• toynbee@lemmy.world
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              1 month ago

              Apparently at least one person is working, fairly successfully, on a server clone. I think it was this one, but I only know about it from one YouTube video I watched weeks ago.

              • Singletona082@lemmy.world
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                1 month ago

                Sadly Pidgin dropped oscar (aim protocol) support years ago because undeveloped and insecure. So either install a plugin or use the old clients.

                On the up side, a complete understanding of the server protocol means new clients can be written.

                • toynbee@lemmy.world
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                  1 month ago

                  I didn’t know Pidgin had dropped it, but yeah - the video I saw as well as the git page linked both reference the original client. Is Trillian still around? What about Adium?

      • NotNotMike@programming.dev
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        1 month ago

        I have a friend who is just so damn stubborn when it comes to mixing up their “comfortable” things if they aren’t the one to come up with the idea

        Very frustrating

      • msage@programming.dev
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        1 month ago

        I have my friends and family on Matrix.

        My instance is over 7 years old.

        Love it, can’t imagine being without it.