
This final step will add your channel to 'Buddies': go to Buddies > Add chat, fill the correct channel in the textbox named channel (#archlinux). msg nickserv register password email-addresįollow the instructions from the registration mail. Now go to Buddies > New instant message (or hit Ctrl+m), fill 'libera.chat' in the textbox and then click 'Ok'. It should work for other IRC networks as long as you substitute the port numbers and other specific settings. This is a small tutorial for connecting to the Libera Chat network. To make use of the new WIM protocol on ICQ, you should install the purple-icyque-git AUR plug-in. Since December 2018, the old OSCAR protocol is no longer officially supported as it has been replaced by the newer WIM protocol. Pidgin only comes with the original OSCAR ICQ protocol. Install the purple-hangouts-git AUR package. Then add a new account, select Facebook as the protocol, enter your Facebook username and password and login. Then add a new account, select Discord as the protocol, enter your Discord login e-mail address and its password. Install the purple-discord-git AUR package.

Although AIM has officially ceased, unofficial AIM-based servers like AIM Phoenix operate and can be used on Pidgin by changing the server address in the AIM protocol account settings. Pidgin has out-of-the-box support for AOL Instant Messenger (AIM). It allows you to switch between multiple languages. Note: The switch spell plugin is included in the purple-plugin-pack. The aspell package will be installed as a dependency, but to prevent all of your text from showing up as incorrect you will need to install an aspell dictionary.


You may also want to install additional plugins from the purple-plugin-pack. Pidgin Light - Light Pidgin version without GStreamer, Tcl/Tk, XScreenSaver, video/voice support.11.3 ICQ Buddy Information encoding fix.3.8 SIP/Simple protocol for Skype for Business/Office 365/Lync.
