Pidgin 2.7 is here with some Bug Fixes and new Features

Good news for all the pidgin fans, Pidgin developers have announced the release of the brand new Pidgin 2.7.0. This release brings a lot of protocol support improvements, bug fixes and new features. Major changes include a better search dialog, better integration in the notification area, fixing some msn relates security issues and a lot more.

Pidgin 2.7 Highlights

• Markup in buddy names is now supported.
• GtkStatusIcon for docklet provides better integration in the notification area.
• Some improvements in the "Message Timestamp Formats" plugin.
• Ctrl+shift+v to 'paste as plain text'.
• IPv6 support for Bonjour protocol.
• New button added for sending buzz or nudge on supported protocols.
• The denial of service vulnerability in the msn protocol dealing with emoticons has been fixed.
• Bye Bye to msn protocol version 9.

For a whole list of features and fixes, read the full releaselog.

Install Pidgin 2.7 on Ubuntu

Pidgin 2.7 ubuntu deb package is not available in the pidgin-developers PPA, so you can either wait for them to come up with it or you can add the PPA of Andrea Piccinelli and enjoy the new Pidgin 2.7. Here is the PPA overview page of Andrea, use the instructions on installing a software using ppa in ubuntu to get it done.

Install Pidgin 2.7 on Fedora

Fedora 6 or 7 users can add this pidgin.repo file in /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory and run.

[shredder12]$ su -c 'yum install pidgin'

for users of Fedora 8 or above, you will have to go for either installation through source or wait for a rpm to arrive in the repos. In case someone knows of a latest rpm, do leave a comment.