New IM Clients for Ubuntu

New IM Clients for Ubuntu
Here are the some most popular IM clients available for Linux.

Pidgin

Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on MSN, talking to a friend on Google Talk, and sitting in a Yahoo chat room all at the same time.Pidgin runs on Windows, Linux, and other UNIX operating systems.

It is a universal client and supports protocols like Yahoo!, MSN (WLM), AIM, Jabber and it can be used even as a basic IRC client.Pidgin supports many features of these chat networks, such as file transfers, away messages, buddy icons, custom smilies, and typing notifications. Numerous plugins also extend Pidgin's functionality above and beyond the standard features.Pidgin integrates with the system tray on Windows, GNOME2, and KDE 3.1.



Pidgin is free and contains no ads. All our code is open source and licensed under the GNU General Public License. This means you can get Pidgin's underlying code and modify it to suit your needs, as long as you publish the changes you make for everyone to benefit from as well.


Emesene

Emesene is a client for WLM (Windows Live Messenger), featuring an extremely simple and easy to use interface. It comes with plugins like a spell checker, support for sound notifications, take screenshots and send them using the /screenshot command, conversation logger and a playing status which supports many audio players, including Amarok 1.4, Amarok 2, Rhythmbox, Banshee, Audacious or MPD. Emesene is a perfect GTK alternative to aMSN and Pidgin for MSN users.




Emesene features:
Clean and easy to use GUI
Tabbed chat
Custom emoticons
File transfers
Offline messaging
Personal messages
Nudges
Multilingual GUI
Customization
Themes
Smileys
Sounds
GUI
Conversation format
Plugins
MSN Plus!
Chat logging

#2
20-04-2009

Techno01
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Join Date: Apr 2008
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Re: New IM Clients for Ubuntu
Here are some more IM client for your ubuntu Operating System:

1. aMSN

aMSN is an free open source MSN Messenger clone, it can be the most popular client for the MSN protocol, with an interface which resembles the MSN Messenger interface from Windows. aMSN offers a wealth of configuration options, allowing you to customise it to look just the way you want. By default it comes with six plugins, but many more can be downloaded and used.

aMSN Features:
Offline Messaging
Voice Clips
A New Login Window & Contact List (As of 0.97)
Display pictures
Custom emoticons
Multi-language support (around 40 languages currently supported)
Sign in to more than one account at once
File transfers
Group support
Normal, and animated emoticons with sounds
Chat logs
Event alarms
Webcam support
History in color
Ability to autoclose the filetransfer window when it is finished
New plugins log window (Alt-P)
Plugins compatible with supported languages
Faster loading skin window
Skins in chatwindow
Resizable chatwindow bottom
When you add a new user, you can define in which group you want to add them
When a contact change status, the top of the chat window changes color ( green for away, grey for offline, etc.)
New panel GUI to alert when there's a new aMSN version
Possibility to download the new release directly by aMSN
Automatically update language files and plugins from the web
New gui for deleting users (also possible to block on deletion)
Possible to add notes for each user (XML)
Support for MSN Mobile service
Tabbed windows so you can group conversations using tabs
Status is displayed inside a frame, so it won't dissapear when you scroll
Display picture in notification alert (like MSN 7)
Statistics for history (logging)
Now possible to choose any state for your login status (before it was only possible to login invisible or online)
Timestamping

#3
20-04-2009

Shen
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Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 2,914
Re: New IM Clients for Ubuntu
Have you ever heard about Kopete? Yes it is also an nice IM client for Ubuntu OS.

Kopete is an instant messenger supporting AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, Jabber, IRC, Gadu-Gadu, Novell GroupWise Messenger, and more. It is designed to be a flexible and extensible multi-protocol system suitable for personal and enterprise use.The default client for IM in KDE3 and KDE4, Kopete, just like Pidgin, offers support for all the major protocols out there, including Yahoo!, Jabber, IRC, WLM or Gadu Gadu.

Kopete also features tools to enhance your IM, such as message encryption, archiving, and many other fun and useful effects. there, including Yahoo!, Jabber, IRC, WLM or Gadu Gadu. One of the minuses I found with Kopete is that it won't allow to send mass messages to a group which members are offline and it sometimes has problems setting your avatar so that others can see it.



Kopete supports all commonly used instant messaging protocols, and the Kopete team provides templates for developers to base new plugins on.

#4
20-04-2009
Larry ward
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 208
Re: New IM Clients for Ubuntu
Thanks for sharing this useful info... Helpful for Ubuntu users