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Beef Welington
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1 - 08-06-2008, 21:16
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I remember Gaim and **** used to be cool alternatives but useless because sending music and attachments never seemed to work. What's the best one now? How are the features?
 
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I like Pidgin. I think it used to be gaim. You can send and receive files no prob for any network.
 
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Ah yeah I remember using it in Ubuntu, seemed pretty snazzy
 
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I'm curious what people use as well. Gaim was a total POS under XP. I have used free trillian on and off which is ok.
 
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Pidgin works well, though it seems a bit memory heavy for what it offers. I hear Miranda is a good lightweight alternative. I also hear both are a billion times better than Trillian.
 
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I use Miranda solely as an AIM client. Pretty lightweight but hard to configure to how I like it.
 
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7 - 08-06-2008, 21:24
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trillian ftw.
 
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8 - 08-06-2008, 21:27
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Digsby ****ing rocks.
 
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Digsby ****ing rocks.
I wanted to give this one a shot. Does it still eat resources like crazy?
 
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boom
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I use AIMHack..no adds and simple. Can't complain.
 
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Lineage
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11 - 08-06-2008, 21:39
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Bitlbee.

Who the **** cares about GUI anyway.
 
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Fox
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Who the **** cares about GUI anyway.
People who don't just use command-line?
 
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The extensions for Pidgin make it a worthwhile application. I especially like the chatlog function and an extension that tells you when someone is typing even before you've begun a convo.
 
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I wanted to give this one a shot. Does it still eat resources like crazy?
Mine is currently at 71144k, so yes. It's totally worth it.
 
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i still use an old ass version of AIM with deadAIM
 
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Fox
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16 - 08-06-2008, 21:50
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Also, Meebo.com. Not exactly a client but a good website that lets you chat via various protocols.
 
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Miranda
 
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liar2
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digsby does ****ing rock. if they could implement direct connect it would be that much better.
 
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meebo at work. regular aim 6.0 at home. i love the ads.
 
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Digsby ****ing rocks.
 
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