Brand New to Fedora-Looking for any IM program..

[stsinner]

Sorry if this is a repeat question..

I've just installed Fedora 10 on my Dell laptop, totally replacing Windows, instead of doing a dual-boot, which I didn't see an option for, anyway..

I'd like to be able to use IM, but I haven't seen any available for Fedora, and I'm hoping that I'm just not looking hard enough..

Does anyone know of Yahoo IM available for Fedora?

[jayd512]

Hello and Welcome!

Pidgin is probably exactly what you're looking for. You can install it from your package manager. Just open up a terminal, and execute as root:

yum install pidgin

[stsinner]

Thanks, but how do I become "root"? Sorry, but I'm seriously dumb about Linux.

[oz]

You can check this guide for lots of information that might answer many of your questions about Fedora 10:

Fedora 10 Installation Guide

[jayd512]

No problem!
Just open a terminal (command prompt in the Windows world), type the following:

su -
<your root password>

While you're typing the password, you won't see anything getting put in. Not even *****. That's normal.

[stsinner]

Thanks. Seems to have worked. Now I have to find it.