Download Pidgin 2.0.1

Yesterday Anonymous: 155604 saw on the Pidgin website that the developers have released a new version of the instant messenger in the form of 2.0.1. Pidgin – the new name of Gaim – is a multi-protocol im client for Windows and Unix-like operating systems that allows logging in to various chat networks, including those of MSN, AIM, Jabber, ICQ and IRC. The new 2.0.1 release follows the 2.0.0 version released at the beginning of this month and has more than a hundred bug fixes compared to its predecessor, according to the makers. Pidgin 2.0.1 can be downloaded for Windows, Fedora Core and CentOS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Also is the source code made available under the gpl license. Here’s what the developers changed in version 2.0.1:

We’ve released version 2.0.1 of Pidgin (formally Gaim). This is a bugfix release addressing over 100 bugs reported in 2.0.0. Keep those bugs coming in, and we’ll continue making regular, frequent releases.

version 2.0.1

• Buddy list update speedups when buddy icons are not being displayed. (Scott Wolchok)
• Fix icons on docklet change status menu to match the status selector
• Custom smileys on MSN can be saved by right-clicking on them
• Fix a crash deleting a buddy that is in the Buddy List more than once
• Compile fixes for Solaris
• Fix GTalk formatting when there’s a space before/after a */_
• Fix Log viewer crash when the filename is not in the expected format
• Get User Info now provides immediate feedback, and is updated when the user information is available
• Make the choose buddy icon dialog correctly list the current directory
• Fix for buddy icons disappearing
• Timestamps are always on in debug output (-d) and Debug Window now
• Don’t Escape HTML Entities in Yahoo! system messages
• Fix for the choose buddy icon dialog resizing strangely as files are selected
• Receives notifications when XMPP buddies send “leaving chat” messages
• Fix the typing animation so it doesn’t stop animating once a conversation has gone from typing -> not typing -> typing
• Fix error messages when joining XMPP chats
• Identify the account when warning about plaintext auth over an unencrypted channel
• Fix XMPP SASL authentication error when using Cyrus and a connect server
• Fix changing tab locations to update properly
• Turning off “Show formatting on incoming messages” now ignores formatting in tags too
• File transfer progress for transfers on MSN is now correctly displayed
• You can set/change alias of buddies/chats by double-clicking on the conversation tabs (Ma Xuan)
• Fix IRC connection bug with dircproxy (xjoe)
• Ctrl+[shift]+tab focuses the next most active tab (William Thompson)
• Fix Open Hotmail Inbox for MSN to work more reliably
• Add a Google Talk item to the protocol list, to help users who think we don’t support Google Talk. The item acts just like “XMPP”.
• Remember if the X server supports XScreenSaver, to avoid waking it every 5 seconds. (Arjan van de Ven with Intel Corporation)
• Change our idle checking to poll only as necessary and raise the unidle timeout from 5 seconds to 60 when using XScreenSaver. This and the XScreenSaver change will reduce Pidgin’s effect on power consumption when running with NO_HZ. (Arjan van de Ven with Intel Corporation)
• Conversation -> Save As will now use aliases.
• ALSA added as a possible sound method
• Google Talk accounts will not import buddies from your Gmail address book