Pidgin is one of the most loved chat client software for developers and all the person who are chat box kind of person.Actually this is such a nice open source project and available for almost all the plateform. This software supports all the popular chat protocols and provides a secure channel to connect with the open social media like Myspace and facebook. You know my most of the friends are really surprised by seeing me online all the time with different social websites and in different emails all the time. They should know what i am using to stay in touch with my all friends and colleagues.Facebook protocol is not available in the default setup of the pidgin but you can download the face book plugin free of cost and can install in your system and yup, now you got the seamless connectivity with the facebook and this will provides all kind of Facebook notification at instant. Here is the link to downlaod Pidgin. http://www.pidgin.im/download/ By the way you can also use
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