Plugin to display unread message count for Pidgin on Unity Launcher

On April 20, 2011, in Linux, by dipinkrishna

Empathy is a capable messaging application and its slick Unity integration has almost tempted me into using it. But I’m a Pidgin fan. If you are too then don’t fret:  Launchpad user jf has patched up Pidgin to take advantage of the unread message badge on Unity’s Launcher. If the blue-icon in the panel doesn’t [...]

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Run Skype as a daemon and manage it from Empathy or Pidgin in Ubuntu 11.04

On April 18, 2011, in Linux, by dipinkrishna

As great as Skype are for providing a Linux client having to run/swap between it and your multi-protocol client of choice isn’t an ideal set up. Gzap stopped by the OMG! Ubuntu! inbox to drop off a tip that unifies Skype and Empathy; by installing the pidgin-skype plugin from the Ubuntu Software Centre you can manage [...]

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How to: Tweet using pidgin in ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat

On October 9, 2010, in General, by dipinkrishna

As everyone knows “Pidgin” is a very popular multi-featured instant messaging desktop client that is used by millions of Linux users. It supports a wide range of chat networks like Yahoo!, AIM, Google Talk, ICQ, and IRC. You can even send and receive SMS (Text Messages) for free via Pidgin. So if it can do [...]

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How to: Tweet using pidgin in ubuntu 10.04

On July 21, 2010, in Ubuntu, by dipinkrishna

As everyone knows “Pidgin” is a very popular multi-featured instant messaging desktop client that is used by millions of Linux users. It supports a wide range of chat networks like Yahoo!, AIM, Google Talk, ICQ, and IRC. You can even send and receive SMS (Text Messages) for free via Pidgin. So if it can do [...]

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