“It’s the release that Gaim users have been waiting for since
December 2005. After seven beta releases, several interface
revamps, and a name change, Pidgin 2.0 is finally available in the
wild. It’s an improvement over the Gaim 1.5 series, but it’s
disappointing that after all that time, voice support for instant
messaging networks that support that feature is still absent.“Pidgin 2.0 is available as binaries for Fedora Core and
Windows, and source code. The Pidgin Web site explains how the
Pidgin developers decide which platforms get packages and which do
not…”