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Trying Linux for the First Time, and Need a Little Help
fohfoh:
Did you figure out your windows alternatives yet?
I recommend emesne for msn (if you use it) other than that, Pidgin is pretty good at the others.
I enjoy using VLC more than mPlayer for some odd reason. I'm not sure why.
I still would rather use Vuze than transmission. Though transmission(linux edition) is better than uTorrent if you say "lightweight" client. (In my opinion anyways)
Duki3003:
Pidgin is nice but for let say irc I still like Konversation or Xchat a lot better - thoe VLC is not a piece of crap on linux as it is on windows I prefer SMplayer a lot more as it has the best look and feel. Thoe I did get into trouble when I tried to play bigger HD files, but thats's probably cause I just didn't configure it well...
People are saying a lot of good things about rTorrent, I didn't try it yet and am still using kTorrent - probably cause the interface is somewhat like uTorrent... I dunno I'm satisfied with it....
iindigo:
I've used rTorrent under OS X quite a bit now. It works very well. Very stable and reliable, easy on the resources, and not terribly lacking in features. You can set it up to use a web interface, but I had no problems at all with the standard commandline one.
bloody000:
Ubuntu?
Real men live their entire life in emacs, amirite? :P
Duki3003:
Nope you're horribly wrong... >:(
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