that's hardly a fix.
windows users hate gaim because it requires you to install a gtk library as well, unless you get the bundled version, which they don't have the intelligence to figure out. also, if they want to install the window port of gimp, notice it requires a different set of gtk libraries? really stupid in my opinion, but anyway... plus the windows binary of gaim is often a version or two behind the latest binary for linux (but fuck 'em, they use windows, right?) kopete's fine, and i have been known to use it, it does sit nicely in your K taskbar, if you have one, i like windowmaker and xfce so i don't, and prefer gaim for that reason.