldn't know about file transfers though.

But why not use, you know, the File Transfer Protocol? That's what it's there for ;)

--Jonas

People are going to tell you different things about the "best" client to use. Some suggestions are Gaim and Licq.

Thanks to all.

I understand that the "best" is different depending on the person.

You gave me some options and I will try and decide which is best for me :)

Thanks again.

askar

you're welcome.

Btw, `icqlite' was only IIRC. I didn't (it seems)--google only finds (.exe)s. But yeah, try 'em out and see what fits you.

--Jonas

In KDE I found program called KOPETE. Looks not bad :D

icq needs java, at least that´s what my boy says. He wants to use icq to chat to his friends. He tried to download java for Linux, but it wouldn´t install. I´m not there to do it for him. Does Gaim come with all that´s necessary? We are using Fedora 3 at the mo.
Any tips would be welcomed!

If you install KDE, you can find KOPETE there for chatting in icq.
I'm using debian, when I installed Gaim it also works for icq without any problem.

askar

One doesn't need Java to chat via ICQ. Maybe to chat on ICQ with a client written in java (-applet), but not generally. ICQ is just a protocol, after all.

hth --Jonas