Download Pidgin 2.7.5

Pidgin has been updated to version 2.7.5. 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. During installation, you can choose from as many as seventy different languages ​​and add spell check. Binaries are available for Windows, but the source code can be compiled under Linux and integrates well into Gnome and the KDE SC. The Mac OS X port is released under the name Adium. The changelog for this release looks like this:

General:

• Added Verisign Class 3 Public CA – G2 Root CA.

Pidgin:

• Properly differentiate between bn and bn_IN in the Translation Information dialog.

AIM and/or ICQ:

• Display the “Authorize buddy
• ” minidialog when the requestor has an empty nickname. (#12810)
• New ICQ accounts default to proper ICQ servers. Old accounts using one of the old default servers will be silently migrated to use the proper servers.
• ICQ accounts using clientLogin now use the correct ICQ servers. This is separate from the server settings mentioned above.
• ‘<' should no longer cause ICQ status messages to be truncated in some locations. (#11964, #12593)
• Fix sending messages to chat rooms. (#12768)

good day:

• Don’t crash when attempting to log into a Bonjour account and init failed.

Windows Specific Changes:

• Quote the path stored in the registry when the “run at startup” option in the Windows Pidgin Options plugin is used. (#12781)