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Gaim Maintainer Rob Flynn Interviewed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the mover-shaker-and-stirrer dept.

gaimster writes "LinuxQuestions.org just interviewed gaim maintainer Rob Flynn. gaim version 1.0.0 was recently released and it has been the most active project on SourceForge for a while. In the interview, Rob explains what it's like to maintain such a popular project, how he got involved with gaim and what he thinks of some of the IM protocols that gaim supports. He also explains the Ebay auctions that gaim had a while back."

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  1. I love GAIM but ... by SpooForBrains · · Score: 5, Interesting

    GAIM is great, because it keeps pushing the boundaries of IM functionality on Linux, BUT that said, I keep switching back to Kopete, mainly because it integrates with KDE. For an IM client, intergration with the desktop is paramount IMHO.

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  2. You know it's popular when... by Justin205 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You get beer donated. ;-)

    Seriously, money is overrated. Send food, send beer, and then you'll really motivate many developers. :-P

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  3. The reason by vijaya_chandra · · Score: 5, Funny

    From the interview
    I had met a girl at the beach that used AIM, and I had no way to talk to her, so, I joined the project to help development.

    Now I know why I don't have any good projects to my name.
    Time to spend more time on the beach I suppose.

    1. Re:The reason by tdvaughan · · Score: 5, Funny

      He could have just....talked to her, but noooo - he had to go and write a program to do it. God help him when he wants to have kids ;).

    2. Re:The reason by randominator · · Score: 5, Funny

      Girlfriend? Fast sports car(s)? Only 24? Social life on the beach? Maintainer on Gaim? What the bloody hell is going on?!? Sure makes me feel like a real achiever, yeah... If you want me, I'll be over there in the corner, hiding under a blanket and sobbing.

    3. Re:The reason by TheBurningDog · · Score: 5, Funny

      obviously a mistranslation by the interviewer...

      I'm sure he meant #thebeach

  4. gaim, ehhhh by miseryinmotion · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This will probably be modded as a troll considering it isn't the common Slashdot opinion, but oh well.

    I've used gaim off and on over the past year, (on both Linux and windows) and found that the windows port really doesn't compare at all to the Linux version, and to put it simply, on windows, it's really just a waste of resources.

    For all the windows users that can't stand the bloated msn messenger or latest official aim client, I suggest at least checking out Miranda. I was introduced to it a few weeks ago by a long time gaim user (who was fed up with all the inconsistencies and problems with gaim under windows) and have been using Miranda almost exclusively since then. Albeit, it has some current issues with file transfers, but I'm sure that's only a momentary problem.

  5. Re:Why Sean is such an Asshat to Gentoo Devs/Users by darkmeridian · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There is a reason Gaim devs hate Gentoo users. The users mess with all the settings instead of compiling the source "straight". They put all these compile flags and stuff trying to optimize the hell out of an instant messenging client. Then they bitch and complain to the devs about how the software sucks.

    This is just to illustrate both sides. I used to use Gentoo and I was annoyed by my fellow users.

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