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Hello all,
Why Yahoo still has a bad messenger for Linux? There is no place to actually complain about that, and yahoo doesn't bother about Linux users either. Why does yahoo keeps a step brotherly attitude towards Linux.
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Cranium1200

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Use Pidgin.

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because you should use linux utilities under Linux. both GAIM (Pidgin) and Kopete work well as Yahoo! messenger clients

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Hello there,

Its trime to change your chat status. yahoo is getting bored nowadays . try using Gaim or Pidigin.. even Gtalk is also recommended and very easy to use.
Regards,
Bmora96

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yeah, GAIM/Pidgin does AIM, MSN, Yahoo, IRC etc.. all in one application

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Except it crashes constantly.

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if it crashes, there is something wrong

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doesnt crash for me

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If you compile WITH NetworkManager, it crashes constantly. However, I don't know how to compile without it.

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why not use the binary?

on my debian install + gnome it works fine

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Because that was the one crashing constantly, moreso than the sources.

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what version are you using, svn or something?

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I was using 2.4 sources, but I issued sudo make uninstall and installed the binaries, and actually, it hasn't crashed yet. I'm surprised.

Thanks for the advice. I'll be sticking with this for a while.

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