Pidgin

A newer version of Pidgin is available.

• 4.0 stars

  "Good Integrator of Instant Messaging Services"

  March 24, 2011  |   By spudnubber

  Pros

  - Integrates many different IM services
  - No new account required
  - Notification
  - Support for File Transferring

  Cons

  - It is not fancy looking (there may be Skins, I did not look into it and did not use it very long)
  - The Facebook connection could be a bit confusing (I believe you have to have a username in your Facebook account separate from email)

  Summary

  I think it is a good program, although I prefer Digsby, which also integrates emails and Facebook stuff other than chat. Digsby is also nicer looking only because there is easy switching of skins in the settings/preferences. Both programs seemed to me to use very little system resources.

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• Reply by andreaborman on May 2, 2011

  I use Instantbird,which is like Pidgin but a a much simpler version of it. It is much more user friendly than Pidgin and is lighter on the system. And as I have a Netbook that is important too. Try Instantbird. Andrea Borman.

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