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aMSN 0.95 Released

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the not-many-free-things-are-still-ad-free dept.

An anonymous reader writes "After more than a year since their last update aMSN has published version 0.95. New features include 'webcam support, tabbed chat windows, improved skin plugin support, new file transfer protocol, many new plugins (like Ink and Nudge support), an improved bug report system, as well as LOTS of bug fixes.' In addition to many new features and fixes the aMSN site has been given a face lift to (hopefully) facilitate ease of use."

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  1. slow downloads by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    My download from sourceforge is going at 5kb/s, any mirrors aside from the official one linked on the amsn site?

  2. More features than Gaim by LinuxDon · · Score: 2, Interesting

    After having taken a look on their website, aMSN seems to support more MSN features than Gaim: File transfers, webcam.

    Anyone who knows more about the specific advantages?

    1. Re:More features than Gaim by emeshuris · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I use trillian. Personally I think this is one of the best im clients available. It works with everything. I have been using it for a very long time. Transfers from msn, never work for me through trillian, and it does not have the terminal services abilities of msn messenger.

    2. Re:More features than Gaim by moro_666 · · Score: 3, Interesting

      ffs it's a chat client, it doesn't need to be written in C ...

      don't you think it's actually pretty rational that something as easy as a damn msn client is written in a language that makes the code 3-5 times shorter and easier to read ? many of your favourite tools in linux are written in C or use a bash scripts to start up complicated applications, i see no whiners there ...

      anyway, my problem is that amsn has crashed a lot on me. the tcl/tk has had issues with 2.6.x kernel line and tended to deadlock after some point. amsn ran fine with 2.4.x kernel line, but since 2.6.x came along it has been rather unstable and thats why i use gaim right now.

      however, gaim is YEARS back in it's msn support and amsn obviously is ahead here.

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    3. Re:More features than Gaim by kevv · · Score: 2, Interesting

      This client also lacks in features that MSN Messenger has... I say this in a good way. No spammy tabs on the left, no advertising on the bottom, no tricking computer illiterate people in paying for smileys or other charging services.

  3. OK, there is NO WAY... by mcg1969 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    this software is going to be able to keep its name if it gets even remotely popular. I can't help but think Microsoft will come down on him hard.

  4. Gaim? MS-messenger? by glomph · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What really is interesting is the islands of usage in the different IM systems. I use Gaim exclusively, have something like 250 buddies in the aggregate list, of which about a third are active. 90+% of them are AIM. Small number are Yahoo. MSN users countable on the fingers of one mutilated hand.

  5. Re:Gaim? MS-messenger? by Justin205 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Very true. Canada seems to be going much the same way as Britain. Most people I know in Canada use MSN messenger exclusively. Whereas more of the people I know online (mainly Americans) tend towards AIM and/or YIM.

    It's really interesting, actually... To talk to people all over the world you generally need AIM and MSN. Perhaps YIM, but the people who *only* use YIM are few and far between.

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  6. Re:Gaim? MS-messenger? by HishamMuhammad · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It would be nice to make a map with the geographical spread.

    I live in Brazil. My only exclusively-AIM-or-Yahoo contacts are from people in the US. Most of my list is still ICQ because that was the "big one" here years ago, and I say "still" because most new users go to MSN and lots of the ICQ "early adopters" (me included) now have MSN accounts as well. So, I guess in order of popularity, it's:

    USA: AIM, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ
    Brazil: MSN, ICQ, AIM, Yahoo

    Other countries, anyone?

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  7. ASL? lol u sux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I'm not sure I want to chat with anyone that can't use an IRC or Jabber client and it's hardly as if I'm setting a high standard here.

  8. excuse my ignorance, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...how do you get an MSN chat account in the first place if you don't have a windows machine? I tried to get one with my linux box and it wouldn't let me even register. I'm sure it's something obvious I am missing, but would appreciate the trick for this one, if there is a trick to it. Thanks in advance!

  9. Re:What's the count now? by roju · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Wrong. There was a whole fiasco with the gaim-vv and gaim 2.0 merge. In a nutshell, the guys working on gaim-vv submitted a big patchset, the lead gaim developer got hired by Google, and now, in a weird coincidence, the gaim-vv merge is cancelled to add Google Talk voice support instead.