Yahoo releases their Messenger for Linux/FreeBSD

As the title says - Yahoo released their Yahoo Messenger for Linux and for FreeBSD. You can find it here. The Linux versions have been tested on Redhat 6.0,6.1 and 6.2. I really hope that Yahoo will think more about Linux/BSD users who want to use other Yahoo's services like Yahoo's Financevision service. Do you hear me Yahoo?

Comments

Jabber

[grappler]

Does Jabber include the Yahoo protocol in its collection of supported protocols? I know that's in the stated goal but I can't find whether it already does.

"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is"

Re:Jabber

[codejnki]

The only problem with Jabber is that is requires the Helix GNOME packages. For those of us on Slackware and other "non-supported" distros we are sort of left in the rain.

I use Everybuddy. I've been reading the development list for a while and I am convinced only good things are going to come from it. I mean come on, one program that does four protocols, or four programs that do one protocol. Let's do the math here people.
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"War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left"

Jabber, schmabber

[Gothmolly]

jabber.com sucks, their website is a pain - mega images on the front page, with no size tags... think I'll take a nap while it renders.

Re:It works great for me

[fwr]

I've tried both and it looks to me that the Yahoo! offering is much more complete than the AOL offering. Plus, at least on my system the Yahoo! client automatically uses your web browser to jump to pages for client setup (Add friends to your group, etc). I haven't actually used either client yet, but first impressions are worth a lot.

Re:Why not have a common protocol?

[Money__]

They've tried.

As long as people continue to say "I'll use blahblahblahIM, what the hell, it's free" without questioning weather or not the source is available, or on what platforms it runs on, these proprietary implementations will proliforate.

It's a newbie thing. The sites are looking for a low cost (as in bandwidth and server load) to keep people coming back to the site. User lock in on an emotional level, pushing .5k fragmented strings around the net is very lightweight and people come back for it again and again. AOL has built their entire network around IM and they still attract people because of IM.

Re:everybuddy

[TheHaas]

I concur - I have been using Everybuddy for quite a few months, and have had no troubles with it. It's fast, and friendly, and it checks spelling.=)

The thing is - I have some friends on Yahoo, and some on ICQ. The fact that you can talk to them all with one program (and people who use AIM and M$ IM, which I have never used), it's fanstastic. Add to the fact that it's free (as in speech) makes it even better.

so, check it out - http://www.everybuddy.com

- mikeh

Linux PPC

[isolation]

We really need to push for Real Player, AIM and Yahoo on linux PPC also.

jabber!!

[semis]

www.jabber.com.
Nuff said.

Re:jabber!!

[Jeffrey Baker]

Everybody says jabber. I cannot get a damn jabber client to compile and run properly on Linux. I tried Gabber, and even installed the bazillion c++ glue libraries it needs. Client did not work. I tried Jarl, which is in Perl/Tk, and it would come up with a blank display.

Why is there not a jabber-supported jabber client for Linux? What about Java?

Not very reliable over a bad connection

[ibot]

I was using Yahoo messenger for a while and although I liked their interface, every once in a while I'd realize that it hadn't trasmitted the message and given no warning. Presently I am using MSN Messenger which at least lets me know when the other person is typing a message and also lets me know if the message didn't go through. ICQ has bloated so much that I am avoiding it. Any recommendations on a good IM?

Founder's Camp

Connecting to other services

[Radical Rad]

Will this connect to the other servers like ICQ and AOL Instant Messenger?

Re:Connecting to other services

[luxaeterna7]

yes, it will.

this is from the feature list:

Easy setup and configuration for sending and receiving IM's to AIM and ICQ

Find or add Jabber, AIM* and ICQ* users to your friends list

Re:Connecting to other services

[schussat]

Will this connect to the other servers like ICQ and AOL Instant Messenger?

No, I doubt it -- but you might try everybuddy. It does icq, aim, yahoo, and MSN. It's still only partially functional (while others get it work great with ICQ, I have been unable to get it to send messages; receiving ICQ messages works great, however), but it's a nice little package. As it improves, it looks like it will be pretty good.

-schussat

First AIM now Yahoo messenger

[stakk]

Now I will be just as unproductive in Linux as I was in Windows. I for one am damn happy official messengers are being created. I need to keep in touch with all my windows friends ya know.

Wait I haven't got any windows friends...

It's a GOOD thing

[Max von H.]

It definitely shows the Linux/BSD/*NIX world is getting more and more important to corporate business. It may not be much, but it's an important step.

The simple fact Joe User sees there's Linux/BSD versions available will trigger curiosity, and that can't be bad. The more he'll see that the products he's using are available for other platforms platforms, the more this person can think about changing platforms because he won't have to learn new software.

Most users don't give a fsck if they're running their software on an evil OS or not. They just want their applications, including me.

My .02 on that one, no more.

A Great First Step

[IntelliTubbie]

Now that they've released Instant Messanger, it's only a matter of time before they release their popular Instant Messenger software! BSD freaks and spelling geeks rejoice!

Cheers,
IT

Re:IRC

[Money__]

Re:"Any recommendations on a good IM?"

Yea. IRC.

Re:Grammar Alert!

[HeUnique]

ahh... ooops? :)

Fixed.

/me goes to drink more cola to wake up..

It works great for me

[Spirilis]

/usr/local/bin/ymessenger has been great so far, but file uploads don't work; in fact when I last tested it, file uploading caused the connection to drop. Haven't tested file downloads since I haven't tried it with any Windows users who have a more well-developed yahoo client. Funny thing is, ymessenger didn't tell me my connection dropped... I was just going by the 'spirilis has logged off' message from Yahoo chat. It uses GTK 1.2 for its GUI, and I think it's pretty sleek.

Makes me wonder, though; Yahoo just sorta released it shortly after AOL released AIM for Linux... I guess Yahoo had this client all along? It's version 0.93.0 so unless they're playing a version number game, they've been developing it for a while... All around sleek looking though. For other open-source Yahoo clients, check out Chimmy's Yahoo Client (ncurses/console based), GTKyahoo (the link off freshmeat 404's for me... hmm--it's www.unixtools.org/gtkyahoo/) and Everybuddy.

Everybuddy does ICQ, AIM, Yahoo and MSN messengers... but the buddy list interface takes some getting used to.

everybuddy

[Anonymous Coward]

seriously guys... use everybuddy. open source, fast, and incorperates AIM, ICQ, and Yahoo! IM into one interface. If you can code, even better, add a feature or two! www.everybuddy.com

A different idea..

[sporty]

How about releasing libraries so that others can create their own clients. At least they won't have to release the source to their "holy protocol" and we can have our own custom apps. A libyahoo that everybuddy can use that wasn't reverse engineered.

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And it'd be so freakin' simple

[Booker]

I mean, come on... producing binaries for the other architectures should NOT be that hard.

But you know... I almost hate to see this. AIM/ICQ etc always sort of gave me the willies - who knows what's going on when I run them? I feel a LOT better running GAIM/GnomeICU etc.

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