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Pidgin 2.5.0 in Desktop / Messaging   Votes: 8


 Submitted by Darl on 2006-06-11  
 Update by ozar on 2008-08-19  

What Is Pidgin?

Pidgin is a multi-protocol instant messaging (IM) client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and Windows. It is compatible with AIM and ICQ (Oscar protocol), MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, SILC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Lotus Sametime, and Zephyr networks.

Pidgin users can log in to multiple accounts on multiple IM networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on AOL Instant Messenger, talking to a friend on Yahoo Messenger, and sitting in an IRC channel all at the same time.

Pidgin supports many features of the various networks, such as file transfer, away messages, and typing notification. It also goes beyond that and provides many unique features. A few popular features are Buddy Pounces, which give the ability to notify you, send a message, play a sound, or run a program when a specific buddy goes away, signs online, or returns from idle; and plugins, consisting of text replacement, a buddy ticker, extended message notification, iconify on away, spell checking, tabbed conversations, and more.

Pidgin runs on a number of platforms, including Windows, Linux, and Qtopia (Sharp Zaurus and iPaq).

Pidgin integrates well with GNOME and KDE's system tray, as well as Windows's own system tray. This allows you to work with Pidgin without requiring the buddy list window to be up at all times.

Pidgin is under constant development, and releases are usually frequent. The latest news regarding Pidgin can be found on the news page.
Homepage: http://www.pidgin.im/
Download: http://www.pidgin.im/download/
Tags: InstantMessaging Gaim Pidgin
Required Distribution: No



Reviews:
Submitted by Salgat on 2006-06-19 for Version 2.0
  A must for any messenger user. Covers all my needs and even offers more than what the original service provided(Spell check in AIM, nice). Great yet simple and easy to use, definately reccomend.

Submitted by gusisfry on 2006-09-26 for Version 2.0
  Running version 2.0 for a while and what a great product. Use it daily to talk with AIM and my two yahoo accounts without running multiple applications. Just installed the lastest Win32 version for the lady and found the spell check worked great on both messaging services. Hopefully, we will soon get to see voice capabilities in the product.

Submitted by chadders on 2007-01-28 for Version 2.0
  I highly recommend Gaim. I'm currently using version 2.0 beta 6 and it's the best Instant Messaging Program I have used to date.

Submitted by vigol on 2008-07-02 for Version 2.4.2
  Since I handle my IM with Pigdin, I forget Tired Life when I used to / Have to Use Yahoo Mes.. and other stuffs

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