Re: ICQ with Linux (was: Chatting with Debian GNU/Linux)

2006-07-20 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 10:24:37PM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > I've been following the various suggestions come from this list > about the possibilities Linux offers to chat: > my family want to use `messenger' and ICQ, and before resigning myself > to use MS Windows I wanted to check all the p

Re: ICQ with Linux (was: Chatting with Debian GNU/Linux)

2006-07-20 Thread Owen Heisler
On Thu, 2006-07-20 at 22:24 +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > I've been following the various suggestions come from this list > about the possibilities Linux offers to chat: > my family want to use `messenger' and ICQ, and before resigning myself > to use MS Windows I wanted to check all the possibil

ICQ with Linux (was: Chatting with Debian GNU/Linux)

2006-07-20 Thread Rodolfo Medina
I've been following the various suggestions come from this list about the possibilities Linux offers to chat: my family want to use `messenger' and ICQ, and before resigning myself to use MS Windows I wanted to check all the possibilities. My impression is that `gaim' manages to use the MSN proto

Re: Chatting with Debian GNU/Linux

2006-07-18 Thread Owen Heisler
On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 23:52 +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > At 1153225783 past the epoch, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > >> Through Gaim I'm trying to chat via ICQ, but when asked for > >> a room name I don't know what to put there. > >> A hint about the proper syntax or what on earth I s

Re: Chatting with Debian GNU/Linux

2006-07-18 Thread bootlog
Rodolfo Medina schrieb: > At 1153225783 past the epoch, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > >>> Through Gaim I'm trying to chat via ICQ, but when asked for >>> a room name I don't know what to put there. >>> A hint about the proper syntax or what on earth I should >>> type in there? (I

Re: Chatting with Debian GNU/Linux

2006-07-18 Thread Rodolfo Medina
At 1153225783 past the epoch, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> Through Gaim I'm trying to chat via ICQ, but when asked for >> a room name I don't know what to put there. >> A hint about the proper syntax or what on earth I should >> type in there? (I've never chatted before.) >>

Re: Chatting with Debian GNU/Linux

2006-07-18 Thread Rodolfo Medina
At 1153225783 past the epoch, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> >> Through Gaim I'm trying to chat via ICQ, but when asked for >> >> a room name I don't know what to put there. >> >> A hint about the proper syntax or what on earth I should >> >> type in there? (I've never chatted before.) >> >> [...] >>

Re: Chatting with Debian GNU/Linux

2006-07-18 Thread Jon Dowland
At 1153225783 past the epoch, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > But, suppose I want to enter a chatroom that already > exists: that's what I mean and don't know how to do. > Sorry, but, as I said, I've never chatted before. The model of joining existing chatrooms is more like Internet Relay Chat (IRC) than

Re: Chatting with Debian GNU/Linux

2006-07-18 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> Through Gaim I'm trying to chat via ICQ, but when asked for >> >> a room name I don't know what to put there. >> >> A hint about the proper syntax or what on earth I should >> >> type in there? (I've never chatted before.) >> >> [...] >> >> When

Re: Chatting with Debian GNU/Linux

2006-07-18 Thread Jon Dowland
At 1153176741 past the epoch, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> Through Gaim I'm also trying to chat via ICQ, but when asked for > >> a room name I don't know what to put there. > >> A hint about the proper syntax or what on earth I should > >> type in there

Re: Chatting with Debian GNU/Linux

2006-07-17 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Through Gaim I'm also trying to chat via ICQ, but when asked for >> a room name I don't know what to put there. >> A hint about the proper syntax or what on earth I should >> type in there? (I've never chatted before.) Kai Schroeder <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Chatting with Debian GNU/Linux (was: A question about chatting)

2006-07-17 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My sister wants to chat with MS Windows users who use a chat > program called `messenger'. > Can she do that using Debian GNU/Linux, and will any IRC client > be fine? A command line tool would be better, as `ircii'. Many thanks to Rob, Kelly and Alej