â–² 182 â–¼ How was life back then? (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by zephyr@lemmy.world to c/general@lemmy.world 36 comments fedilink hide all child comments And what was the state of Linux when proprietary instant messaging apps were popular?
[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) Wizz and the general sounds of MSN were fun, but maybe it's just because I was younger. For Linux, Pidgin was solid. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Everyone's saying this like Pidgin was Linux only but I used it for years on Windows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 years ago (2 children) On Windows, there was Trillian! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago I used trillian but switched to pidgin on windows back in the day. Trillian wasn't the only option on windows. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago I used Trillian for a few years before going to Pidgin because it was much lighter on my system, both were on Windows. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Everyone's saying this like Pidgin was Linux only but I used it for years on Windows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 years ago (2 children) On Windows, there was Trillian! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago I used trillian but switched to pidgin on windows back in the day. Trillian wasn't the only option on windows. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago I used Trillian for a few years before going to Pidgin because it was much lighter on my system, both were on Windows. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 years ago (2 children) On Windows, there was Trillian! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago I used trillian but switched to pidgin on windows back in the day. Trillian wasn't the only option on windows. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago I used Trillian for a few years before going to Pidgin because it was much lighter on my system, both were on Windows. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago I used trillian but switched to pidgin on windows back in the day. Trillian wasn't the only option on windows. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago I used Trillian for a few years before going to Pidgin because it was much lighter on my system, both were on Windows. permalink fedilink source parent
