A good chat client??

[thilina]

i need a good chat client which can connect to both yahoo & gmail.Do you knw a one??
I want to use it in linux
Plz dont mention about gaim here.i want an alternative

 

[mehulved]

Gaim is the best what's the problem with it? Besides you have Kopete but it needs kdelibs or you should have KDE installed.

 

[QwertyManiac]

Yeah, what's the problem with Gaim, its supposed to be the best out there.

 

[gary4gar]

ya gaim is the best but only in text b'cos it does not support voice

 

[QwertyManiac]

Voice is supported by none I think, I tried Ekiga but didnt know how to call...

 

[praka123]

all are jabber clients
*www.jabber.org/software/clients.shtml

 

[k_blues24]

yes gaim is the best one

 

[thilina]

i tried to upgrade gaim.But somehow it failed.Now it is not working.

 

[mehulved]

You tried to upgrade to which version? And how?
__________
Upgrade to which version and how?

 

[thilina]

I tried to update to ver.2
Through a .deb file i got from the net

 

[mehulved]

Just uninstall it and install version 1.5 again.

 

[thilina]

even though uninstall is possible,the prob is installing coz my crap dial up!!

 

[mehulved]

It should be present present in your install cd. Just copy it to your desktop and install it with command

sudo dpkg -i <file name>

 

[thilina]

WOW,will it be on ubuntu 5.10 cd.
Great stuff man ,thanks

 

[chesss]

Kopete user here!!
And I love it! its even got voice support for gmail in the latest version (not tested by me), plus the notifications can be totally customized!
Supports yahoo,msn,gmail,icq,irc,aol ...

 

[The Outsider]

amsn for msn here, gaim crashes on msn, works fine with others.

btw, will Kopete run on Gnome??

 

[mehulved]

Yes but it will need kdelibs installed.
Which version of Gaim are you running? I have use gaim to connect to msn wiithout a problem.

 

[The Outsider]

version 1.5.1cvs, the one which came preinstalled with ubuntu

msn crashes with this version.

should i update it, if yes how?
and i guess kdelibs can also be installed frm synaptic?

 

[mehulved]

I am using the same without any problem whatsoever. Just try removing it completely and installing it again.

 

[chesss]

run on gnone?

just use apt-get install kopete.
and see if you can download (depends on your internet connection)