[Bug 63273] Re: GAIM should not be the sole irc client
This is not a bug. And x-chat can be installed from the repos anyway. ** Changed in: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- GAIM should not be the sole irc client https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/63273 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 63273] Re: GAIM should not be the sole irc client
X-Chat not X-Chat gnome irssi for those server only moments if you are going to give me gaim I would like those two alternatives to also be in there, Why not drop the windows software, or provide links to help install it for the web browser, thunderbird, and put the biggy OpenOffice.org on for windows the rest can be installed with a click and the download is not too long. -- GAIM should not be the sole irc client https://launchpad.net/bugs/63273 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 63273] Re: GAIM should not be the sole irc client
** Changed in: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- GAIM should not be the sole irc client https://launchpad.net/bugs/63273 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 63273] Re: GAIM should not be the sole irc client
I agree as well. Gaim is capable of doing IRC, but it's very poor at best and highly lacking in features. Xchat, Xchat-Gnome, irssi and/or BitchX should be considered. Mainly Xchat and irssi since these are the two most popular IRC clients out there today. As mentioned for a server install, since there is no X, irssi should be the default I would think and irssi and Xchat both should be the default for a regular non-server install. Another issue as reported in another bug/wishlist by myself, is that Xchat is much more wanted and used than Xchat-Gnome, yet Xchat-Gnome is in main and Xchat is in universe. At the very least they should both be in main or it should be the other way around. With default sources, a user installs xchat, and they get xchat-gnome. Then, being an op of #Xchat on Freenode, they come in and ask all sorts of questions about what happened to their beloved Xchat and why it changed it so much instead of asking in #Xchat-Gnome. Very frustrating indeed. IIRC Xchat gets updated on a more regular basis than Xchat-Gnome does and for the most part Xchat-Gnome follows in the footsteps of Xchat so what's the point of not allowing the user to have the choice of either, or the one that is more widely used. -- GAIM should not be the sole irc client https://launchpad.net/bugs/63273 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 63273] Re: GAIM should not be the sole irc client
I agree gaim should not be default in install due to a few reasons irssi is alot lighter than gaim xchat is about the same size as gaim if not lighter. most people that i talk to use xchat or irssi. gaim is normally used for other clients other than irc and we dont have support channels on anywhere but irc. last if the user installs server install it should have a IRC client by default (it has sound by default) atleast in dapper it does i havent tried edgy server install. I personally dont think gaim is IRC freindly and with new users i think xchat is easier to use. Last i heard upgrading from dapper to edgy removes xchat. that might be a bug though. -- GAIM should not be the sole irc client https://launchpad.net/bugs/63273 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
