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Pidgin 2.0 Released

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the carrier-pidgins dept.

An anonymous reader writes "After nearly two years of development, Pidgin 2.0 has finally been released! Originally called Gaim, Pidgin is a powerful and robust open source instant messaging client that supports many protocols. Pidgin 2.0 features a completely redesigned interface with attractive new icons and and a new status management system that was designed for optimal usability. Pidgin 2.0 also adds support for universal buddy icon management and smooth-scroll functionality for conversation windows. A comprehensive review at Ars Technica explores the new features in Pidgin 2.0 and demonstrates how to use the new D-Bus bindings with Python to make Pidgin's status system send updates to Twitter."

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  1. dat iz awesum nuz! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    GAIM wz a gr8 progrm so Xpect8Nz R hI 4 DIS foLow on. gr8 job!

  2. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 2, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  3. Technobabble by vjmurphy · · Score: 5, Funny

    "use the new D-Bus bindings with Python to make Pidgin's status system send updates to Twitter"

    Or you could cross-connect the Bullshittean Field Emitter to the Warp Core Ejector using quasi-bosonic tachyon particles.

    Any anyhow, shouldn't the Python, having been attracted by the Twitter, eat the Pidgin?

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    Vincent J. Murphy
    Spandex Justice
  4. Re:Psychic mode by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    MSN too. The empty message window says something along the lines "You feel a disturbance in the force."

  5. That gives me an idea by Rob+the+Bold · · Score: 4, Funny

    AOL got upset, as I recall (AIM vs GAIM)

    I'm getting a bunch of guys together, we're gonna sue all the women for trademark infringement. And don't get me started on the blatant discrimination of the Hershey bar.

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    I am not a crackpot.
  6. Re:Popularization by Zebedeu · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're right. If your coworker didn't like it, then they should just scrap the entire project.

  7. Re:Pidgin? by Uniquitous · · Score: 2, Funny

    The obvious mental leap is to "pidgin" English. Given the gibberish that a lot of people run back and forth through the chat pipes, it seems like an appropriate name!

  8. Heh, seems they have a sense of humor in configure by cant_get_a_good_nick · · Score: 4, Funny


    checking for NSS... yes
    checking for snprintf... yes
    checking for connect... (cached) yes
    checking for me pot o' gold... no
    checking for gethostid... yes
    checking for lrand48... yes
    checking for memcpy... yes

  9. Re:Pidgin? by Speare · · Score: 4, Funny

    Perhaps you need to get some exercise for your vocabulary of the English language, so that these new and unfamiliar words do not frighten you so much.

    Haa? It's pidgin , bradda. You some haoli, you not know pidgin no real English. You learn pidgin lidat because da kine real English too much hana hana. Mahalo!

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    [ .sig file not found ]
  10. Re:Pidgin? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    iAgree