Pidgin 3.0 Experimental 1 released (discourse.imfreedom.org)
from petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de to linux@lemmy.ml on 01 Jan 19:35
https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/27821463

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SauceFlexr@lemmy.world on 01 Jan 19:45 next collapse

I can’t believe this is still going. I used this back in the day as the superior AIM client. This was truly a blast from the past that I didn’t expect in 2025.

Sarcasmo220@lemmy.ml on 01 Jan 22:10 next collapse

I remember it for the same reason. Pretty cool that the project is still going

hallettj@leminal.space on 02 Jan 02:32 collapse

And they’re still on Sourceforge!

Flax_vert@feddit.uk on 01 Jan 20:05 next collapse

It doesn’t work well with XMPP unfortunately

sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al on 01 Jan 21:26 next collapse

I remember that I switched to this from Trillian back in the day.

BigTechMustBurn@lemmy.ml on 02 Jan 11:21 collapse

Whatever happened to Trillian? Really liked its design back then.

sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al on 02 Jan 14:04 collapse

WhatsApp

BigTechMustBurn@lemmy.ml on 02 Jan 19:28 collapse

Sad but true.

Bitflip@lemmy.ml on 01 Jan 21:52 next collapse

Gaim❤️

technocat@lemm.ee on 01 Jan 22:23 next collapse

I wonder if Finch is still around.

drascus@sh.itjust.works on 02 Jan 01:06 next collapse

Honestly i didn’t even know this was still a thing

KotFlinte@feddit.org on 02 Jan 11:09 next collapse

Interesting, that’s a name I didn’t hear in a long time!

I’m wondering if matrix support is planned at some point (maybe even natively, I’ve seen that there is a plugin for it but the last commit to that was 2 years ago)

eugenia@lemmy.ml on 02 Jan 12:56 next collapse

Ι hope they stop all their old protocols, and include only xmpp, matrix, irc, and maybe a couple more relevant ones, but drop msn/icq etc old stuff.

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca on 02 Jan 14:19 next collapse

The key is modules. Then people can use the protocols that work, even if they’re a little stale.

Morphit@feddit.uk on 02 Jan 20:57 collapse

I think ICQ, AIM and MSN messenger are all dead now. WhatsApp works on Matrix via a bridge. Not sure about other platforms.

Termight@lemmy.ml on 02 Jan 14:01 next collapse

Using gajim but will go back to pidgin when it adds xmpp to v3.

Mwa@lemm.ee on 02 Jan 16:49 next collapse

Is it gonna be rebuilt on LibAdwaita?

petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de on 02 Jan 18:32 next collapse

yes

Initially Pidgin 3 supported both GTK+ 2 and 3 but shortly after Gary took over, GTK+ 2 support was dropped. A few years later, it was then decided we should just bite the bullet and move to GTK 4 instead, as GTK+ 3 was no longer being actively developed which meant we were just creating tech debt. As part of the GTK 4 migration we also pulled in Adwaita even though we’re not an official GNOME application.

Mwa@lemm.ee on 02 Jan 19:19 collapse

Aww man (well it’s fine but ngl libAdwaita fits poorly outside of gnome)

Blisterexe@lemmy.zip on 02 Jan 20:22 collapse

looks like it, yeah

christophski@feddit.uk on 02 Jan 21:43 next collapse

Love that this is still going, spent literally hours and hours on this for MSN a long time ago

elude@lemmy.ml on 06 Jan 12:58 collapse

Tell me it’s rewritten in Rust, and I’ll orgasm.

petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de on 06 Jan 13:25 collapse

It won’t be 😔