Comments on: Digsby on Linux

By: TheLinuxBlog.com

TheLinuxBlog.com — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:15:56 +0000

Thanks Eylem, will have to give it a shot.

By: eylem

eylem — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 23:23:29 +0000

for preventing crash while updating, add this line:

127.0.0.1 update.digsby.com

to the:

sudo pico /etc/hosts

By: silvio

silvio — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:39:31 +0000

seems like it will never be out, its feb, 2010 and still no digsby for linux

By: Bebby

Bebby — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:03:55 +0000

Hi there =),

I tried to install digsby using “CodeWeaver” and it was successfully installed but yet it crashed when I run the program upon program updates scanning =P

So, I’m just wondering if anyone has resolved it =).

_____
Bebby

By: e.m.fields

e.m.fields — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:47:17 +0000

Why digsby is better than Pidgin:

Like he said. Mostly same, and both are great, but – twitter/facebook are a better integrated, and I have more actions than just instant messaging with facebook.

AND

Digsby has a seriously cool website widget which allows you to chat with people who visit a (*your) website.

–
e.m.fields
chapel hill, nc

By: Owen

Owen — Thu, 08 May 2008 04:06:22 +0000

thanks for the update, I was taking about Digsby on Linux before. Mercury will probably run very well if its programmed in Java. it does look like a nice IM client but doesn’t seem to have the social networking features of Digsby. If it was open source that could be changed but it doesn’t appear to be.

By: emiliano

emiliano — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:58:38 +0000

try “mercury.im” on the browser for mercury. It definitely duns well on linux. It’s definitely slowish, but I think that’s just cause it’s a Java application, but it’s also able to run basically anywhere.

If it doesn’t run on linux, try checking your Jaava versions.

cheers!

By: Owen

Owen — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:52:26 +0000

@Emiliano I have never heard of Mercury, I’ll have to check it out, thanks for the info!

– another update –
I’m going to give this a shot on Fedora and see if I can get it working well. Slackware is a bit of a pain, and it could be XFCE acting up. I’m also going to try getting Digsby working with KDE.

By: emiliano

emiliano — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:26:07 +0000

I think Mercury is even better, but it’s a bit unstable. But this one does look nicer…

By: Owen

Owen — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:44:18 +0000

There is no real advantage to chat. I use pidgin on a daily basis. The place where Digsby is interesting for me is the Social Network integration such as Twitter, Facebook. It also has Voice and video chat which Pidgin does not have out of the box.