Trying `Wine' (was: ICQ with Linux)
On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 10:24:37PM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
>> I've been following the various suggestions come from this list
>> about the possibilities Linux offers to chat:
>> my family want to use `messenger' and ICQ, and before resigning myself
>> to use MS Windows I wanted to check all the possibilities.
>>
>> My impression is that `gaim' manages to use the MSN protocol quite fine,
>> whereas for ICQ, nor `licq' neither `centericq' neither `gabber' (through
>> jabber network) can satisfactorily replace the richness of
>> original ICQ for MS Windows. They only allow the mere IM function
>> but don't really allow (as far as I saw)
>> wide users search or multiple chat.
>>
>> So I'll have to use MS Windows, although I wouldn't like.
>> If anybody has a different experience, i.e. finds that licq,
>> or any other application can perform those functions just or almost
>> just as the original does - and this means that I didn't manage to use
>> them properly - please let me know, I'll be glad to have been wrong.
>>
>> Thanks, cheers,
Kevin Mark <kevin.mark@verizon.net> writes:
> I have had some success with using Wine to run some Win32 programs:
> Internet Explorer, Firefox with flash 8, photoshop,... Thus I get the
> ability to run an win32 program, dont need to buy M$ Os and dont need to
> install it. Maybe try ICQ with WINE.
> Cheers,
> Kev
> ps. It beats having your folks having a nice virus/spyware target x-)
Thanks.
I installed Wine with `apt-get install wine', but don't manage to
do anything, not only install ICQ!
In particular, when I do: `wine icq5_1_setup.exe' it requires
internet explorer installation, but then I can manage to install it.
But I don't even manage to run notepad.
Do you have any suggestion?
Cheers,
Rodolfo
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