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Revision as of 11:28, 25 November 2008

Pidgin on Om 2008.8

Pidgin can be installed from the Angstrom Repositories (see Repositories).

 opkg install pidgin

There are various plugins for pidgin provided by libpurple that can be installed to connect to MSN (libpurple-protocol-msn), Yahoo (libpurple-protocol-yahoo), etc.

Do a

 opkg list | grep libpurple-protocol

to see a full list.

You can have instant messaging on the go through GPRS.


Pidgin.png Pidgin

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


Homepage: http://www.pidgin.im
Package: pidgin
Tested on: Om 2008.8

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Pidgin on Om 2008.8

Pidgin can be installed from the Angstrom Repositories (see Repositories).

 opkg install pidgin

There are various plugins for pidgin provided by libpurple that can be installed to connect to MSN (libpurple-protocol-msn), Yahoo (libpurple-protocol-yahoo), etc.

Do a

 opkg list | grep libpurple-protocol

to see a full list.

You can have instant messaging on the go through GPRS.


Pidgin.png Pidgin

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


Homepage: http://www.pidgin.im
Package: pidgin
Tested on: Om 2008.8