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From: John McCue <jmccue@whitedwf.jmcunx.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer
Subject: Re: Text based synchronous communication tool for Linux?
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2024 14:15:48 -0000 (UTC)
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Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> wrote:
<snip>
> 
> Some characteristics I'd prefer - not all supported by the 'phone'
> utility - are that it's
>  * text-oriented (preferably with Unicode support), fast (no GUI)
>  * instantly/synchronously exchanging any typed characters
>     * optionally: switching modes (instant/character-wise, line-wise)
>  * more than two persons can communicate
>  * works across distributed [Unix-]systems
> 
> Is there such a tool (free of charge and open source) available for
> Linux? (Or something that comes close?)
> 
Slackware comes with a utility called "talk", it is
disabled by default.  It sounds like what you are
looking for.  It allows 2 people to 'text' each other.

https://www.slackbook.org/html/basic-network-commands-talk.html

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