One of the “I thought it would never come” moments in the open source software industry would be audio and video support in Pidgin. Now it is here! Almost… Windows is not yet supported.
With the release of Pidgin 2.6.1. audio and video is finally supported in the xmpp protocol (used by GTalk). I have to [...]

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[Linux - Gnome Only] Listed on the roadmap to Gnome 2.24 is the integration with Empathy, a multi-protocol IM client. This integration could be a sign of a replacement for Pidgin and Ekiga with one single SIP and multi-protocol IM application.
For this article I tested Empathy to see how it works and if it is [...]

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Pidgin is on a fast development track and just came out with their new version 2.4.1. There are several updates, such as:

Add support for setting buddy icons on Gadu-Gadu (Tomasz Salacinski)
Fix incorrectly marking some Yahoo! contacts as blocked
Increase XMPP ping timeout to 120 seconds, to prevent poor network connections from timing out unnecessarily.
Fix for displaying [...]

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After a week offline due to health reasons, we’re back! Apologies to our readers
Pidgin,  the milti-platform, multi-protocol, instant messaging client has released its version 2.4.0. There were several updates and bugfixes implemented, such as:

Added support for offline messages for AIM accounts
Support for Yahoo! Messenger 7.0+ file transfer method
Input text area in conversation windows [...]

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I’ve recently had to tweak two Windows computers because they were acting too sluggish. When I checked the processes running, I found several MS Live apps running and also when searching on the list of programs installed, there were several more MS programs installed. Microsoft really tries to push their products. Which is why I [...]

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