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Also known as chat - any protocol or application allowing users to send and receive messages in real time. May refer to servers (such as jabberd), clients (such as Gajim, Pidgin or Empathy) and protocols (such as XMPP).

Also known as chat - any protocol or application allowing users to send and receive messages in real time. There are several chat/IM clients and servers available for Ubuntu (and variants).

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How to connect to the QQ Messenger network?

I´m looking for a version of QQ messenger for Ubuntu 12.04. I found a note in Wikipedia that there is a beta version of QQ for Linux, but I could't find it. Does anyone know where I can find it? Are there any alternative messenger to use QQ?
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Orkut (GMail)- Google Talk Chat Program

I am new to ubuntu, and can't find Google talk for ubuntu, How can I use chat on orkut.com which uses GMail sign in programme and I use Google talk to chat on windows.
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Looking for alternatives to Empathy for Ubuntu 12.04 and above

I've been looking around at different messaging software however all the documents online are going back to 2009. Is the any other new alternatives to Empathy? Thanks This is different and not a duplicate because I'm asking about NEW instant…
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How can I install spark instant messenger client 2.6.3?

I downloaded spark_2_6_3.tar.gz from http://www.igniterealtime.org/downloads/index.jsp. After extracting the file and cding into Spark, I ran both ./starter and ./Spark but the messenger client is not running. I am using Ubuntu 11.10, 64 bit.
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Jitsi always offline on Gmail account

I installed Jitsi messenger and added Gmail account. However, it simply cannot go online. I see it tried to go online and after 1/2s it's reverted back to offline. Is Google blocking this app maybe? What can I do to solve this?
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