Pidgin internet messenger on Ubuntu allows signing in MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger and Google Talk but it does not give you a feel like you are using an instant messenger. Microsoft does not provide a Linux version of MSN Messenger. Using these softwares you can enjoy msn instant messenger on Linux just as on Windows.
KMess
KMess is an alternative MSN messenger client for Linux. It has many features and its interface is almost same as Windows Live Messenger. The main features include
- Display picture transfers
- Fast file transfer
- Custom emoticons and nudges
- Winks and offline message receiving
- Rich/ colourful chat styles and logs
- Live mail email notifications
aMSN
aMSN is also another free open source MSN clone for Linux. The main feature of aMSN include
- Voice clips
- Offline messaging
- Display picture
- Custom emoticons
- Webcam support
- Signing into more than one account at a time
- Normal and animated emoticons with sounds
- Time stamping and chat logs
- Conferencing support
aMSN has many skins to choose from and also have many plugins. So you can add many more features that you like in aMSN using plugins available at aMSN website.
Emesene
It is also very similar to MSN messenger for Windows and is very easy to use for new users. The GUI is very clean and easy to use and you can customize it using themes, smileys, sounds, GUI and conversation formats. The main feature include
- Tabbed chat
- Custom emoticons
- File transfer
- Offline messaging
- Nudges
- Multilanguage GUI
- Plugins
- Webcam
- Winks
To install KMess, aMSN and emesene visit their websites or use the universe package repository in Synaptic Package Manager in Ubuntu.
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