[Ubuntu-BD] Problem with wine and yahoo messenger

[Saad M Niamatullah]

Just like one cannot expect a Toyota engine to fit into a Honda, one
cannot expect a windows application to run perfectly in Linux. Why
don't you use pidgin, or empathy? Those work perfectly with linux, and
don't carry annoying advertisements, and they are faster.

On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 9:56 PM, Ashiqur Rahman Angel<angel at linux.org.bd> wrote:
> YM 9 works for sure (at least it worked for me). But can't guaranty it will
> work for everyone and in every distro.
>
> On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 10:43 PM, Lenin <lenin at phpxperts.net> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Junayeed Ahnaf <zombiegenerator at gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>>
>> > I installed wine from Ubuntu repo today and then installed yahoo
>> > messenger latest version. But the problem is i can't log into my yahoo
>> > account. When i enter my credential and press login, nothing happens.
>> > What's wrong? I've selected windows XP preference from the settings of
>> >
>>
>> There was no report so far claiming that Gtalk, MSN, Yahoo IMs work via
>> wine
>> in any of Linux distros.
>>
>>
>> > wine. Gtalk seems to suffer the same problem. Is it impossible to use
>> > messenger made for windows in LINUX? And though the question sounds
>> > funny, can i use cedega to run those. If yes, then i'll buy it.
>>
>>
>> Cedega if for game simulation, no idea if that can be
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