IM on two computers at the same time?

[jfall]

I work from home and have a desktop in my office and am picking up a small netbook to keep around the house or so I can sit out on the deck and work etc. Anyway, I use IM frequently at work (digsby with MSN, AOL and ICQ) and was wondering if there is any way that I could have both my desktop and laptop share IM so if I can be logged into the same account on both computers at the same time and receive IMs on both

 

[dguy6789]

I do that with Pidgin on occasion with my laptop and desktop, although AIM is the only client I use. The only problem I have encountered is if one of the messengers has a different status(going idle while the other isn't for example) it will cause problems and one of the messengers won't get all the messages being received.

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

I know AIM allows you to login to more than one computer but you won't be able to see both sides of the conversations on both computers. Yahoo and MSN both log you out when you try to log in somewhere else.

 

[Nothinman]

Yea, AIM lets you login mulitiple times and sends the messages to all clients. It mostly works, but as dguy6789 says once in a while a client will miss some of them. Jabber lets you login mulitple times too but will only broadcast messages till you reply, after that all of the messages in that session stick to that one client.

 

[nickbits]

The latest version of Windows Live Messenger can do that. It will mirror all your conversations across all logged in comps--pretty cool.

 

[jfall]

Dang, I wish all chat networks would allow multiple logins

I guess my only option would be to keep an rdesktop connection open on the laptop at all times and I can check my IM's through that

 

[Nothinman]

I guess my only option would be to keep an rdesktop connection open on the laptop at all times and I can check my IM's through that

I've thought about setting up one of the Linux console clients but havn't really cared enough to just yet.

 

[jfall]

Originally posted by: Nothinman

I guess my only option would be to keep an rdesktop connection open on the laptop at all times and I can check my IM's through that

I've thought about setting up one of the Linux console clients but havn't really cared enough to just yet.

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