On Friday 02 August 2002 08:53 pm, Thomas Tabler wrote: > [...] So he wants to and can use Yahoo > chat. [...] As well as that, I told him about the "ICQ Lite" page, > but I don't know if he wants to use that yet or not. [...]
Thomas, if I read this correctly, you're looking for a light instant messaging (IM) client that will let you talk to Yahoo! Messenger from Linux, correct? You might want to check out some of the console-based Jabber clients for Linux -- imcom and pJab. The beauty of Jabber is that the SERVER can be configured to use "transports" which will let you converse with other IM systems from the same client. For example, I log into a Jabber server using an X-based client (GAIM) and from there can converse with users of AIM and ICQ all through that same client. I find this a very "friendly" approach for those of us that don't want to load our systems up with more software than necessary. You'll need to find a Jabber server (there are several) that provides the yahoo transport, and you'll also need a working Yahoo! account (which your brother could create for you). There are also console-based IM clients specifically for Yahoo! and others. ari-yahoo, gnuyahoo are listed. I've only tinkered with a couple of the console-based clients, but they do work. If you're running X, there are many other choices available, many of which are quite small or may be part of various distributions. A good list of Jabber clients and related software can be found at www.jabbercentral.com. Let me know if you want more details. - Bob To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
