Pidgin is a multi-protocol instant messaging client compatible with AIM (Oscar and TOC protocols), Yahoo, ICQ, MSN Messenger, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Jabber and Zephyr networks.
Pidgin users can log in to multiple accounts on multiple IM networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on AOL Instant Messenger, talking to a friend on Yahoo Messenger, and sitting in an IRC channel all at the same time.
Pidgin supports many features of the various networks, such as file transfer (coming soon), away messages, typing notification, and MSN window closing notification.
Pidgin also goes beyond that and provides many unique features.
A few popular features are Buddy Pounces, which give the ability to notify you, send a message, play a sound, or run a program when a specific buddy goes away, signs online, or returns from idle; and plugins, consisting of text replacement, a buddy ticker, extended message notification, iconify on away, and more.
Note: Pidgin downloads an appropriate version of GTK+. GTK+ is now installed locally for Pidgin, and not system-wide, thus Pidgin will not interfere with other GTK+ apps on your system.
If you would like to have GTK+ included in the installer, you can download an offline installer that bundles everything except spell-checking dictionaries.

Requirements:
· GTK

What's New in This Release:
General:
· Implement simple silence suppression for voice calls, preventing wasted bandwidth for silent periods during a call.
· Added the DigiCert? High Assurance CA-3 intermediate CA, needed for validation of the Facebook XMPP interface's certificate.
· Removed the QQ protocol plugin. It hasn't worked in a long time and isn't being maintained, therefore we no longer want it.
Pidgin:
· Duplicate code cleanup.
· Voice/Video call window adapts correctly to adding or removing streams on the fly.
· Don't cancel an ongoing call when rejecting the addition of a stream to the existing call.
· Pidgin plugins can now override tab completion and detect clicks on usernames in the chat userlist.
· Fix the tooltip being destroyed when it is full of information and cover the mouse (dliang)
libpurple:
· media: Allow obtaining active local and remote candidates.
· media: Allow getting/setting video capabilities.
· Simple Silence Suppression is optional per-account.
· Fix purple-url-handler being ...