▲ 182 ▼ 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?
[–] moose@reddthat.com 65 points 3 years ago (3 children) It was great because none of them secured their protocols. Everyone on Linux just used Pidgin and you had all your contacts and chats on every service all in one client. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [+] cwagner@lemmy.cwagner.me 27 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) I started with Trillian on Windows and eventually went to Pidgin on Windows because Trillian was a resource hog when I used it. Fun times. Now everyone's just unified on Discord, lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] cwagner@lemmy.cwagner.me 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 years ago Can confirm. I used pidgin for MSN. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago I used Pidgin every day for about 15 years on Windows. Different times. Sometimes it feels, better times. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] cwagner@lemmy.cwagner.me 27 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) I started with Trillian on Windows and eventually went to Pidgin on Windows because Trillian was a resource hog when I used it. Fun times. Now everyone's just unified on Discord, lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] cwagner@lemmy.cwagner.me 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) I started with Trillian on Windows and eventually went to Pidgin on Windows because Trillian was a resource hog when I used it. Fun times. Now everyone's just unified on Discord, lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] cwagner@lemmy.cwagner.me 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
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[–] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 years ago Can confirm. I used pidgin for MSN. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago I used Pidgin every day for about 15 years on Windows. Different times. Sometimes it feels, better times. permalink fedilink source parent
