Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?

[David Gardi <debian@gardisoft.org>]

Mark Ferlatte wrote:

> Does anyone out there use ICQ under Debian? So far I've tried licq and
> gaim with the ICQ plugin, and both of them have very annoying problems
> (messages get lost, or messages from previous sessions get delivered
> again on client startup... this is a problem when you have 20+
> messages that come in everytime you start your ICQ client).
>
> I'm considering installing WINE and trying to get the Windows ICQ client
> to work, but that seems both iffy, and difficult, since I don't have a
> Windows machine anymore to steal DLL's from (although I do have a Win98
> CD, so I may be able to just extract them as needed).
>
> Suggestions would be very welcome at this point.  Unfortunately, the
> suggestion to drop ICQ for another IM is not feasible, due to the
> infamous Circumstances Beyond My Control (tm).
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> M

I used to use centericq, it is a console app, and I think it's quite nice.

apt-get install centericq

David.