What about Pidgin-Encryption? I'm not sure what that uses but it's another encryption plugin for Pidgin. http://pidgin-encrypt.sourceforge.net/ On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Kurt Granroth < kurt+plug-discuss@granroth.com > wrote: > They are both very good IM clients with more features than any reasonable > person could use. They also have a remarkably similar feature set. > > I've used both pretty extensively but keep coming back to Kopete. Why? > Because for my purposes, each has one advantage over the other: > > o Pidgin handles jabber MUC (conference) rooms much better than Kopete. > You cannot 'invite' anybody to a MUC in Kopete, for instance > > o Kopete can handle PGP/GPG encrypted messages. Pidgin cannot > > It's the GPG point that seals the deal for me. I use GPG via IM > extensively and am not going to go without it. Yes, I could OTR (supported > by Pidgin) but that seems a bit too clunky. > > Other than that... it's sort of a tossup. > > > Ryan Rix wrote: > >> Hi group, >> >> I have been a long time user and fan of Pidgin, the multi protocol IM >> client formerly known as Gaim... However, I found Kopete in Debian's apt >> repositories just now and it piqued my interest. Has anyone used both and >> has an opinion on which is better? >> >> On the one hand I don't want to lose any of the features I've grown to >> love in KDE, but on the other hand, I'd like the tight integration with KDE >> that kopete provides (for example showing people's online status in >> KaddressBook, among others) >> >> Best, >> Ryan Rix >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >