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On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 09:43:28 -0800,
Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> [snips]
>
> On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 18:53:41 -0800, Jim Richardson wrote:
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>> Konqueror and Amarok are the two apps I regularly use from KDE. Most of
>> the GNOME equivs are as good or better than their KDE equiv, and Nautilus
>> is *almost* as good. But Konq rocks. Nothing from Redmond comes even close
>> to that.
>
> Yes, Konq is definitely leader of the pack. However, let's not overlook
> other items. Take one of my favourites, Kopete. Compare it to the "real"
> MSN and Yahoo clients so popular in Windows. Kopete allows me to log into
> multiple MSN accounts at the same time - MSN doesn't. Kopete allows me to
> log into multiple Yahoo accounts at the same time - Yahoo doesn't. Kopete
> allows me to log into AIM, GroupWise, IRC, ICQ and a few others - do MSN
> and Yahoo do this?
>
> With Kopete, if multiple people message me, I get a single, tabbed window
> instead of a mess of disjointed windows - even if they're using different
> protocols.
>
> Are there Windows apps that can do this? Probably. 'Course, Kopete's
> right there, ready to go, either installed by default or installable by
> simply running your package manager. Quick, painless, easy.
I can't speak for any of the redmondware offerings in this, but Gaim
offers all this and more. I prefer it to Kopete, but I would be
perfectly happy with Kopete if I were using KDE rather than GNOME.
>
> Comes down to this, I guess: there's just a whole lot of really good,
> well-designed, well-thought-out apps and applets in Linux. Compared to
> the crud I see on most people's Windows boxes, there's just no contest.
>
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Jim Richardson http://www.eskimo.com/~warlock
"It says he made us all to be just like him. So if we're dumb, then
god is dumb, and maybe even a little ugly on the side."
-- Frank Zappa
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