Download Pidgin 2.5.1

An update was released yesterday for the version 2.5.0 of Pidgin, which was released two weeks ago. Previously known as Gaim, this multi-protocol instant messaging program can handle the networks of AIM, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Google Talk, Groupwise, ICQ, irc, MSN, MySpaceIM, QQ, Silc, Simple, Sametime, XMPP, Yahoo and Zephyr. The software is available for Windows and Linux and integrates well into Gnome 2 and KDE 3.1. For Mac OS X users there is Adium X. Pidgin is open source and is released under version 2 of the gpl license. The changelog of this release shows the following changes:

libpurple

• In the Join/Part plugin, add the ability to apply the rules to buddies. By default, joins and parts for buddies are still shown.
• Support SOCKS proxies specified in GNOME or Windows proxy settings.
• Fix some possible crashes in MSNP15.
• Enable a default SSL trust relationship for MSN servers.
• Avoid disconnecting from XMPP servers on parse errors that are non-fatal.
• Include some perl files that were mistakenly omitted in 2.5.0.

Pidgin

• Prevent use of custom smilies without “shortcuts.”
• Fix a crash that could appear with AIM buddy tooltips.

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• General refresh of many icons in the interface.
• Many cleanups to artwork source are now included in the distribution.
• A new “throbber” animation has been added to indicate when accounts are connecting.

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