Does anyone know if there is an instant messenger that can (easily) be installed and work on both Windows (7) and Ubuntu?
3 Answers
Pidgin works well on both
Pidgin is an easy to use and free chat client used by millions. Connect to AIM, MSN, Yahoo, and more chat networks all at once.
Supported chat networks:
- AIM
- Google Talk
- IRC
- MySpaceIM
- Sametime
- Zephyr
- Yahoo!
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Screenshot from Run Skype as a daemon and manage it from Empathy or Pidgin in Ubuntu 11.04
I use Skype on my windows 7, Ubuntu and my Android phone.
You can give Pidgin a try. Pidgin works both on GNU/Linux and MS Windows. Furthermore, Pidgin was like default IM client before all those fancy empathy stuff.
Edit: To give more detail, Pidgin supports MSN, Google Talk, XMPP, Yahoo, IRC and many more networks that you can check on .
