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Don't use the File Transfer Protocol for non-anonymous login unless you know what you are doing. Your user name and password might be captured by malevolent fellow network users! Use secure FTP instead; the sftp program comes with the Secure SHell suite, see Section 10.4.4.4.
10.3.5. Chatting and conferencing
Various clients and systems are available in each distribution, replacing the old-style IRC text-based chat. A short and incomplete list of the most popular programs:
• gaim: multi-protocol instant messaging client for Linux, Windows and Mac, compatible with MSN Messenger, ICQ, IRC and much more; see the Info pages or the Gaim site for more.
• xchat: IRC client for the X window system:
Figure 10-2. X-Chat
The home page is at SourceForge.
• aMSN: an MSN clone.
• Konversation, kopete, KVIrc and many other K-tools from the KDE suite.
• gnomemeeting: videoconferencing program for UNIX (now Ekiga).
• jabber: Open Source Instant Messenging platform, compatible with ICQ, AIM, Yahoo, MSN, IRC, SMTP and much more.
• psi: jabber client, see the PSI Jabber Client Homepage.