Re: [orca-list] options apart from pidgin for facebook

["Rob" <captinlogic gmail com>]

Krishnakant <krmane openmailbox org> wrote:
> Is it some thing similar to m.facebook.com?
> I wish to have a chat client and if pidgin can't connect to fb, would
> this not add an extra layer, thus making it more difficult?


Bitlbee is an irc/IM gateway. It is a small irc server that acts as an interface between you and various IM 
networks such as google hangouts, facebook, twitter, and some others. You connect to the bitlbee server and 
it connects to the social networks.
Packages exist for most distros.
Further information can be found at
http://www.bitlbee.org/