[KLUG Members] two part new desktop question

Nik R. members@kalamazoolinux.org
Tue, 25 Nov 2003 15:33:31 -0500


Response to IM Client:

Try eb-lite.  You can use multiple IM Server account types (i.e. yahoo, 
MSN, AOL,ICQ).

Richard Harding wrote:

> I am setting up a Debian desktop at home for linux desktop/testing 
> use. (I need to play with ldap oh boy)
>
> I tried out the new beta installer which detected my hardware and ran 
> MUCH smoother than the woody install I was trying. So this installed 
> Sarge. I am trying to get KDE going but I am getting a mess of errors 
> from apt.
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
>
> Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
> the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
> that package should be filed.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
> This is followed by a whole series of just about every KDE package out 
> there. I have added the KDE site to my sources 
> (download.kde.org/stable/3.1.4/Debian) and I am still having these 
> problems. Any ideas? In the meantime I do have WindowMaker running on it.
>
> Second, I am trying to find a small IM client. I have GAIM, but it 
> just seems bulky. On my windows machine I run a really small theme for 
> Trillian and I would love to find something similiar. Any suggestions 
> for IM clients out there?
>
> Thanks
>
> Rick
>
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