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Microsoft Announce Windows Live Messenger XMPP Access
Microsoft has announced public access to the Windows Live Messenger network via the open-standard XMPP protocol – a move that should see improved features and performance for Linux users accessing the service via Pidgin, Empathy and other open-source clients.
Plugin to display unread message count for Pidgin on Unity Launcher
Launchpad user jf has patched up Pidgin to take advantage of the unread message badge on Unity’s Launcher.
Fix the Pidgin SSL error for good in Ubuntu
Still plagued by the Pidgin MSN error? Fix it for good by upgrading to the latest version of Pidgin.
Fix the Pidgin ‘SSL Error’ in Ubuntu
So Microsoft threw some switch or other today that has resulted in many Pidgin users who try to connect to the MSN network being greeted with the following pop-up: – Now i’m not a Pidgin user but I can appreciate it’s enough to get anyone in a flap so here’s how to “fix” it courtesy of the [...]
Instant Bird – ‘Firefox meets Pidgin’ Hybrid chat Client
Why do you get when you cross Firefox and Pidgin? InstantBird. No, That wasn’t a joke without a punchline but an introduction to one of the more interesting applications I’ve tried in a while a while: A messaging client that is a curious hybrid of both Firefox & Pidgin. InstantBird makes use of [...]
Elementary Pidgin theme updated
Elementary is arguably one of the most popular 3rd party themes available so it can be rather annoying when using an application that don’t follow or fit in with the rest of your desktop theme. Thankfully most of those applications in question support themes or are themeable in some way – just like Pidgin. Below [...]
Facebook Chat in Pidgin & Empathy With No Plugins!
Facebook made their ‘Facebook chat’ protocol all awesome and nice today by adding support for the Jabber/XMPP protocol. This means you can have facebook chat in Pidgin, Empathy, etc without the need for buggy third-party plugins! Hoorah! Casey Ho, Pidgin dev supremo, blogged the following guide for adding Facebook chat in Pidgin: – For the [...]
Pidgin Preferences Menu Gets A Netbook-happy Makeover
Pidgin’s preferences menu will be getting a overhaul in time for it’s next major release. Keen to solve the current “bug reports” regarding Pidgin’s preferences window not fitting on a netbook sized screen, a plucky Pidgin developer sought to make it more spatially friendly. The result is this: – Below is the current preferences window [...]
Facebook Chat Plugin For Pidgin – Working Version
The facebook-chat plugin for Pidgin available in Ubuntu’s repositories is out-of-date and doesn’t work with recent versions of Pidgin spitting out “wrong-credentials” pop-ups and the like. Instead you’ll want to use the most recent version over at the plug-in’s Google Code page – which comes in a hand .deb for for easy-peasy one-click installation. You’ll [...]
Gorgeous Humanity Style Icons For Pidgin
Continuing our series on humanity style icons for popular applications we turn out attention to the most popular Instant Messenger since the dawn of, er… sometime – Pidgin! Not-Empathy Clones There have been some great ‘humanity style’ icons for Pidgin made recently, but I’ve held off on posting them because they either used Empathy icons or were a bit [...]
Enhance Pidgin With Facebook Chat, Now Playing Status, Interface Tweaks
It may not be the default chat client in Ubuntu any longer, but Pidgin is still an awesome application. Below are 5 tweaks and plugin’s i install off-the-bat when i’m faced with a fresh version of Pidgin. Pidgin Facebook Chat Chat to Facebook contacts from within Pidgin and see available contacts sat amongst the rest [...]
Pidgin Adds Webcam, Voice Chat And More! – .Debs Inside!
Popular multi-protocol instant messenger Pidgin has added webcam sending/receiving, voice chat, themeing and file-transfer support on the Yahoo! IM network and all your general clean-ups, memory tweaks and even (finally!) a nice scalable icon! Webcam chat is only currently supported on XMPP protocols (Google Chat, Jabber). This 2.6.1 release isn’t yet available in the Ubuntu [...]
3 Great Pidgin Emoticon Themes
Make your IM convo’s in Pidgin a bit more brighter by installing some new emoticons. Here’s the OMG! pick of our top 3 favourite emoticon packs for pidgin. (Instructions on how to use them follows at the bottom!) Proticon Emoticons for Pidgin LINK Pidgin YM9 Emoticons LINK MSN Emoticons for Pidgin LINK Installation: – Installing [...]