2008/6/15 Ji ZhengYu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Star Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 for the pidgin in etch (or lenny) is out-of-date, what's more, that will 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
