Also known as chat - any protocol or application allowing users to send and receive messages in real time. May refer to servers (such as jabberd), clients (such as Gajim, Pidgin or Empathy) and protocols (such as XMPP).
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What is telepathy in ubuntu?What is the relation of telepathy and empathy?
I have tried to clean up unused packages/software and I tried to remove telepathy but it also affects the empathy package which I use. That makes me wonder why empathy depends on telepathy and what ...
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Hide xchat-gnome, instead of closing it
I've just installed xchat-gnome on Ubuntu 12.04. It works fine and integrates well with the messaging area of the notifications bar. However, I have not fond a way to make the xchat window go away ...
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How to connect Empathy to facebook
I am a new user of Ubuntu and I want to connect empathy internet messaging with Facebook. So when I select Facebook from the list given in Online Accounts a window opens up for me to authorize access ...
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Looking for alternatives to Empathy for Ubuntu 12.04 and above [duplicate]
I've been looking around at different messaging software however all the documents online are going back to 2009.
Is the any other new alternatives to Empathy?
Thanks
This is different and not a ...
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What IM clients support Jabber and show notifications on the toolbar in Ubuntu 12.10?
I'm migrating from MacOS X back to Ubuntu, and trying to find an IM client I can use. I use IM quite a bit for work, so I really need to see notifications in the toolbar at the top of the screen.
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Is there an alternative for QQ Messenger?
I´m looking for a version of QQ messenger for Ubuntu 12.04. I found a note in Wikipedia that there is a beta version of QQ for Linux, but I could't find it. Does anyone know where I can find it?
Are ...
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Is there a messenger that can appear offline to some contacts and online to other contacts?
I am looking for a messenger which lets me choose who I want to appear online to and who I want to appear offline to (like Windows Live Messenger in Windows).
Is there any thing that could do the job ...
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Proxy authentication in Kadu
There seems to be a way to give proxy settings with username and password authentication in Kadu, but I'm not sure how to use it. There are 2 places where proxy connections are mentioned, one in ...
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Intermitent Facebook connection on Empathy
I'm using Empathy on Ubuntu 12.04 (32 bits) to connect to "people near me", gtalk and facebook. I've been using it for about 2 weeks with no issues.
Then suddenly today the facebook account started ...
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How to tell if SimpLite is running?
I installed SimpLite for Pidgin (IM) on Ubuntu 12.10. After installation I am wondering how to see whether SimpLite is up and running?
For installation for SimpLite see Installing SIMP
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Instant Messenger for Ubuntu and Windows
Does anyone know if there is an instant messenger that can (easily) be installed and work on both Windows (7) and Ubuntu?
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Chat plugin in gnome shell doesn't show first gotten message
Heyho,
I recently updated to Gnome Remix. Everything is fine, but there seems to be one bug.
When I get a message with the chat plugin in Gnome Shell, it isn't shown in the middle of the message ...
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Is there a messenger service implementing something like Windows's “net send”? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Send messages between 2 Ubuntu PCs (Net Send Style)
In the microsoft universe you can do funny things with the net send command. According to this I have two questions ...
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Empathy cannot connect to WindowsLive accounts
As the titles says, i cannot connect to my WindowsLive Account in Empathy.
messenger.hotmail.com
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The problem started when i installed Pidgin and then removed it.
I don't have ...
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Audio/Video chat in IM
I've recently migrated to Linux Ubuntu 12.04 LTS from Windows. To make this decision successful, I am trying to find solutions to preserve my old internet practices. Instant Messaging is one of them.
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Why does Pidgin refuse to connect to Facebook Chat?
I have searched around the net for a solution to my problem. I gave myself an account user name for facebook so I could use the chat in Pidgin 2.10.3. However, no matter what I do, Pidgin refuses to ...
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Are there any instant-messaging clients for server?
I have Virtualbox based Ubuntu server and I have used Google to get answers for Server based IM and got it as Jabber. But it is confusing to me. I would like someone to suggest me an instant-messaging ...
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How do I install Empathy MSN with XMPP in 12.04?
Just made a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04 with virtualbox - and then installed all updates.
I was reading this - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/12/empathy-with-msn-xmpp-support-lands-in-ubuntu-12-04 ...
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What are the packages that are related to the empathy IM client?
As far as I know, Empathy has 2 related packages
empathy
telepathy-gabble
I want to know this so that I can update all these packages at one time to update empathy. Hope that gets rid of a few bugs ...
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Are there any other IM clients other than empathy and pidgin that support google talk?
As stated above. I need something similar to Google talk and it should be more stable than empathy. I dont like Pidgin, for it's interface makes it difficult to set statuses more often... Please let ...
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How do I reserve bandwidth?
In windows there is a registry entry called Reserve bandwidth. With that system was reserved some bandwidth from my INTERNET connection so that when i am downloading all other connected application ...
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High CPU usage and several problem with “emapthy” and “e-addressbook-factory”
I have a Ubuntu 12.04 64bit installed on Dell mini 10.
And another machine with AMD phenom x4 CPU.
Both cases suffer from this symptom but with different degree.
After I right click on the contact ...
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Is there any way to use Ubuntu with an Android phone?
Could I plug in my Android phone into my Ubuntu PC via USB cable and have text messages and such appear in my Ubuntu notifications? Or something like that (similar to the Ubuntu for Android ...
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How to install and use NIMBUZZ!
I am a very big fan and user of NIMBUZZ!, an IM client. Please tell me how to use it in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
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How to install OutLook Lan Messenger?
I try to install OutLook Lan Messenger (OM) but could not install properly.
I tried these steps:
download OM from Outlook Messenger official site for Linux / Ubuntu.
try to install from the terminal ...
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Synchronizing/merging Empathy logs and Google chat logs
If I use Empathy to log into my Google account and chat with people, I can enable logging and have it save chat logs to my computer.
The problem is, I don't only use one computer, so I end up with ...
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How can I install spark instant messenger client 2.6.3?
I downloaded spark_2_6_3.tar.gz from http://www.igniterealtime.org/downloads/index.jsp.
After extracting the file and cding into Spark, I ran both ./starter and ./Spark but the messenger client is ...
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Can Yahoo! Messenger be used with Ubuntu?
I'm new to Ubuntu and the first thing I tried to do is download and install Yahoo! Messenger. When I went to install I keep getting an error. Is it not compatible?
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Instant messaging clients [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Available instant messaging clients
Are there any instant messaging clients with custom emoticons like on the Windows Live Messenger or do I have to use Wine for it?
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How do I install the Instant Messaging application IP Messenger?
I've recently downloaded g2ipmsg (IP Messenger for Ubuntu 11.10).
However - this comes not as an installable package as previous ubuntu versions.
Thus I think I need to compile it. This application ...
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Is there a terminal command that can change Gnome 3's Chat Status?
I am working o a script that will automatically change the Gnome Shell integrated chat/messaging status to "unavailable" when the screen is locked, or the gnome-screensaver is activated.
Anyone ...
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How do I open a conversation window with Empathy in Gnome Shell? [closed]
I'm using Empathy in Gnome Shell, and I cannot figure out how to open a conversation window with a contact. I've tried every action I can think of that should open a conversation window, such as:
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How to hide status in pidgin? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to hide status message in Pidgin?
I am using QQ (an IM) in pidgin, I have not found how to hide my status: online, offline, away... Could anyone help?
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How to hide status message in Pidgin?
How can i hide all status message in Pidgin ? for all kinds of accounts , Jabber , MSN etc.
@update:
I actually mean the short line of message displayed right after the nick name of contacts , wasn't ...
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Is there a chat application that supports a proxy?
I've upgraded to Ubuntu 11.10 and it seems that it has a lack of support for internet connections with a proxy.
Pidgin has stopped working, and when I go to the Proxy tab, under the settings window, ...
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How do I change the default browser?
Despite Chromium being set as my preferred web browser under "System Info", when I click a link in an IM window of Pidgin, it opens in Firefox. How do I make it so that links open in Chromium?
I am ...
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How do I disable auto-away for online presence?
I am using Natty with with classic GNOME desktop.
I use Empathy and sometimes Skype.
Both these get the online state from the system itself somehow.
If I don't touch my keyboard for a few minutes - ...
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How do I make sure my IM client is using the right SSL certificate?
Google's had fraudulent SSL certificates issued for their domains.
So, the question I have is, "How do I make sure Pidgin/Empathy trust the correct certificate?"
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Windows Live Skin/Theme for Any IM (aMSN, Empathy, emesene, etc)
Today I was working on a place with 12 PCs and the only reason why I could not move the place from Windows to Ubuntu was that the users did not like how Amsns, Empathy or Emesene themes looked. They ...
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How to integrate Psi (or Psi+) into the messaging menu?
I've just installed Psi, but it doesn't integrates into the messaging menu. Is there any way to do this? (plugin, etc...)
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Available instant messaging clients
Am looking for an all-round Messenger for Ubuntu, especially one that supports Webcam, Voice Chat, Microphone, Drag/Drop support, File sending and other normal operations a messenger should have. I ...
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How to get rid of Pidgin/Purple's statuses Evil and Depression?
These statuses seem to be ICQ specific, I tried to remove them from ~/.purple/accounts.xml but that file gets overwritten on every start and the statuses keep coming back.
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How can I change my display name, and avatar in Empathy?
How can I change both my display name, and avatar in Empathy Instant Messenger?
I appreciate any help.
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How do I install the Ubuntu emoticons in Empathy?
In October 2010, Otto Greenslade of the Canonical Design Team has published the so called Ubuntu emoticons in a post on the Design Blog.
In a post on OMG! Ubuntu! it was explained how you could set ...
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How can I automatically set my status to Available when I log in?
This is the first thing I do after logging in:
How can I make it happen automatically?
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How do I keep Empathy new message notifications after a disconnect? [closed]
When my internet connection goes down (which happens rather frequently here) and Empathy disconnects it drops notifications for new messages. So if I haven't opened the conversation window, I will ...
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Empathy Yahoo IM contact request spam
I'm getting maybe 20 friend requests from Yahoo IM everytime I start empathy (or my Internet goes up). Is there any way I can deal with the contact spam that doesn't involve me individually clicking ...
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Orkut (GMail)- Google Talk Chat Program
I am new to ubuntu, and can't find Google talk for ubuntu, How can I use chat on orkut.com which uses GMail sign in programme and I use Google talk to chat on windows.
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How to open new IM in Empathy (instead of having to clicking envelope)?
Is there a way to configure Empathy so that when a new IM arrives I can open it using a keyboard shortcut rather than having to click the envelope icon of the Indicator Applet?
