Open Source Technical Information: Can I use MSN Messenger/AIM/ICQ/Yahoo instant messaging in Fedora?

Friday 28 October 2011

Can I use MSN Messenger/AIM/ICQ/Yahoo instant messaging in Fedora?

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Yes! By default, Fedora comes with a simple instant messaging program called Empathy, which supports MSN Messenger, ICQ, AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, and Google Talk, and many other protocols, all at the same time.
To start Empathy, click on the Applications menu, go to "Internet," and choose "Empathy IM Client."
If you don't like Empathy, you can use Pidgin, another Instant Messenger program for Linux. To install Pidgin:
  1. Open a Terminal.
  2. Become root:
    su -
  3. Install Pidgin:
    yum install pidgin
Pidgin will then be available in the Applications menu, under "Internet", as "Pidgin Instant Messenger".

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