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Pidgin 2.4.2 released

Marcel Klum   on 18 May 2008 - 04:55 · 13 comments & 8055 views

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Pidgin is a multi-protocol Instant Messaging client that allows you to use all of your IM accounts at once.

Pidgin is free software. It is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2. This means you are free to use it and to modify it, but if you distribute your modifications you must distribute the modified source code as well.

Source: Pidgin official website
View: Change log
Download: Pidgin 2.4.2

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(1 reply) #1 XeonBuilder on 18 May 2008 - 06:18
Great app. And its free!!
#1.1 ThaCrip on 18 May 2008 - 23:55
+1 ... i totally agree.

cause Pidgin is "THE" instant messaging app out there for all your im needs and overall it's fairly light on resources.

sure, Miranda is 'lighter' on resources but i think it lacks in overall feel vs Pidgin.

overall i like Pidgin better.

p.s. i been using this since it was called Gaim
(3 replies) #2 elvenseven on 18 May 2008 - 06:44
I just love minimal looking software!
#2.1 [deXter] on 18 May 2008 - 13:44
If you *really* love minimal looking programs, try Miranda IM. It's just ~2 MB, portable, and uses around 1 MB RAM when minimized! Was connected to 4 networks with over 250 contacts without any system slowdowns at all, on my 550 Mhz K6-2
#2.2 Esvandiary on 18 May 2008 - 17:59
(deXter said @ #2.1)
If you *really* love minimal looking programs, try Miranda IM.

Good for Windows, a quick Google tells me what I thought - the (I'm guessing unofficial) Linux port is anything but mature... Pidgin is arguably the best choice under Linux (if you only use MSN, KMess is becoming tempting though).
#2.3 Mr Fish on 21 May 2008 - 16:40
(Esvandiary said @ #2.2)
(deXter said @ #2.1)
If you *really* love minimal looking programs, try Miranda IM.

Good for Windows, a quick Google tells me what I thought - the (I'm guessing unofficial) Linux port is anything but mature... Pidgin is arguably the best choice under Linux (if you only use MSN, KMess is becoming tempting though).

I would argue differently. Emesene is the best IM app if you only need the MSN network imho.
#3 saachi on 18 May 2008 - 13:28
Tried this for the first time and love it. Prefer it over Digsby.
#4 ataris_kid on 18 May 2008 - 23:59
I absolutely love Pidgin, but the latest GTK+ runtime for Windows has too many issues. I still use the one bundled with Pidgin 2.3.1.
#5 Flynsarmy on 19 May 2008 - 03:26
With the new change "Add a preference to choose the minimum size of the text input area in lines" I wonder
if they'll go ahead with the second fork of pidgin. Alot of people were real annoyed when the new text input area
change was implimented.
#6 GEIST on 19 May 2008 - 16:12
For some reason my Pidgin does not work anymore after updating to this latest version. When I try to launch it, only its process pidgin.exe will run in the background, but no tray icon or contact list in sight.
Anyone else experience this?
#7 Angel Blue01 on 19 May 2008 - 17:08
And the suse repos only have 2.1.1 so its harder for me to upgrade on my Linux system, sigh.
#8 Xenomorph on 19 May 2008 - 20:27
All my nagging got the Send button put back
#9 dangel on 23 May 2008 - 12:59
Wish it did P2P file transfers though - WLM kicks it's ass for that (sadly).

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