How to use Windows Live Messanger in Linux

Is it possible to use Windows Live Messenger on Linux? The answer is yes. You can try to install aMSN to run the Windows Live Messenger. aMSN is a free Windows Live Messenger clone. aMSN attempts to emulate the look and feel of Windows Live Messenger, and supports many of its features.

The features of aMSN include:-

• Offline Messaging
• Voice Clips
• Display pictures
• Custom emoticons
• Multi-language support (around 40 languages currently supported)
• Webcam support
• Sign in to more than one account at once
• Full-speed File transfers
• Group support
• Normal, and animated emoticons with sounds
• Chat logs
• Timestamping
• Event alarms
• Conferencing support
• Tabbed chat windows

Most of the linux distributions already include aMSN in their package collections. You can install aMSN directly with your package manager, without having to download it from aMSN web site.

Here i going to show your how to install aMSN on Ubuntu and Fedora using command line.

How to install aMSN on Ubuntu? Just type the following command on your terminal

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install amsn

How to install aMSN on Fedora? Just type the following command on your terminal

yum install amsn

After you install aMSN, try to launch the aMSN program from your menu. You will see the aMSN prompt out and the interface also same as Windows Live Messenger