Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed

By William Ball

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • About the Lead Authors
  • About the Contributing Authors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Tell Us What You Think!
  • Introduction
  • I. Red Hat Linux Installation and User Services
  • Chapter 1. Introduction to Red Hat Linux
  • Chapter 2. Installation of Your Red Hat System
  • Chapter 3. LILO and Other Boot Managers
  • Chapter 4. Configuring the X Window System, Version 11
  • Chapter 5. Window Managers
  • Chapter 6. Connecting to the Internet
  • Chapter 7. IRC, ICQ, and Chat Clients
    • The Talk Client and Server
    • IRC Internet Relay Chat
    • Instant Messaging
    • Summary
  • Chapter 8. Using Multimedia and Graphics Clients
  • II. Configuring Services
  • Chapter 9. System Startup and Shutdown
  • Chapter 10. SMTP and Protocols
  • Chapter 11. FTP
  • Chapter 12. Apache Server
  • Chapter 13. Internet News
  • Chapter 14. Domain Name Service and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
  • Chapter 15. NIS: Network Information Service
  • Chapter 16. NFS: Network Filesystem
  • Chapter 17. Samba
  • III. System Administration and Management
  • Chapter 18. Linux Filesystems, Disks, and Other Devices
  • Chapter 19. Printing with Linux
  • Chapter 20. TCP/IP Network Management
  • Chapter 21. Linux System Administration
  • Chapter 22. Backup and Restore
  • Chapter 23. System Security
  • IV. Red Hat Development and Productivity
  • Chapter 24. Linux C/C++ Programming Tools
  • Chapter 25. Shell Scripting
  • Chapter 26. Automating Tasks
  • Chapter 27. Configuring and Building Kernels
  • Chapter 28. Emulators, Tools, and Window Clients
  • V. Appendixes
  • A. The Linux Documentation Project
  • B. Top Linux Commands and Utilities
  • C. The GNU General Public License
  • D. Red Hat Linux RPM Package Listings

Summary

You will find a high level of support for various kinds of chatting in Linux. There are clients for almost every imaginable chat method. Many of the clients are available both in GUI and non-GUI versions to suit all tastes and requirements. In fact, it can be quite a bewildering experience to get hold of the client that suits you the best. But those that were covered in this chapter are quite good, and should serve as an excellent starting point for anyone who wants to chat.

There are many places where you can find the RPMs mentioned in this chapter. You can get them from the installation CDs for Red Hat, from Red Hat's FTP site, or from one of the many FTP sites that mirror Red Hat's distribution. See http://www.redhat.com/download/mirror.html for a list of FTP sites that carry Red Hat's distribution.

No matter where you find your RPMs, always make sure to regularly check for new versions in the update directory of Red Hat's FTP site or one of the mirrors. There might be important security fixes available! Remember that you should not take any chances when you are connected to the Internet.

The RFCs that were mentioned in the chapter can be found at http://www.faqs.org/.

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