chat & instant messaging
dial up & connection tools
e-mail clients
e-mail list management
fax tools
newsgroup clients
other comms tools
other e-mail tools
pager tools
telephony
web/video cams


Pidgin is a GTK+ instant messaging application. It uses libpurple, which supports multiple protocols, including AIM, ICQ, Yahoo!, MSN, Jabber, IRC, Napster, Gadu-Gadu, Zephyr, and SILC. It has many common features found in other clients, as well as many
Miranda IM is a smaller, faster, easier instant messenger with support for multiple protocols including AIM, Jabber, ICQ, IRC, MSN, Yahoo, and more.
ABC is a Bittorrent client which supports a queueing system with priority, global and local preferences for downloading torrents, multiple upload options for completed files, an adjustable display, and remote access via a web service.
A very nice MSN compatible messenger application, aMSN Messenger is a multiplatform MSN messenger clone. Works pretty much like its Windows based counterpart. Perfect for keeping in touch with those friends who have not yet seen the light. Works on linux
Azureus is a powerful, full-featured, cross-platform bittorrent client.
This is a project aimed at producing a file sharing client using the ADC protocol. It also supports connecting to the Direct Connect network.
Gaim is a GTK+ instant messaging application. It supports multiple protocols, including AIM, ICQ, Yahoo!, MSN, Jabber, IRC, Napster, Gadu-Gadu, Zephyr, and SILC. It has many common features found in other clients, as well as many unique features
GibPhone is a highly extensible VoIP/IM client for the .NET framework that uses a powerful plugin engine to allow for UI extensions and any call control stack / media payload / transport protocol combination.
PeerGuardian helps protect your privacy by blocking many ranges of aggressive IPs while you use P2P.
Speak Freely is a Cross Platform Internet telephony (Voice Chat) application which provides high quality voice grade audio with GSM and CELP compression and encryption with DES, Blowfish, and IDEA ciphers. It will aim at interoperating with any RTP clien