I have tried emesene, it's excellent! except that it refuses root to use it. :) I'm also happy to know the jabber and wordpress. thanks!
**************Buddha Debian GNU/Linux MSN:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users? > Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:52:37 -0700 > > On Saturday 14 June 2008 06:32:59 pm Star Liu wrote: >> Hi Everyone, I'm sorry to ask this silly question here. I'm now using the >> microsoft live messenger, live spaces and hotmail as my IM, blog and email >> service provider, because i'm a windows user for a so long time. Two weeks >> before, I installed debian etch and lenny, and i like it very much. I'd >> like to get your opinions about which IM, blog and email services which >> suits debian best. Thanks! > > There's no reason you can't use those services with Debian. Hotmail webmail > is, of course, OS-independent; Kopete and Pidgin have limited support for MSN > Messenger (as well as all the other popular IM protocols), and Emesene has > more full-featured support; I'm not sure about Live Spaces, as this is the > first I've heard of it, but if it's web-based and doesn't require ActiveX, it > will work fine with any OS. > > If you're looking for things that are ideologically compatible with Debian's > mission statement, then Jabber would be your IM protocol (jabber.org and > GoogleTalk being the major providers here), Wordpress would be your blogging > engine, and any POP3/IMAP mail provider would work. > > Lee > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]