At first I found it quite difficult to use Pidgin Internet Messenger on Ubuntu Linux. Even though it allows signing into MSN, Yahoo! Messenger and Google Talk, it still doesn’t give me the real feel of an instant messenger.
After a little research on the Internet, I was sad to find out that Microsoft does not provide a Linux version of MSN. But thanks to following two softwares you can enjoy MSN instant messaging on Linux just as you would on Windows.
KMess tops the list for me as its interface closely resembles to that of Windows Live Messenger. It features offline messages, Winks, Rich text chats, Emoticons and much more.
The other software that you can try is aMSN. It has all features of KMess and some other additional features such as Webcam support, Tabbed conversations and Voice Clips.
Otherwise you can always try installing original Windows Live Messenger using Wine on Linux. However there is no guarantee if this will work or not.
To install KMess and aMSN simply visit their respective websites or use the universe package repository in Synaptic Package Manager in Ubuntu.
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You should try http://www.emesene.org , it’s very simillar to the MSN Messenger for Windows, and on the last version it support file transfers. Oh, offline messaging too :), for me was very useful ’cause I have a lot of contact who sent me always offline messages :S. I hope this comment help anybody
Hey I did not know about that one. Thanks for sharing!
It looks really cool and especially its interface looks so minimal and easy to use.
Yes, and for the beginners users it’s more simple get used.
Wine is an excellent solution for many Windows only applications that you just can’t seem to live without. If you want to give that a try, but are unsure if you’re program will work, see the Wine AppDB. It’s a list of many programs, and tells you how well (or not) a given program works (broken down into levels of how well they work).
@USBman
Thanks for sharing the Wine-compatible AppDB. I will check if Windows Live Messenger works flawlessly under Wine on Ubuntu.
wow, emesene is great imo. saying bye bye to amsn.
When I use emesene I can’t see my friends online : ( Theres no one there…
Martin: Emesene works perfectly for me, just try on another computer o reinstall it.
It’s really very good -just look on the internet- but I don’t know why I can’t install it bot only download?
If you dont like the look/feel of pidgin, just skin it
good good