Re: ICQ with Linux (was: Chatting with Debian GNU/Linux)

[Owen Heisler]

On Thu, 2006-07-20 at 22:24 +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
 I've been following the various suggestions come from this list 
 about the possibilities Linux offers to chat:
 my family want to use `messenger' and ICQ, and before resigning myself
 to use MS Windows I wanted to check all the possibilities.
 
 My impression is that `gaim' manages to use the MSN protocol quite fine,
 whereas for ICQ, nor `licq' neither `centericq' neither `gabber' (through
 jabber network) can satisfactorily replace the richness of 
 original ICQ for MS Windows. They only allow the mere IM function 
 but don't really allow (as far as I saw) 
 wide users search or multiple chat.
 
 So I'll have to use MS Windows, although I wouldn't like.
 If anybody has a different experience, i.e. finds that licq,
 or any other application can perform those functions just or almost
 just as the original does - and this means that I didn't manage to use 
 them properly - please let me know, I'll be glad to have been wrong.

On the Jabber network, GAIM will do multiple chat.  Basically, you set
up a conversation room (with a password if you want) and then either
invite people or let them enter themselves.  I don't know about the
MSN network though.  Perhaps you could convince the others to use GAIM
on Windows and the Jabber network?


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Re: ICQ with Linux (was: Chatting with Debian GNU/Linux)

[Kevin Mark]

On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 10:24:37PM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
 I've been following the various suggestions come from this list 
 about the possibilities Linux offers to chat:
 my family want to use `messenger' and ICQ, and before resigning myself
 to use MS Windows I wanted to check all the possibilities.
 
 My impression is that `gaim' manages to use the MSN protocol quite fine,
 whereas for ICQ, nor `licq' neither `centericq' neither `gabber' (through
 jabber network) can satisfactorily replace the richness of 
 original ICQ for MS Windows. They only allow the mere IM function 
 but don't really allow (as far as I saw) 
 wide users search or multiple chat.
 
 So I'll have to use MS Windows, although I wouldn't like.
 If anybody has a different experience, i.e. finds that licq,
 or any other application can perform those functions just or almost
 just as the original does - and this means that I didn't manage to use 
 them properly - please let me know, I'll be glad to have been wrong.
 
 Thanks, cheers,
Hi Rodolfo,
I have had some success with using Wine to run some Win32 programs: 
Internet Explorer, Firefox with flash 8, photoshop,... Thus I get the
ability to run an win32 program, dont need to buy M$ Os and dont need to
install it. Maybe try ICQ with WINE.
Cheers,
Kev
ps. It beats having your folks having a nice virus/spyware target x-)

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