linux alternative to Trillian?

Shinobi · n00b Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Posts: 12

anyone kno of a good alternative? i've been using Trillain for quite sometime now, and have gotten used to multi-chat protocols in the same program. thx in advanced

lubb · n00b Joined: 06 May 2003 Posts: 2

There are many. Check out Gaim and Kopete for starters:

http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
http://kopete.kde.org/

or you could simply continue using Trillian with Crossover Plugin:

http://www.codeweavers.com/products/crossover/

hook · Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 5:48 am Post subject:

not that kopete is going to be implemented into KDE as soon as it reaches 1.x ...so if you use KDE, i'd go for kopete ...it's pretty nice :]
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NuclearFusi0n · Apprentice Joined: 20 Jun 2003 Posts: 297

Gaim in da hizzouse.
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s3ntient · Guru Joined: 13 Apr 2003 Posts: 304 Location: Lyon, France

With Everybuddy you get access to MSN, AIM, ICQ, Yahoo! and IRC just like Trillian
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zeky · Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 10:56 am Post subject:

Use gaim. Gaim rox yer nutz

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Verteron · Apprentice Joined: 23 Jul 2003 Posts: 189

Gaim is my IM client of choice. Tried Everybuddy but found it a bit buggy.

bobby_j · n00b Joined: 03 Jun 2003 Posts: 60 Location: Columbus, OH

Bob stamp of approval for Kopete. I'm very fond of having a gtk-less desktop, and Kopete's existence was the last step towards success in that. It's clever and cute and very usable. It's had a history of being a little buggy, but the latest version has been running for 2 or 3 days without a problem (since installing it 3 days ago).

Though a bug in the "Alloy" kde style was causing it to crash at first, so there's your warning.
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z28James · n00b Joined: 22 Mar 2003 Posts: 69

Is it just me or does kopete choke hard with you guys too when you have a large ICQ contact list?

xcham · Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2003 9:41 pm Post subject:

I personally like gaim mostly because it handles AIM file transfers well... even when NAT'd. Not sure if kopete has that functionality yet.

shm · Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2003 11:29 pm Post subject:

I'm a gaim user who is waiting for kopete to "get there", as it's interface is imho a lot better than gaim's. Hopefully it will by KDE 3.2

I've tried every version of kopete, but it's still unstable for me. But of course:

GAIM - has been around for 5+ years
kopete - has been around for ~1 year.

And kopete has already come far

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Liathus · Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2003 11:33 pm Post subject:

i have been using kopete for quite a while. It seems to work fine for what I do. Some of the releases can be a bit buggy, but then you can always downgrade :)

shm · Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 3:13 am Post subject:

Another solution I just learned about is sim-cvs.. it has support for icq, jabber, and msn. AIM is planned before the next version, and yahoo later on.
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ctenet · Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 5:27 am Post subject:

I use gaim, but I plan to set up my own personal (or for friends too I guess) Jabber system and use a Jabber-specific client as gaim doesn't support Jabber's cool features.

beandog · Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 5:47 am Post subject:

ctenet · Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 5:55 am Post subject:

Umm well you can't browse services available on a server.
Or easily use transports.
With my luck, now you can (I haven't tried jabber w/ gaim since 0.59.x) and the gaim developers will now jump down my throat.
And I am also probably using incorrect terminology.

Papapishu · Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 2:26 pm Post subject:

Wow!
I just tried Kopete, and it rocks!
Kopete is the best.
Gaim can go hide somewhere!

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Vanquirius · Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 4:50 pm Post subject:

centericq is a pretty good option too if you're not crazy about eye candy (and yes it has support for a bunch of protocols other than icq).
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Wi1d · Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 7:41 am Post subject:

Wow! Thats just what I was looking/hoping for ManuChao. Thanks. Gui clients can go hide.