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====Pidgin====
~**Pidgin** is a instant messaging & internet relay chat (IRC).

==Installation==
~Install an appropriate software package:
~[[http://www.smokey01.com/coolpup/pidgin.html Binary code distribution:packaged by coolpup]]
~[[http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=64385 Pidgin]] packaged by [[dejan555]]

==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.
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~~//or// if you've already started using [[Gaim]]
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~-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, [[https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/08/pushing-perfect-forward-secrecy-important-web-privacy-protection 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 [[http://www.pidgin.im/download/source/ Pidgin website]].
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~For systems with [[glibc]] version ≥ 2.15, dependencies:
~~[[http://www.smokey01.com/coolpup Pidgin TXZ]] packaged by [[CoolPup]]
~~[[http://www.smokey01.com/coolpup pidgin-otr]] packaged by [[CoolPup]]
~~[[http://www.smokey01.com/coolpup libotr]] packaged by [[CoolPup]]
~~+[[gnutls]],+[[libxml2]],+[[libgcrypt]],+zlib,+[[libgpgerror libgpg-error]]

==Also on the Wiki==
~[[ChatRoom Chat Room - IRC]]
~[[software]]

==IRC channels==
~#puppylinux (at irc.freenode.net)

==Related Webpages==
~[[http://www.pidgin.im/ Pidgin homepage]]
~[[http://rhinoweb.us/howtopuppyircgaim.htm Flash video on setting up Pidgin (Gaim) for IRC]]
~[[https://ssd.eff.org/tech/im Surveillance Self-Defense (eff)]]
~[[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=puppy+pidgin+irc Pidgin & Internet relay chat (youtube)]]
~[[https://www.eff.org/ Electronic Frontier Foundation]]
~~[[https://www.eff.org/helpout helpout]]
~[[http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/xsoft/pidgin.html linuxfromscratch.org]]
~[[http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=84362 Forum topic t=84362]]
~https://crypto.cat/

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