Re: [newbie] Alternative Software

2003-06-16 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
Jason wrote: > Dunno bout the other software but by far the best cross platform IM > program I have found is Gaim. It is multiprotocol and I use it at work > every day. > > HTH, > > Jason > > >> >> For the boys I'm looking for, at minimum, an instant messenger that will >> support ICQ, Yahoo and M

Re: [newbie] Alternative Software

2003-06-16 Thread Jason
Dunno bout the other software but by far the best cross platform IM program I have found is Gaim. It is multiprotocol and I use it at work every day. HTH, Jason For the boys I'm looking for, at minimum, an instant messenger that will support ICQ, Yahoo and MSN. Ideally all in one box. I've se

Re: [newbie] Alternative Software

2003-06-16 Thread Inhabitant of Zion
Hi Sorry typo the club site (mandrakeclub). Might be worth taking alook at the kopete site and seeing what they say about yahoo plugin too. John On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 09:07:54 +(UTC)"Wm. G. Urquhart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Inhabitant of Zion wrote: > > > Hi > > >

Re: [newbie] Alternative Software

2003-06-16 Thread Wm. G. Urquhart
On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Inhabitant of Zion wrote: > Hi > > Kopete is very good. In fact its the dogs danglies IMHO. > > Don't know about Yahoo though I think you have to add a special > plugin. > > Worth a look anyway. > > 0.6.2 is available from the vclub site as an RPm and it installs without >

Re: [newbie] Alternative Software

2003-06-16 Thread Inhabitant of Zion
Hi Kopete is very good. In fact its the dogs danglies IMHO. Don't know about Yahoo though I think you have to add a special plugin. Worth a look anyway. 0.6.2 is available from the vclub site as an RPm and it installs without any problem (the newer version has a list of dependencies as long as

[newbie] Alternative Software

2003-06-16 Thread Wm. G. Urquhart
Hi, I currently have 3 machines running windows, a 2K box I use myself to run Visio, and SSADM Enterprise and 2 98 machines that my children have. I want to totally remove any dependence to the man from redmond from my Office and Home. So I need to find software that's comparible (if not better) t