[Techtalk] Simple replacement for AIM with Pidgin
Elwing
elwing at elwing.org
Fri Mar 3 13:41:37 UTC 2017
> On Mar 3, 2017, at 3:01 AM, David Sumbler <david at aeolia.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I have an elderly friend, Margaret, who lives at a distance, and whose
> computer I attempt to maintain remotely. She really depends on me to
> help her out when things go wrong - usually things like "not being able
> to get any email", which often turns out to be simply that she has
> accidentally closed up all the folders in Evolution.
>
> I use Ubuntu 16.04, but Margaret is using Ubuntu 12.04. Despite the
> fact that support for this ends in April, I am reluctant to update it,
> because any such change will confuse and upset her. At the age of
> nearly 90 she finds any change hard to cope with.
>
> For years we have communicated via AIM using Pidgin. Now it appears
> that AOL are stopping this facility from the end of March. So I need
> something which can replace it. It needs to be as simple to use as
> what we are used to.
>
> Can anyone suggest a service which we can use instead of AIM and which
> will mean the minimum of change from Margaret's point of view?
>
> David
>
Google Talk/Jabber? Both are supported by Pidgin and while you might have to do an initial setup of Pidgin for her to use it, she won’t really notice a difference.
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