Gaim has a new name, Pidgin! Not just a new name, they also have a new look for their website, a new project URL (www.pidgin.im), a new mascot and many features. Install Pidgin In Ubuntu 1. First step is to get pidgin source code, in your terminal wget http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?group_id=235&filename=pidgin-2.0.0.tar.bz2 2. Then, install required development package. [...]