What is your favorite messaging client on Linux? I’d like to know why and in particular, what are the advantages for you.
Choices are:

Pidgin
GyachI
Kopete
Empathy

I’ve only listed down those that I know of and have tried at one point in time or another. Right now, I’d have to admit that I am still using Pidgin mainly for everything. I couldn’t switch to Empathy yet because I still don’t know what’s wrong with it and as I’ve been busy with work, I haven’t been able to give it much time either. But I’d so love to use Empathy because of voice calls. Even though I have a Skype account, I’d rather use Google Talk’s voice chat feature because most of my contacts are there.
I suppose that the popularity of messaging protocols might vary from country to country but I’d still like to know what your favorite messaging client [...]

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