And what was the state of Linux when proprietary instant messaging apps were popular?
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.
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.
back then implying the stone age
Listen here, fucko. Some of us are still in denial of our midlife crises
It was the best of times, before windows had adverts built in, and before Google turned evil.
Your online life and real life rarely overlapped, and Linux wasn’t as popular because privacy was less of an issue.
:| should absolutely not have been big, wide-open eyes. That would be O_O. :| should be absolutely stonefaced, like an old Korean getting their photo taken. Zero facial expression, signifying “i am not amused” or somesuch.
Wizz and the general sounds of MSN were fun, but maybe it’s just because I was younger.
For Linux, Pidgin was solid.
Everyone’s saying this like Pidgin was Linux only but I used it for years on Windows.
