Reeyarn wrote:
> 2008/6/15 Ji ZhengYu <
zhengyuji@gmail.com>:
>
>> On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Star Liu <
minxinjianxin@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Everyone, I'm sorry to ask this silly question here. I'm now using the
>>> microsoft live messenger, live spaces and hotmail as my IM, blog and
>> email
>>> service provider, because i'm a windows user for a so long time. Two
>> weeks
>>> before, I installed debian etch and lenny, and i like it very much. I'd
>> like
>>> to get your opinions about which IM, blog and email services which suits
>>> debian best. Thanks!
>>>
>> IM: pidgin 2.4.2
>> Blog: I don't use it
>> Email: gmail (strongly recommended)
>>
>> And I think you'd like to download source of pidgin 2.4.2 and install it,
>> for the pidgin in etch (or lenny) is out-of-date, what's more, that will
>> install many many plugins which you never use.
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> G
>>
>>
>>
> As far as I know, lenny, the current testing release, simply doesn't provide
> latest version of any packages, because they are allowed to enter this
> distribution only after a certain period of time has passed.
>
> To get pidgin 2.4.2 via apt-get or aptitude, simple try to add an 'unstable'
> in your sources list,
> then run apt-get update and apt-get install pidgin to get 2.4.2, and remove
> the 'unstable' item from the sources list afterwards.
>
> Regards,
>
> Reeyarn
>