A Little Empathy For Pidgin

Courtesy Linux Magazine: Top Stories  Thu, 08/27/2009 - 07:53

With the integration of the Telepathy framework into GNOME, most distributions are dropping the old instant messaging favorite Pidgin, for the new upstream application Empathy.

It's a reminder of the important role that distributions play in making choices for us all.

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