There is even a Webmin Admin Module for it.

Best of all, it can be configured to be a gateway for all the others as well, if that were the case.

Jabber has so many "doesn't get in your face and annoy the hell out of you" features it is scary. The others pale in comparison.

gaim, gabber, JAJC are just a few IM clients that work with it, there are TONS more.

gaim probably the best option for it, but then you have to install the GTK runtime for Windows. Not a big deal, but still note it.

[link|http://www.jabber.org/software/clients.shtml|Listing of Jabber Clients on Jabber.Org]

Thems not all of 'em either.

Here are the (jabber.org) suggestions for the different OSes:

Platform	Suggestions
Windows	[link|http://exodus.jabberstudio.org/|Exodus], [link|http://2entwine.com/|Gush], [link|http://www.pandion.be/|Pandion], [link|http://psi.affinix.com/|Psi, [http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/|Trillian Pro]
Linux	[link|http://gaim.sf.net/|Gaim], [link|http://www.gajim.org/|Gajim], [link|http://www.imendio.com/projects/gossip/|Gossip], [link|http://2entwine.com/|Gush], [link|http://kopete.kde.org/|Kopete], [link|http://psi.affinix.com/|Psi], [link|http://tkabber.jabber.ru/en/|Tkabber]
Macintosh	[link|http://2entwine.com/|Gush], [link|http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/ichat/|iChat], [link|http://psi.affinix.com/|Psi]

The only one I don't particularly care for is Gush. I believe it is a Flash Based client. I couldn't get it to "feel" right and it was at best clumsy... though it does look awesome. "Look" being the keyword there.

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Oh yeah, most Debian based Linux distros have it apt-get'able

jabber - Daemon for the jabber.org Open Source Instant Messenger\njabber-aim - Provides AIM messenger transport for Jabber IM server\njabber-common - Jabber server and transport (common files)\njabber-dev - Daemon for the jabber.org Open Source Instant Messenger\njabber-irc - IRC transport for jabber\njabber-jit - Jabber ICQ Transport\njabber-jud - Provides User Directory support for the Jabber IM server\njabber-msn - Provides the MSN transport for the Jabber IM server\njabber-muc - Multi User Chat module for the Jabber IM Server\njabber-yahoo - Provides Yahoo messenger transport for Jabber IM server\njabberd2-bdb - Jabber Open Source Instant Messenger Server (Berkeley DB)\njabberd2-ldap-bdb - Jabber Open Source Instant Messenger Server (LDAP & Berkeley DB)\njabberd2-ldap-mysql - Jabber Open Source Instant Messenger Server (LDAP & MySQL)\njabberd2-ldap-pgsql - Jabber Open Source Instant Messenger Server (LDAP & PostgreSQL)\njabberd2-mysql - Jabber Open Source Instant Messenger Server (MySQL)\njabberd2-pgsql - Jabber Open Source Instant Messenger Server (PostgreSQL)\nlibjabberoo-dev - library to interact with Jabber\nlibjabberoo0c2 - library to interact with Jabber\npython-jabber - Python module for the Jabber instant messaging platform (Meta)\npython-pyxmpp - XMPP and Jabber implementation for Python (Meta)\npython-xmpp - Python library for communication with XMPP (Jabber) servers (Meta)\npython2.3-jabber - Python module for the Jabber instant messaging platform\npython2.3-pyxmpp - XMPP and Jabber implementation for Python\npython2.3-xmpp - Python library for communication with XMPP (Jabber) servers\nsendxmpp - commandline XMPP (jabber) utility\nwebmin-jabber - jabber server control module for webmin

Lots and LOTS. Also, Jabber is what Google is using, but without the "inter-server protocol" enabled.

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Use the one you are more comfortable.

We jabber.iwethey.org is v1... and it is stable. Never segfaults, aborts, looses comms etc...

I've seen some reports a while ago about it just exiting without anything useful... but I believe that was v1.99.something or Alpha stuff.

To me, The choice is simple, I'd use v1 mainly because I know it better. V2 might just be up your alley.

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