is there a good IM program for linux?

[Colt45]

just curious.. the Licq that was bundled with my mandrake doesnt work worth a sh!t, so i was wondering if theres something better out there.
lmk

thanks

 

[n0cmonkey]

micq for icq, toc for aim.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

gaim, kaim, jabber, licq, micq....the list goes on

i use gaim and so far it works great, except you cant send pics or files.

 

[Cheese78CA]

everybuddy (like trillian)

 

[Schlocemus]

GAIM!!

 

[Spikesoldier]

licq

 

[dude8604]

I use AIM for Linux. It's the official AIM program, but the Linux version. http://www.aim.com/

 

[bigrash]

I use Gaim. I don't like using aim for linux

 

[Colt45]

okay.. thanks..
i must be dumb or somthing but i cant install Micq.. so far ive only installed .rpm files, and Micq is .tgz or something like that.. do i need some special viewer to run these files?

also, how do you install hardware? i can't seem to install my SB16 ISA.
thanks.

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< okay.. thanks..
i must be dumb or somthing but i cant install Micq.. so far ive only installed .rpm files, and Micq is .tgz or something like that.. do i need some special viewer to run these files? >>



"tar -zvxf micq.tgz && cd micq && ./configure && make && sudo make install" The line will probably have to be edited for the version of the software you downloaded.

tar -z will gunzip it (.gz), x will extract the archive (.tar). The && means that if the first command completes successfully move to the next one, probably not the best way to do things here because I dont know the complete path to the directory the first command will make, but its ok in my example

./configure is a shell script basically that will setup many of the variables of the system. make will compile the program. Make sure you have gcc and related goodies installed for this to work. make install will install the componants it needs to work.

This is basic stuff for linux, so you should get used to it.



<< also, how do you install hardware? i can't seem to install my SB16 ISA.
thanks. >>



sndconfig or something might work depending on which distro you chose. RedHat and Mandrake seem to use it. Also, make sure you have support for it compiled in your kernel or atleast a module for it that you can load during/after boot.

 

[Colt45]

ok thanks n0cmonkey!
ill have to try it out.

 

[wolf550e]

ask in specific linux newbie sites / forums, or at least the OS forum. the SB should be autoinstalled (grr, ISA?), and .tgz are archive files which can be extracted using the GUI, and then compiled using the make file. i dont think you should mess with linux before you've read more about it. good luck!

edit: thank <FONT size=1>n0cmonkey for being here!</FONT>