Gave up kopete and went to ayttm. ayttm works well with a lot of instant messengers.

Ayttm - Universal Instant Messaging Client

Ayttm is an instant messaging (aka chat) client that provides all-in-one chat functionality for several major instant messaging services from one simple program. Ayttm "Contacts" allow you to refer to several accounts of the same person from a single contact name, making it one of the cleanest and simplest clients to use.

Ayttm is the heir of the Everybuddy project, and aims to continue improving the program and addressing its shortcomings. Our primary goal is to provide a messenger which is :

* simple: Ayttm should work nicely without having to first go through a complicated configuration procedure. The preferences should be simple and minimal.
* stable: Ayttm should not crash when you use it.
* intuitive: Ayttm should be almost instantly usable by my mother ;)
* flexible: Ayttm supports multiple protocols and they should be supported in an integrated manner (common interface, for example), without limiting protocol-specific features support. Ayttm currently handles Yahoo!, MSN, Jabber, IRC, AIM and ICQ.

Ayttm is developed primarily for Linux but it is also available on BSD and Windows NT/2000 platforms

I like that it doesn't crash and it is free.

Instant Messaging Services

* Yahoo!
* MSN Messenger
* Jabber support (including SSL)
* IRC (Internet Relay Chat) support
* ICQ support
* AIM-TOC (AOL Instant Messenger)
* SMTP (for sending emails)
* File Transfers to/from MSN and Yahoo! users, and receive only from AIM users
* Group Chat (Conferences) with AIM, Jabber, MSN and Yahoo! users
* MSN's Netmeeting integration, using GnomeMeeting
* Yahoo Webcam viewing support

Core Features

* Protocol Transparency - one buddy, one chat window, multiple accounts on multiple IM systems!
* Tabbed chat, with color alerts for new messages
* Themable smiley graphics
* Tooltips to track people's status
* Conversation and group-chat logging
* File Transfer between Ayttm clients (with any protocol)
* Away mode and other status indicators
* Play sounds (with esd and artsd support)
* Asynchronous connections
* Support for multiple accounts on the same service for almost every service
* Auto-join to chatrooms
* Chat logs export
* Server-side userlist and groups management

Utilities

* Automatic translation using Babelfish
* Automatic conversion to L33t-speak (yeah, we wanna have fun!)
* Importing of everybuddy, gnomeicu, gaim, and Licq buddy lists
* Keep notes on Contacts
* Rainbow colors in messages
* Digital signature and encrpytion plugin using GPG - compatible with kopete
* Typing notifications for MSN, Yahoo! and Jabber
* Spell checker

Not fancy but it has a lot to offer.

i agree

i use Gaim

Ayttm stands for Are you talking to me. I wonder if Robert Deniro had something to do with the name of it.

http://www.pidgin.im/

i just checked,it's primarily for Linux but can be used with Win NT and 2000,so that leaves me out

If you on a Mac then use Adium (http://www.adiumx.com/).

If your on an OS other than Windows, Linux, BSD or a Mac, then I'm not sure.

i'm on XP,that's why i've been using Gaim

Pidgin is the instant messenger formally known as Gaim... AOL got sand in their fanny because Gaim had AIM in the name (wooo it rhymes).

Pidgin is the new Gaim, if you install Pidgin it would upgrade Gaim for you .

Ta,

~C

ahh didn't know that,i just installed it off of a Max PC disk i had

Just about have Kopete working the way I want it. The only thing I couldn't get to working with Kopete was voice for my microphone but downloaded Ekiga. Haven't figured how to get Kopete and Ekiga working together but I can use Ekiga separately. Ekiga has audio and video so I can use my microphone and webcam together.

Yay, I have generic yahoo!

Trillian

I don't have any instant messangers. I don't really care about them.

I have heard of Trillian. I have heard that it is cool. But pidgin comes with Linux Ubuntu 7.10.

The new disk of Ubuntu 7.10 came in the mail from Canonical free of charge so I started over. Now I got the 7.04 and the 7.10 on disks. I just went download crazy the first time. I was like a kid in a candy shop. All this free stuff. Fortunate for me my dsl modem is programmed from the ISP. But I sure love the live cd feature. Imagine my surprise of Linux being user friendly. Back when I was still in college in 2004 Linux where I went was just called DOS2. DOS1 was Microsoft and the college didn't even take MacIntosh seriously. I took the repair and networking courses. I took one course of Visual Basic and found out real fast that programming wasn't my cup of tea. Using the Pidgin now. Just have to use Ekiga separately.