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- ramd3z, on 10/12/2007, -7/+54You're correct praveenmarkandu. Comment hijacking stinks! BTW I can't print from ubuntu to my epson r200 printer, any suggestions?
- praveenmarkandu, on 10/12/2007, -12/+39@craftyguy
your reply has nothing to do with my comment. take your place in line please :| - gr4yscale, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22aim chat rooms? why, seriously, why?
- bambala, on 10/12/2007, -2/+22finally. Now in 10 years maybe we will see Pidgin 3.0
- DevastatorIIC, on 10/12/2007, -3/+21It looks like they only released .rpm-s for the other releases. Someone may eventually do it, and it'll eventually make its way into the repos.
In the meantime,
sudo apt-get build-dep gaim
wget http://superb-east.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/pidgin/pidgin-2.0.0.tar.bz2
tar xf pidgin-2.0.0.tar.bz2
cd pidgin-2.0.0
./configure && make && sudo make install - bobothn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17@gr4yscale
How else can he get on to catch a predator. - jleibowitz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16Windows builds are up now, along with the cross platform source
- pompom246, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17If you're crashing, try getting a crashlog and submitting it to the developers. That's how free software gets fixed and gets better.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+16http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?sourceid=Mozilla-search&va=pidgin
Main Entry: pid·gin
Pronunciation: 'pi-j&n
Function: noun
Etymology: pidgin English
: a simplified speech used for communication between people with different languages - motang, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11@theis You should get an update in a few days, so just wait for it.
- combatchuck, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10trillian works?
- DAMU, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Nevermind, XMPP is Jabber.
dam - litolist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I've always had both installed...what version Cygwin do you use?
- karmajunkie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I think they've fixed the issue several months ago... I've got both installed with no problems. If that still causes problems, install the version of gaim from http://portableapps.com, it's self-contained.
- cphuntington97, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Ars Technica review: http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/BAaf/~3/114047986/pidgin-2-0.ars
- isleshocky77, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Two really nice features I've notice are:
1.) They added an option at install to allow you to have the URI's aim:, yahoo:, irc: actually open up in gaim (pidgin, on of these days I'll stop calling it gaim).
2.) They added a pluging to go with Buddy Bounces so that it now has the same functionality of the newest aim where if you send an im to someone who is offline, it saves it as a bounce and sends the message again automatically when the user signs back online.
I also have been using only gaim for about 3 years now. I believe since Beta 6 of gaim, file transferred have worked. Sometimes it takes a minute to get started but it does go through. Also in pidgin they've done a lot to make all the services on your buddy list look uniform. Overall I'm pleased with the new "Pidgin".
As for a comment above the newest 2.0 release worked fine for me. - praveenmarkandu, on 10/12/2007, -8/+14Crap. it might be just me. but the Final Release crashes when i try to run the app. the beta 7 worked great though
- nick0909, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8***** finally.
- Jotaro, on 11/01/2007, -1/+5Do aim chat rooms work now? They haven't in GAIM 1.5 nor in the Pidgin 2.0 beta. This is really the only thing stopping me from using this full-time.
- MrSpontaneous, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@gr4yscale: you want to talk to group of friends - best way to do that is invite them into a user created chat. Its great for collaboration (seeing as everyone has AIM and you don't need to install software/create accounts on websites).
- ahill7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I just finished the install, and I am very impressed that it retained all my settings and preferences from GAIM. Even remembered my previous Status message.
- coyotejones, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4While I totally sympathize with the expectation of getting Video/Voice support, it's hardly a trivial feature to be added. There is still ongoing work to try and support this. As an open-source project, Pidgin has more limited resources than Yahoo!, AIM, etc, and often have to reverse-engineer a lot of things to make a compatible client.
- ahawks, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7@patik
Why should he run Linux? I run Cygwin on all my windows (Vista) boxes too, and there's no way in hell I'm converting them to Linux. Why? Because they're expensive gaming rigs, and I love iTunes, and windows media center, and tons of other things about the Windows/Vista world.
I run cygwin because it gives me the tools I am used to from Linux, which I have also been a user of for a long time. With cygwin, I can run Vista, and still have bash/perl/python scripting, wget, rsync, diff, etc. - johnthedebs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4There IS login as invisible. The file transfer is still a little bit hit or miss, but it's been working much more often than in the past. Usually depends on whether both sides are behind are a firewall or not. To set login as invisible go to the last tab of the preferences page, uncheck the box at the very bottom, and set status to apply at startup to invisible. Took all of 5 seconds to locate.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7I remember years ago I discovered that on windows you can't have cygwin in your path, gaim installed, and have both work. I asked the developer about it ( quite nasty fellow ) and he said that both projects had a DLL of the same name. I used cygwin a lot so I uninstalled gaim. Since he went to all of the trouble to rename gaim I hope he renamed that DLL so fans of his software can use it on their windows boxes without sacrificing cygwin.
- f0ad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4jaytee & damu:
XMPP ....IS jabber. It's the name of the protocol.
They started calling it XMPP because Jabber isn't the only system to use it, Google Talk also use XMPP.
Since instead of adding Jabber and Google Talk, they started calling it by it's protocol name. - nullx42, on 10/12/2007, -6/+9I'm sticking with Gaim 2.0 b6 as my little way of saying "***** you, AOL"
http://oldversion.com/program.php?n=gaim (only back to beta 2 but ***** it) - NovaPrime9, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Is there no way to adjust the size of the fonts? I know you can use larger formatted fonts, but that just sends your 'buddies' HUGE messages. What I need is a larger font just on my end. My eyes suck. I've had this problem with GAIM, too, and I would keep trying until finally giving up and going back to bloatware/Trillian. Any help? Please?
- heathenx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4download the rpm and use alien to convert it to a .deb file. give it a try.
sudo apt-get install alien (install alien)
sudo alien -k package_name.rpm (convert rpm to deb) - bigdoof, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Download Extended Preferences from the Pidgin plug-in page. There's an option for "Show buddy list entry in taskbar"
- macoafi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"Fix" it? It's a feature, not a bug, though I suppose you could argue misfeature.
- macoafi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3They were too busy trying not to be destroyed by AOL's vulch--uh, lawyers.
- Theis, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Is it possible to get a .deb file for Ubuntu 7.04 ?
- imjosh, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4The solution by bwzippy isn't what I am looking for and I don't think it is what gniess wants either.
With Pidgin can you have your contact list showing and not in the taskbar, similar to how trillian works? - Rethcir, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Did they fix the thing with the green dots yet? I really liked being able to see my contacts based on the service they are running
- praveenmarkandu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3fixed it. Removed everything. all the old gaim files in application data and all
- iSEPIC, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5"aim chat rooms? why, seriously, why?"--- Number one way to find girls!
- riffic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2the new website is up. congrats to the pidgineers
- nayr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Dolomite: nothing different except for the name. Same devs, same code.
- MrSpontaneous, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2What's new in version 2.0? I can't seem to find the changelog.
- dougbarrett, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2File transfer works flawlessly. I assume you are talking about AIM not using file transfer though.
It took me awhile to realize it, but you have to go into the account settings and check the box to use the AOL proxy server to send files. - gniess, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Thanks, the extended preferences plugin is exactly what I wanted.
- macoafi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2http://rapidshare.com/files/29533296/pidgin_2.0.0-1_i386.deb.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/29536788/pidgin-otr_3.0.0-1_i386.deb.html
Feisty builds - Kagarrache, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I've compiled it myself without many problems. I only needed two dev files and go.
I've installed it with checkinstall instead of "make install", and I still have the file, so, if yo want a deb file for AMD64, I could send it to you. But believe me, it's not the hardest one to install. - spyrochaete, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1When I used to use GAIM my default font size was 6pt so I know where you're coming from. A man can only squint for so long.
- NovaPrime9, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Thanks for the recommendation- I'm actually trying Miranda out right now. I've attempted the GTK edits in GAIM with no luck. What a PITA.
- Megatog615, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Is it just me or did their site just bomb?
- hotsake, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Doh.. bury, please
- spyrochaete, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"he said that both projects had a DLL of the same name"
Windows devs know this as DLL hell. Cross-platform devs whose main focus is not MS OSes rarely care to jump through hoops to avoid this. - aoyamamotoko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I believe the "GTK Theme Control" plugin will do what you need. Just enable it and hit the configure button to adjust sizes of everything.
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