Pidgin IM Client 2.5.0 Released

Posted by Michael Larabel on August 20, 2008

Pidgin 2.4.0 was released back in March with a number of new features, but replacing that this week is Pidgin 2.5.0. This update delivers a number of new features such as the ability for libpurple to create custom emoticons, SSL certifications support to the NSS SSL plug-in, the MSN protocol is updated to version 15, MSN offline IM now supported, Finch improvements, and there are many other changes. The Pidgin 2.5.0 change-log can be found on their Wiki Change-Log. Download Pidgin 2.5.0 for your favorite platform from Pidgin.im.

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