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How do I leave a message for another (local) user?
I know you can use write to send a message to a currently logged in user, but how do you leave a message for a user who is not logged in? The solution I have seen is modify the motd, but that will be ...
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How to send a prompt to a remote machine like the “you have mail”, ie not using wall
I am currently using wall to show a message on a remote machine when an activity is started and finished.
But this is intrusive, as it will write across an editor they might have open etc.
What I ...
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Is there a Ytalk IM successor?
Back in the stone ages, when men were men and women were women and Unix's competitor was VMS, Unix had a lovely talk (or ntalk, or ytalk) split screen IM command where you could talk and both parties ...
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How can I set which is the main account for a meta-contact in Empathy?
Empathy allows users to combine contacts together and create what is called a "meta-contact". So if you have a contact that uses different protocols, eg. GTalk and MSN, you can combine them together ...
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Skyping (video) on Linux
Ever since I have been running Linux I have not been able to use Skype video messages. Even the program I have downloaded for Skype is telephony, and I don't want Skype telephony.
What am I doing ...
