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And what was the state of Linux when proprietary instant messaging apps were popular?

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[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wizz and the general sounds of MSN were fun, but maybe it's just because I was younger.

For Linux, Pidgin was solid.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Everyone's saying this like Pidgin was Linux only but I used it for years on Windows.

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

On Windows, there was Trillian!

[–] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I used trillian but switched to pidgin on windows back in the day. Trillian wasn't the only option on windows.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I used Trillian for a few years before going to Pidgin because it was much lighter on my system, both were on Windows.