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aRcHaTe

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Registered: 2006-10-24

Posts: 646

miranda?

well i dont have the time to see this but...is it miranda possible to ported to linux? if so..is anybody interrested..miranda the IM messenger...

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DarkJesus

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Registered: 2007-03-07

Posts: 45

Re: miranda?

It isn't. Windows only.

icrave

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Registered: 2006-04-11

Posts: 193

Re: miranda?

Yes, it's possible to port to linux. But at the moment this port doesn't exist.

If you are interested, download the source code and... create it!

You can run it with wine.

DarkJesus

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Registered: 2007-03-07

Posts: 45

Re: miranda?

But is it actually native right now? That precompiled binary needs wine.

iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: miranda?

yes, winelib can be used to compile a native linux application. it still depends on winelib, yes, but in the same way that the gimp depends on GTK+glib, it's needed to provide basic functions and user interface.

If you really wanted, you could develop a native Win32 API application from linux, compiled against winelib.

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Stalwart

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From: Latvia, Riga

Registered: 2005-10-18

Posts: 445

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Re: miranda?

There's GAIM and Kopete

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w0c45_x86

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From: CZ, Pilsen

Registered: 2005-10-18

Posts: 21

Re: miranda?

There's GAIM and Kopete

But GAIM in extra is pretty outdated, i cant connect to ICQ network. And QT i havent installed.

Yes, I can use Jabber ICQ transports... but on lot of public servers is this transport pretty unstable.

........ICQ sux

Last edited by w0c45_x86 (2007-04-25 21:11:29)

STiAT

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From: Vienna, Austria

Registered: 2004-12-23

Posts: 606

Re: miranda?

First of all, gaim in current isn't quite outdated. Gaim in current is 2.0 BETA, so one of the newer versions (not pretty outdated, just a bit).

ICQ should work fine there, they worked a bit on the icq protocol as i could see in the cvs logs...
I always watch gnome and gtk application development a bit, since the advantages of kde become smaller and smaller... and i'm thinking about to switch.

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aRcHaTe

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Registered: 2006-10-24

Posts: 646

Re: miranda?

can anyone make a miranda PKGBUILD using winelib?

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isez2001

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Registered: 2006-08-24

Posts: 33

Re: miranda?

Try the other IM options available first.  Gaim (soon to be known as pidgin) is an excellent program that is very similar in function to Miranda.  If you're a KDE user, you might also try Kopete, as has been suggested.

Even the Miranda wiki suggests using alternative programs:  http://help.miranda-im.org/Linux

I don't think you'll have much luck getting anyone to port Miranda to Linux when there are already such strong alternatives available.

Last edited by isez2001 (2007-04-26 05:38:54)

aRcHaTe

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Registered: 2006-10-24

Posts: 646

Re: miranda?

http://forums.miranda-im.org/showthread.php?t=4624

miranda for linux finally PKGBUILD anybody?

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drakosha

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Registered: 2006-01-03

Posts: 253

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Re: miranda?

gaim was renamed to pidgin - and it's in the repositories.