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What's the best chat client?

I've recently switched to Ubuntu from windows, and I'm looking for alternatives for GTalk and windows Live messenger. So which chat client do you use most?
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Set default account in Empathy metacontact [closed]

When I link contacts in empathy, facebook becomes the default account used in a new chat. Is there a way to change the default account? I'd like to avoid using facebook whenever possible, and ...
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What video conferencing software is available?

There 're somebody i want to talk with him in a video conference in Ubuntu, how can i do that?
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Empathy chat notification

I am using Empathy IM Client for my google hosted mail domain on 9.04, 9.10, 10.04 desktops. I could able to chat from the google mail chat to Empathy and I have set empathy notification to get ...
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What can I use to chat on Battle.net?

In the past there was a Pidgin plugin that allowed users to chat on Battle.net. Does such a thing still exist?
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How to enable voice chat in Kopete chat client?

Hhow do I enable voice chat in Kopete chat client? I am using Kopete for Yahoo! and Gmail, please help me to enable voice chat for the Yahoo! account.
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How to set up accounts LAN jabber chat server?

How can I implement a jabber chat server on ubuntu with clients on windows? Server part is almost installed as per jabber and Ubuntu guide how to create users account and authenticate them using ...
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Get Chat (Empathy) to pop up when people are talking to me

When people start a new convo with me, all I see initially is that the message indicator is lit. This isn't quite obvious, so I'd like the new chat window to just pop up in my face. How can I do this? ...
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How to switch between chat windows in Kadu?

Ctrl+Tab doesnt work, Windows+Tab doesnt work as well. Any ideas?
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Empathy chat limits the number of contacts displayed?

I'm using Empathy Chat with these accounts: GTalk & Facebook. I just noticed now that from my GTalk friends only 6 appear online (including me) and in reality online are 14 (checked on GMail). ...
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How do you use Qutecom to connect to other services?

I read on Wikipedia that it uses libpurple, but I can't figure out how to connect to other services (like jabber for example). Am I missing something or is the feature just not there anymore?
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What chat clients (that work on linux) support creating rooms?

I need an alternative to Skype (I know of ekiga, but there is a problem in that anyone can join your ekiga room, and the rooms are not persistent as far as I know. If I am wrong, please let me know in ...
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Cannot log into chat

I have set up the chat and broadcast accounts: clicked on my user name on the panel and chose Chat accounts... and Broadcast accounts... Now when I log into my system I cannot choose my status. In ...
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empathy with webcam

When empathy will have camera support? and I have problem to change files with it too. after 11.04 the next topic of canonical have to be to improve the empathy. the program is waek yet.
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How to have pidgin chat windows open up on all workspaces?

I use pidgin as my chat client on ubuntu lucid. Whenever I have a chat window open, I like to mark it as "Always on visible workspace" as it's just more convenient. Is there a way that I can force ...
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Why no ooVoo on ubuntu?

The only reason I ever boot into Windows (7) is to use the popular video chat software ooVoo (website). It's useless under Wine and there seems to be no way to run it in Ubuntu except for some ...

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