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Linux software apps - What's hot and what's not?

Linux software apps - What's hot and what's not?The apps I useOffice: OpenOffice.org, as it's pretty much the standard on Linux desktops.Email: I have Evolution set up for my Yahoo mail.Image editing/drawing: For most editing, I use the GIMP, but for advanced stuff I'd recommend Blender or Inkscape for SVG.CD/DVD...

Tags: OpenOffice, OPEN SOURCE, Web browsers, RSS, Java development tools, Linux software, K3b, Microsoft Office, GIMP, Mozilla Firefox, KDE, GNOME, disc, Gaim, software, Linux, Webmin

Discussion threads 2007-03-13

Presence might or might not mean I'm available

Presence might or might not mean I'm availableI second the call for a protocolI've got the same problem you do, Marc. In order to be accessible I've got to be connected to nearly everything... MSN, ICQ, AIM, Yahoo, Jabber several servers... you get the picture. That doesn't count several VoIP...

Tags: Instant messaging, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Gaim, IM, e-mail, VoIP, phone, cell phone, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-12-21

Are Yahoo, AOL, and MSN messenging clients taking too many liberties?

Are Yahoo, AOL, and MSN messenging clients taking too many liberties?All 3 will failYou initially mentioned Google in your discussion but never followed up. Firstly,why do you think that MSN, Yahoo and AOL are all fighting so hard to be on your desktop? I mean, the services are free, so...

Tags: Instant messaging, MSN, IM, America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Gaim, open source, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-09-16

LinkedIn vs. Plaxo: Is LinkedIn winning?

LinkedIn vs. Plaxo: Is LinkedIn winning?Networking the global village and its many tribesThe largest directory for US business is certainly LinkedIn, but it is no community and it is very US centric. If I want to connect to French speakers I go to viaduc, for other Europeans I look in...

Tags: Instant messaging, E-mail, Web browsers, LinkedIn, Plaxo Inc., Gaim, Trillian

Discussion threads 2005-09-06

AOL tests Triton IM software

AOL tests Triton IM softwareTabs?[quote]Triton features a unified chat box with "tabs" for each new conversation and easy access to address book information.[/quote]Oh, wow, tabs! How innovative!Wait a minute - GAIM already does that . . .When the day comes that they consolidate all the different IM clients into one,...

Tags: Instant messaging, America Online Inc., Overall IT, Gaim, IM

Discussion threads 2005-05-04

PhoneGaim 0.79.5 (Windows)

PhoneGaim is a way to make phone calls to anybody in the world with just a few clicks using an interface that you are already familiar with. Best of all, it's built right into one of the world's most well known Instant Messengers, Gaim! Gaim allows you to connect to...

Tags: SIPphone, PhoneGaim, Gaim, Microsoft Windows, Instant Messaging, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Online Communications

Software downloads 2005-01-31

SIP-based softphone club has a new member

SIP-based softphone club has a new memberReceived some negative reviews beforeLast time it was announced Slashdot link, it apparently did not make too many people happy. The app was bulky, slow, unbuildable from sources, and used the name Gaim in vain (the guys from Gaim project said they had no...

Tags: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Gaim, softphone, SIP

Discussion threads 2005-01-18

Additional Resources

Pidgin Portable 2.6.3 (Windows)

Pidgin Portable formerly Gaim Portable is the versatile Pidgin instant messaging client packaged as a portable app, so you can take your IM settings and buddy lists with you. It has all the same great features as Pidgin, including support for AOL, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ and Jabber networks, but there's...

Tags: Google Inc., IM, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows, PortableApps.com, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-10-20

Pidgin 2.6.3 (Windows)

Pidgin formerly known as Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for BSD and Windows. It is compatible with AIM Oscar and TOC protocols, ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, and Zephyr networks. Pidgin users can log in to multiple accounts on multiple IM networks simultaneously. This means that...

Tags: AOL Instant Messenger, IRC, IM, Microsoft Windows, Pidgin, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-10-16

More iChat Smileys 4.0 (Mac)

Smile different with More Ichat Smileys ! This package installs additional smileys for iChat, various smileys or original creation smileys. This package is available for iChat 3, iChat 4, iChat 5, Skype, Adium, Mercury, Proteus, gAim or Miranda.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple iChat, iSmileys, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-08-29

PortableApps Suite (Standard Edition) 1.5.2 (Windows)

PortableApps Suite is a collection of portable apps, including the integrated PortableApps Menu and the PortableApps Backup utility along with a set of custom icons, an autoplay configuration, folders and a quick start shortcut. Just drop it on your portable device and you're ready to go.PortableApps Suite Standard Edition includes...

Tags: Suite, Microsoft Windows, PortableApps.com, PortableApps Suite, OpenOffice, Web Browsers, E-mail, E-mail Clients, Instant Messaging, Office Suites, Software, Internet, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-07-18

Ubuntu a minor player? Not outside the States

Ubuntu a minor player? Not outside the StatesAgreed, with one minor point difference . . .I believe that the reason you're seeing what you are in China is that since most Windows installations are pirated copies, they get no support. And if you're going to have no support, might...

Tags: Operating systems, Linux/Ubuntu, Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows, Linux, minor player, open source

Discussion threads 2009-06-17

How do you convince teachers that Twitter isn't a waste of time?

How do you convince teachers that Twitter isn't a waste of time?for extended discussions, not answersit might be abused for direct messaging, but for a generalized discussion, it's a useful tool.But going to phpbb.com and setting up a bulletin board for the school woudl be another useful tool as well...

Tags: Instant messaging, Twitter

Discussion threads 2009-03-24

HP Mini 1000 netbook gets reviewed early and often

HP Mini 1000 netbook gets reviewed early and oftenI wonder if they aren't replacements though.I just prepped and delivered an Acer Aspire One to a flight attendant friend of mine. I replaced Adobe with KPDF, put in Tunderbird and Gaim and she loves it. I just got another...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Digital music, HP Mini 1000, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2008-10-29

AOL puts OpenAIM on Aggro license

AOL puts OpenAIM on Aggro licenseWhat else would one expect?AOL totally destroyed their dedicated client base, so they lost millions. I was a paying customer since 1997, but they allowed so many repeat "free trial" users (when it was over, the people would just use another) that the population became...

Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, America Online Inc., advertisement, AOL puts OpenAIM, Aggro

Discussion threads 2008-03-06

A+dozen+free+%26+essential+apps+for+Windows

A+dozen+free+%26+essential+apps+for+WindowsNot a very wide appeal to these toolsThere are only 2 or 3 mentioned here that most people would find useful, but still worth mentioning none the less.Reg Cleaners tend to scare meI like the idea of cleaning registries, but for some reason or another every time I attempt to...

Tags: freeware, AVG

Discussion threads 2008-02-06

PingFu Iris A7033 (Windows)

PingFu Iris is a HTTP Tunneling software for users behind restrictive Firewalls and Proxy Servers. PingFu Iris keeps your latency low in games like World of Warcraft, GuildWars, MapleStory, Silkroad Online, Ragnarok, Runescape. It also helps you surf blocked sites like MySpace and Orkut anonymously, or use MSN Messenger, Yahoo,...

Tags: PingFu Iris, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Social Networking, Microsoft Windows, Firewalls, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Networking

Software downloads 2008-01-16

What's new on Gmail? :)

Gmail provides users a bare-bones chat interface with a few nice features like the ability to use the same address book you use for mail. Since it's written in Javascript, it runs inside your web browser with no special client download required. That also means that it can be updated...

Tags: Google Gmail, E-mail Providers, Internet, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2007-11-29

Yahoo Messenger spam becomes insufferable

Yahoo Messenger spam becomes insufferableI hate to say this, but...... this is no surprise. In past years AOL was ridiculed for the cluelessness of their users, but Yahoo! takes cluelessness to a new level. I suspect their targeted for IM spam because a) they can be, as Yahoo! make it...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Instant messaging, Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo Messenger Spam, Yahoo IM, spam

Discussion threads 2007-11-01

Will open source desktops succumb to bloat?

Will open source desktops succumb to bloat?No, I don't believe it willMainly because we don't really need to run all the life support applications that a Windows machine needs. And the ones we do, well we can re-nice those so they don't interfere with daily operations. CRON is easy to...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Cron, open source, Windows Machine, desktop, open source desktop, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-10-04