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Pidgin
Pidgin is a instant messaging & internet relay chat (IRC).
Installation
Install an appropriate software package:
Setup Puppy IRC
- Open Pidgin
- Click on Add account.
- Change the protocol to IRC
- Enter a screen name... eg IceUser
- Change the Server to irc.freenode.net
- Click Buddies...Add Chat
- In the Channel Box add...#puppylinux
- Put a checkmark in Auto-Login if you want to go to the Puppy IRC Chat EVERY time you open Pidgin. Otherwise, leave Auto-Login blank.blank.
or if you've already started using Gaim
- Add Screen name
- Click Save.
- Click sign on
- Click on your Buddy List...Buddies...Add Chat
- Select your IRC (irc.freenode.net) account
- In the Channel Box add...#puppylinux
- Click on Add.
- Right Click on IRC-#puppylinux in the Buddy List window and set to Auto-Join. This will automatically join the #puppylinux channel anytime you connect to irc.freenode.net
More information
So who protects long-term privacy by supporting perfect forward secrecy?... Outside of the web, emails encrypted using the OpenPGP standard do not have forward secrecy, but instant messages (or text messages) encrypted using the OTR protocol do.
Compiling
Package Pidgin. Download source code for Pidgin website.
For systems with glibc version ≥ 2.15, dependencies:
Also on the Wiki
IRC channels
#puppylinux (at irc.freenode.net)
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