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I love yahoo messenger on my windows machine. Recently partitioned to install ubuntu 9.04 jaunty and i want to use yahoo messenger client and couldn't find one for linux. where can i download yahoo client for ubuntu?

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 asked by zuhu
45 weeks 1 day ago

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  • Yahoo messenger client exists only for windows and mac. There isn't one for linux afaik. Not sure why they don't have one for linux with yahoo being a open source friendly company. However you can use their webmessenger which is a webbased flash application. - Geeky 45 weeks 19 hours ago
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    Pidgin a.k.a Gaim from http://pidgin.im/ is a great instant messaging client and is available for all platforms including ubuntu linux and supports Yahoo, MSN, Google Talk, ICQ, any jabber based instant messaging service and more instant messaging services
     
    Open a terminal and issue the following command
     
    sudo apt-get install pidgin
     
    Add your yahoo messenger account to pidgin and enjoy chatting

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     answer by fruper
    45 weeks 18 hours ago
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    Try GYachE improved.  It is ugly but it handles most everything YM does including audibles.. :)

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     answer by dirtman
    45 weeks 15 hours ago
  • website to get GYachE http://gyachi.sourceforge.net - fruper 45 weeks 12 hours ago
  • Looks great, was totally unaware of GyachE. Very promising after going through their screenshots. I'll give it a shot when get a chance, thanks for sharing. - fruper 45 weeks 12 hours ago

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