GenY – Yahoo Messenger Client for UNIX systems

GenY  is a Yahoo! Messenger client   that works under UNIX operating systems such as Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Red Hat and so on ). It’s a free application  that implements features from Yahoo Messenger. Also, it is an open source project and it allows anyone to  improve it.

Feature List

• Instant Messages
• Chatrooms
• Conferences
• Managing Buddy List and Groups
• Managing Yahoo! Ignore List
• Local Ignore List
• Profiles are supported for every service including Instant Messaging, Chat etc.
• Formatted Text support including Smileys
• Spam Control
• Viewing Webcams
• Receiving Files through new Yahoo! File Transfer Service
• Receiving Photos
• Viewing Roomlist
• Status Messages
• Inbuilt Captcha Handler
• SMS Support

You can download the software from here.