Messenger questions

[SteveHinCharlotte]

Hi- I'm a newbie to linux (i wanted a much leaner OS for the old laptop that I use), and I have searched the forum for help but I haven't yet found the answers I seek.

I'm running SUSE 11/GNOME and I'm pretty disappointed with the features of Pidgin.

When I was a windows user I used video messaging through webcam with AIM, Yahoo, and MSN, and file transfer for all three. I've searched for a messenger client where I can use these features and it seems that I'm out of luck. As I used these features a lot, it's annoying that I don't have the ability anymore

So if anyone has any suggestions please let me know.

Thanks
Steve H in Charlotte

[b2bwild]

Have you tried these?
aMSN - MSN
Gyachi - Yahoo
However aMSN/Gyachi doesnt support all features but most of them.
AIM have there own IM for linux, but its not that good.

[Kieren]

Pidgin will let you connect to all major IM services as well as IRC. Kopete will also do the same but is for the KDE desktop

Edit: Sorry, just read your post properly and realised you want an alternative to Pidgin. Check out Kopete - it should install on Gnome okay and I prefer it to Pidgin personally

[rsshawn]

I'm linux newb also (but not pc newb) and couldn't work Amsn out. I d/l the programme but it isn't a complete programme like windows based ones. It said Ihad to create a library and something else and didn't know how to.

I then found my netbook had Gaim already installed. This works like msn regarding the instant messaging, but could not open a vid chat or send files (although the file I tried to send was a large file so it may not have liked it)
For text-chatting though it is good.