I am talking about the latest instant messaging client from the Gaim series, called Pidgin, which came after a long period of waiting and broke the download tops. Pidgin can now run on platforms such as Windows, Solaris, SkyOS and Qtopia, beside FreeBSD and Linux of course. Here’s a short list of good reasons to replace your MSN Messenger or Live Messenger with Pidgin:

Pidgin is open-source
An open-source software have many advantages: It’s free most of the time, and its source code is accessible, so you can be sure that no backdoor exists in the program

Pidgin can deal with 16 IM protocol
Of course, Pidgin works with the MSN protocol, but also on AIM, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Google Talk, Groupwise, ICQ, IRC, MySpaceIM, QQ, SILC, SIMPLE, Sametime, XMPP, Yahoo! Messenger and Zephyr, for a total of 16 IM protocols.
Remember some years ago, when you had to download a new client just because the friend you wanted to talk to didn’t use the same protocol as you? With Pidgin, this time’s over.

Pidgin is advertising-free

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