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moljac024

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2008-01-29

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MSN client

I'm so sick of pidgin right now. Is there an MSN client for linux that isn't complete and utter crap ?
By that I mean that it can just send/receive messages and files successfully.

I've used emesene in the past and tried it again just now but it won't send files. Any suggestions ?
What do you guys and gals use for MSN ?

Last edited by moljac024 (2008-10-11 09:23:10)

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mentallaxative

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-07-14

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Re: MSN client

I still use Pidgin. What do you find wrong with it?

I quite like Emesene too, I used it for a while until I found it more convenient to be able to have IRC on in Pidgin at the same time. There's Mercury, a java-based client, which I have just installed from the community repo--unfortunately I just get a blank window when I run it.

There is also Carrier, a fork of Pidgin. I haven't used it myself.

finferflu

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From: Manchester, UK

Registered: 2007-06-21

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Re: MSN client

You can have a look at galaxium or aMSN.

I use Pidgin myself, perhaps you can try msn-pecan on it.

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moljac024

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From: Serbia

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Re: MSN client

I still use Pidgin. What do you find wrong with it?

A picture is worth a thousand words my friend:

I use Pidgin myself, perhaps you can try msn-pecan on it.

Yup, pecan was better, will try it again.

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Demon

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From: Republic of Srpska, BA

Registered: 2008-03-02

Posts: 246

Re: MSN client

Kopete rules!

carlocci

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From: Padova - Italy

Registered: 2008-02-12

Posts: 368

Re: MSN client

I use emesene, which is quite minimal (doesn't have audio and video chat)
On my kde desktop I really like kmess, which I like A LOT.

andre.ramaciotti

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2007-04-06

Posts: 649

Re: MSN client

@moljac024
Have you tried using emesene from svn? You can send and receive files and should be able to receive webcam videos.

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dmz

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Registered: 2008-08-27

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Re: MSN client

Actually that's not pidgins fault. Consider switching to XMPP instead.

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moljac024

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2008-01-29

Posts: 2,676

Re: MSN client

Actually that's not pidgins fault. Consider switching to XMPP instead.

Hmm, I will try that. Just need to figure it out first. Know any gateway ?

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haxit

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Re: MSN client

I would also like to know how to do that...

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wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

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Re: MSN client

Actually that's not pidgins fault. Consider switching to XMPP instead.

Hmm, I will try that. Just need to figure it out first. Know any gateway ?

google use xmpp

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leo2501

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From: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Registered: 2007-07-07

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Re: MSN client

for msn try pebrot, it's CLI i always uses it

http://pebrot.sourceforge.net/

Last edited by leo2501 (2008-10-11 18:19:59)

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dmz

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Re: MSN client

Actually that's not pidgins fault. Consider switching to XMPP instead.

Hmm, I will try that. Just need to figure it out first. Know any gateway ?

google use xmpp

Yep, I'm using my  @gmail account. Otherwise, try jabber.org, I think it's pretty stable.

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andre.ramaciotti

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Re: MSN client

I'd love to use other protocol for IM, but here in Brazil at least, most people use MSN.

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leo2501

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From: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Registered: 2007-07-07

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Re: MSN client

I'd love to use other protocol for IM, but here in Brazil at least, most people use MSN.

So here in argentina, so you end using it, but at last i discovered pebrot

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anrxc

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From: Croatia

Registered: 2008-03-22

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Re: MSN client

Being that some Jabber clients are among best IM apps in general you should consider using Gajim (gajim.org) or Psi (psi-im.org) with an MSN transport. Besides XMPP/Jabber is a de-facto standard of IM communication and the future of IM (Google and AIM already use it in some way or another and others will follow). Since you're from Serbia check out elitesecurity.org jabber server, they have all the transports you need.

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dmz

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Re: MSN client

I'd love to use other protocol for IM, but here in Brazil at least, most people use MSN.

Convert your buddies to xmpp users - if they don't comply, simply delete them from your life.

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