Pidgin 2.6.2

Pidgin is an easy to use and free chat client used by millions. Connect to AIM, MSN, Yahoo, and more chat networks all at once.

Supported chat networks:

• AIM
• Bonjour
• Gadu-Gadu
• Google Talk
• Groupwise
• ICQ
• IRC
• MSN
• MySpaceIM
• QQ
• SILC
• SIMPLE
• Sametime
• XMPP
• Yahoo!
• Zephyr

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Fix Yahoo Login For Pidgin

Long way I cant connect yahoo messenger using pidgin. Many article has been read but all unsuccessfully. Finally, I found the howto from http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Fix-Yahoo-problem-in-Pidgin-114754.shtml which teach step by step to make Pidgin could online again. Thanks man.

Here is the solution:

1. Download Pidgin authentication key, Right click HERE and choose the "Save Link As..." option.

2. Go to System -> Administration -> Software Sources

Enter your password if asked. Go to the second tab, "Third-Party

Software," click on the "Add" button, and paste the line below for your Ubuntu distribution, in the "APT line" field...

Ubuntu 9.10

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pidgin-developers/ppa/ubuntu karmic main

Ubuntu 9.04

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pidgin-developers/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

Ubuntu 8.10

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pidgin-developers/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main

3. Now go to the fourth tab, "Authentication," click the "Import Key File" button, navigate to the location where you've just saved the key file and double click it. You will immediately see a new entry called "A1F196A8 2009-01-20 Launchpad PPA for Pidgin Developers"

4. Click the “Close” button, then the “Reload” one and wait for the application to close!

5. Go to System -> Administration -> Update Manager

6. Install the new pidgin

GYachI

GYachI is a software which gives you all the features of Yahoo Messenger !... really...

Installing GYachI

The instructions can be found at https://launchpad.net/~loell/+archive/ppa

Add these 2 lines in sources.list (normally /etc/apt/sources.list)

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/loell/ppa/ubuntu gutsy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/loell/ppa/ubuntu gutsy main

Change gutsy to your distribution (jaunty, intrepid, hardy...)

Run the command...

sudo apt-get install gyachi

That's it... it is a full fledged Yahoo Messenger frontend :)

Troubleshooting

If while logging in it shows error like "Invalid Username or Incorrect Password", and you are sure you entered them correctly, then it is the problem with special characters in your password. Change the password and you are good to go...

Also, use the Protocol "YMSG-15 / Messenger 8" as the older Protocols are being turned off...

Yahoo! Messenger

What's In This Version?

• Fast, Safe Login - Login quickly and safely without anyone being able to steal your password.


• GUI changes - keyboard shortcuts, menus, improved conferencing, toolbars are all updated to offer a common user experience across platforms.


• Contact Info - Enter details of your friends on any Operating System / Yahoo! Messenger and those entries show up on Unix. Your friends are now associated with nicknames, which can be used to replace unintuitive ID's in conversations and all displays.


• Content - Richer content from Yahoo! Now enjoy Finance, News, Sports, Weather, Bookmarks, Travel, Auctions and Calendar


• Typing Notifications - Get to know when someone is talking to you as they talk to you.


• Performance Improvements - Faster execution of comands and lower memory usage with increased stability

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OpenMeetings - Video Chat Conference

Features

• Video/Audio

• See Desktop of any participant
• Multi-Language and Customizable
• Whiteboard with drawing, write & edit, dragNDrop, Resizeing, Images (DragNDrop from Library), Symbol(s)
• Conference while drawing (4x4 or 1xn modus)
• Safe Drawings / whiteboard and load it next time, edit and resave
• Import Documents (.tga, .xcf, .wpg, .txt, .ico, .ttf, .pcd, .pcds, .ps, .psd, .tiff,.bmp, .svg, .dpx, .exr, .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .png, .ppt, .odp, .odt, .sxw, .wpd, .doc,.rtf, .txt, .ods, .sxc, .xls, .sxi, .pdf) DocumentImporting
• Send invitation and direct Links into a meeting
• Moderating System
• User-/Organisation-/Moderating- System
• Backup and Language Module (LanguageEditor, BackupPanel)
• Private and Public (Organisation only) Conference-Rooms
• Technologies used, see TechnologyPortfolio

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Messenger for MSN Networks

aMSN is a free open source MSN Messenger clone, with features such as:

• Offline Messaging
• Voice Clips
• Display pictures
• Custom emoticons
• Multi-language support (around 40 languages currently supported)
• Webcam support
• Sign in to more than one account at once
• Full-speed File transfers
• Group support
• Normal, and animated emoticons with sounds
• Chat logs
• Timestamping
• Event alarms
• Conferencing support
• Tabbed chat window

To install this software could download at http://www.amsn-project.net/
For ubuntu could install by "- sudo apt-get install msn"

Add "Now Playing" Status Message to Pidgin with MusicTracker

Windows/Linux only: The MusicTracker plug-in for Pidgin displays music you're currently listening to on your computer as your status message with the free, open source chat application, Pidgin. MusicTracker supports any of your Pidgin accounts (e.g., AIM, Gtalk, Yahoo, etc.) and a wide range of music players, from Amarok or XMMS on Linux to iTunes and foobar2000 on Windows. If you're not the best at setting status messages, a simple plug-in like MusicTracker is a fun and simple way to keep that status set and changing so you're not "out to lunch" for weeks on end.

MusicTracker [Google Code]