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Pidgin 3.0 Experimental 1 released (discourse.imfreedom.org)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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[-] SauceFlexr@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] hallettj@leminal.space 6 points 2 months ago

And they're still on Sourceforge!

[-] Sarcasmo220@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

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

[-] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 18 points 2 months ago

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

[-] BigTechMustBurn@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

[-] Bitflip@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 months ago
[-] KotFlinte@feddit.org 9 points 2 months ago

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)

[-] drascus@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

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

[-] eugenia@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] Morphit@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago

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 2 points 2 months ago

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

[-] christophski@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago

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

[-] technocat@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

I wonder if Finch is still around.

[-] Mwa@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Is it gonna be rebuilt on LibAdwaita?

[-] petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago

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 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

[-] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

looks like it, yeah

[-] elude@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

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

[-] petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago

It won't be 😔

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