Pidgin 是一款支持多个常用即时通信协议的 IM 工具。是 Linux 下的主要">即时通讯工具。
version 2.7.9 (12/26/2010)更新：
·MSN: Fix CVE-2010-4528, a crash when receiving short packets related to P2Pv2 messages.
version 2.7.8 (12/19/2010)更新：
·修复 purple-remote 在 Python 2.6 下异常
·新的用户协助界面（New UI hack to assist in first-time setup of Facebook accounts with icon from Jakub Szypulka.）
·修复 AIM 和 ICQ 用户不能正确设置消息状态的问题
·更新 Gadu-Gadu 外部依赖 libgadu 的版本，最低要求 libgadu 1.9.0
·修复 Pidgin MSN 中的多个 bug
·终止对 XMPP 协议中 Jingle sessions 不支持的内容类型的支持
下载地址：
Pidgin 2.7.9 for Windows：
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/files/Pidgin/2.7.9/pidgin-2.7.9.exe
Pidgin 2.7.9 Source：
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/files/Pidgin/2.7.9/pidgin-2.7.9.tar.bz2
Pidgin 2.7.9 for CentOS / RHEL ：
http://rpm.pidgin.im/centos/pidgin.repo
Ubuntu：
Ubuntu ships Pidgin but does not update it after a release (except for security issues and high-severity bugs). For those users who desire new releases of Pidgin, we have packaged Pidgin in a PPA. If you encounter problems with these packages, try building from source and report the bug.
To setup the PPA, follow these steps:
1. Click to download the Pidgin PPA package.
2. Select Open with: and GDebi Package Installer. Click OK.
3. Click Install Package.
4. Click Close. Then close GDebi.
After doing this, check for and apply updates:
1. Click System, point to Administration, and click Update Manager.
2. Click Check.
3. Click Install Updates.
Future Pidgin updates will show up in Update Manager along with the usual Ubuntu updates.
This PPA often lags behind the source releases a couple of days, so please be patient.
This PPA supports Ubuntu Lucid (10.04) and newer.