Pidgin

What Is It?

Pidgin is an Instant Messaging Client for Windows & Linux. It Provides onsite instant messaging capability It is capable of connecting to offsite instant messaging services such as Yahoo, MSN, AOL . Computing Division supports only the Jabber (XMPP) Protocol.

Current Version

The current STABLE Version for Windows XP or later is 2.4.1

System Requirements

Below are the requirements needed in order to run Pidgin at Fermilab.

Computer/Processor: Intel or AMD processor
Operating System: Windows 2000 or Later
Memory: 256MB
Disk Space: 33 MB
Additional requirements:
- Administrative privileges are needed to install Pidgin.

How To Obtain

This software is made available free of charge to FNAL users and visitors.

Installing

The software can be downloaded and installed here.

Using

KB Article: How do I configure Pidgin to access Fermilab's Jabber server?

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