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Pidgin notification balloons

A while back, I posted about installing pidgin-plugin-pack to enhance the functionalities of Pidgin. Since then, I have discovered an additional plugin, which is not part of the plugin pack. This plugin is called “pidgin-libnotify”. It creates notification popup balloons to inform you about activities, such as new incoming message, buddy sign in/off, etc. To [...]

Posted 18 September 2008 § Ubuntu Linux ‡ Comments (4) ° Also tagged: , ,

Sound clips for Pidgin in eeePC

When I first started using Pidgin in eeePC 900 (running Ubuntu Hardy), I wonder why there was no notification sounds. In Pidgin, you can enable various sounds for when someone login into the IM or chat, logout, when someone send you a message, and when you send a message back. However, none of these sounds [...]

Posted 28 August 2008 § Ubuntu Linux ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Move pidgin data

I recently got an Asus EeePC 900 laptop. I tried the default Xandros Linux for a short while and promptly overwrite it with Ubuntu Hardy 8.04. The installation was straightforward, but the customizations required were convoluted. When I find the time, I will post about the various hacks that need to be applied. However, this [...]

Posted 16 July 2008 § Ubuntu Linux ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged:

Additional pidgin plugin pack and smiley themes

If you are using Pidgin, you might want to install pidgin-plugin-pack, which gives you 30 additional plugins.  Some examples: Highlight: adds support for highlighting user specified words Ignore: ignore either all or just chat communication from a specific person Last Seen: tooltip with time a buddy has been offline and their last message Offline Message: [...]

Posted 04 July 2008 § Ubuntu Linux ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,