what version of AIM should i get?

[ManBearPig]

anyone know?

 

[MBentz]

Miranda

 

[xtknight]

gaim 2 beta

 

[ManBearPig]

ive never heard of those

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Heen05
ive never heard of those

you have now.

I'm using the Gaim 2 beta, as well.

 

[linuxconvert]

trillian

 

[ManBearPig]

i just want AIM though.

 

[xtknight]

Originally posted by: Heen05
i just want AIM though.

Any reason in particular? Familiarity? I guess just get the latest AIM then.

 

[ManBearPig]

well i was wondering what good 3rd party apps there are. like i liked dead aim, but im not sure what version of aim it works with. anything like that?

thanks

 

[Soccer55]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Heen05
ive never heard of those

you have now.

I'm using the Gaim 2 beta, as well.

Do you know if Gaim 2 beta works with GTK+ 2.8.x? I had problems connecting with Gaim 1.5.0 and GTK+ 2.8.18 and the bug report about this specific issue hasn't been updated since June.

-Tom

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: Heen05
i just want AIM though.

so? trillian, gaim, miranda - they all work just fine for AIM but with many perks.

Far less bloat (lower memory foot print and no ads or other such crap)
Not as vulnerable to AIM malware (as it usually only targets AOL's client software)

I'd even say the user interface is easier/superior to use unless you're already heavily entrenched in AOL's garbage.

The only downside would be that such 3rd party clients are at the mercy of AOL to remain compatible, so you might come across some very rare occasions where you might have to fix some problem (usually just requires an update to the 3rd party client)

And if you ever find a need to start using one of the other chat services (ICQ/MSN/Yahoo/whatever) your client already supports it.

 

[L00ker]

trillian +2

 

[xtknight]

Originally posted by: Soccer55
Do you know if Gaim 2 beta works with GTK+ 2.8.x? I had problems connecting with Gaim 1.5.0 and GTK+ 2.8.18 and the bug report about this specific issue hasn't been updated since June.

-Tom

I'm using libgtk2.0-0 (GTK+) 2.8.20 (0ubuntu1) and I have no problems at all with gaim 2 beta (1:1.9.99.is.2.0.0+beta3-1ubuntu1 to be, ahem, exact). If you mean Windows, they should include a compatible GTK+ with the installer package.

 

[Soccer55]

Originally posted by: xtknight

Originally posted by: Soccer55
Do you know if Gaim 2 beta works with GTK+ 2.8.x? I had problems connecting with Gaim 1.5.0 and GTK+ 2.8.18 and the bug report about this specific issue hasn't been updated since June.

-Tom

I'm using libgtk2.0-0 (GTK+) 2.8.20 (0ubuntu1) and I have no problems at all with gaim 2 beta (1:1.9.99.is.2.0.0+beta3-1ubuntu1 to be, ahem, exact). If you mean Windows, they should include a compatible GTK+ with the installer package.

I'm on Windows and I have GTK+ 2.8.18 installed from when I installed GIMP 2.2. Previously, I had GTK+ 2.8.9 installed and it would not work with either Gaim 1.5.0 or 2.0.0 beta. There was a bugzilla entry about GTK+ 2.8.x and Gaim not working together, but the entry hasn't been updated since June and I wasn't sure if the bug was fixed in 2.8.18. I plan on using Portable Gaim until the GTK bug gets fixed, just wondering if anyone knew if it has so I can check out Gaim 2 beta.

-Tom

 

[xtknight]

Originally posted by: Soccer55
I'm on Windows and I have GTK+ 2.8.18 installed from when I installed GIMP 2.2. Previously, I had GTK+ 2.8.9 installed and it would not work with either Gaim 1.5.0 or 2.0.0 beta. There was a bugzilla entry about GTK+ 2.8.x and Gaim not working together, but the entry hasn't been updated since June and I wasn't sure if the bug was fixed in 2.8.18. I plan on using Portable Gaim until the GTK bug gets fixed, just wondering if anyone knew if it has so I can check out Gaim 2 beta.

-Tom

There does indeed seem to be problems. Mine's also stuck at connecting (in a WinXP 32-bit VM). GTK+ 2.8.18 and gaim2.0 beta3.

Sure this looks hard but it really only takes five mins and you'll have a working gaim 2/GIMP 2.2 combo. For now I just installed gaim 2 beta 3 with the GTK it included. That gave me these files, which I copied:

\program files\common files\gtk\2.0\* \program files\gaim\*
\program files\common files\gtk\2.0\bin\libg*.dll -> \program files\gaim\libg*.dll
\program files\common files\gtk\2.0\bin\libpango*.dll -> \program files\gaim\libpango*.dll

Basically just copy the whole directory structure (bin,lib,etc,share) under 2.0 into the gaim directory and bin\libg* and bin\libpango* dlls into the gaim directory. That seemed to do it for me. Install the GTK+ 2.8.18 package for GIMP (it appears like it's uninstalling the old gtk, and it does, but that's fine since we copied it into the gaim dir anyway). I can now run GIMP 2.2 and gaim 2 beta 3 concurrently.

Sorry. I hope I'm not hijacking this thread.

 

[0roo0roo]

i use gaim

 

[imported_Rogie]

Aim Ad Hack
Using 4.14 here.

 

[neutralizer]

Trillian ftw.

 

[secretanchitman]

AIM 5.53599 w/ AIMutation, DeadAIM, or Messenger Mate.

 

[SpunkyJones]

Originally posted by: xtknight
gaim 2 beta

:thumbsup:

 

[Soccer55]

Originally posted by: xtknight
There does indeed seem to be problems. Mine's also stuck at connecting (in a WinXP 32-bit VM). GTK+ 2.8.18 and gaim2.0 beta3.

Sure this looks hard but it really only takes five mins and you'll have a working gaim 2/GIMP 2.2 combo. For now I just installed gaim 2 beta 3 with the GTK it included. That gave me these files, which I copied:

\program files\common files\gtk\2.0\* \program files\gaim\*
\program files\common files\gtk\2.0\bin\libg*.dll -> \program files\gaim\libg*.dll
\program files\common files\gtk\2.0\bin\libpango*.dll -> \program files\gaim\libpango*.dll

Basically just copy the whole directory structure (bin,lib,etc,share) under 2.0 into the gaim directory and bin\libg* and bin\libpango* dlls into the gaim directory. That seemed to do it for me. Install the GTK+ 2.8.18 package for GIMP (it appears like it's uninstalling the old gtk, and it does, but that's fine since we copied it into the gaim dir anyway). I can now run GIMP 2.2 and gaim 2 beta 3 concurrently.

Sorry. I hope I'm not hijacking this thread.

Yep, this worked. Thanks for the help.

-Tom

 

[natep]

I vote for Trillian.

 

[pennylane]

I use one of the last versions of aim that works with the last free version of deadaim (it's a few years old). It works great. I can even transfer files to people. If you want, I can email you the files when I get back to my computer (which won't be this weekend). PM me if you want them.