#gaim — Public Fediverse posts
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In case you missed it, I **FINALLY** published the #StateOfTheBird for April 2026!
I'm not sure why @news isn't showing up for me on @mastodon.social so I can't boost it, but here it is anyways. If anyone has any ideas on why that might be, please let me know!
https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-the-bird-april-2026/388
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Greetings Programs!! Tonight we're going to be focusing on creating the @gaim 3 conversation window to make this thing usable finally! Come on by!!
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Greetings Programs!! We're back tonight working on all things @pidgin 3.0 Alpha 2 related and maybe even some @gaim 3.0 Alpha 2 stuff as well! Come on by!!
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Greetings Programs! We're back at it again, 4th stream in 3 days.. I must be sick.. Oh, no? Yeah that's right I'm now under employed which means more streams!
Anyways we're continuing our work on @pidgin 3.0 Alpha 2 and hopefully we're get into some @gaim work today too!!
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(Linux news in previous posts)
FOSS NEWS
MidnightBSD 4.0.4 Released With Aged & Agectl For Age Verification/Attestation:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/MidnightBSD-4.0.4
(I wonder what the heck is going on in the project that they didn't want to comply, and then they suddenly do... Hopefully it won't happen to more currently non-compliant projects)GhostBSD says no to age verification, but will probably comply with age attestation laws:
https://forums.ghostbsd.org/d/793-freebsd-and-age-verification/35
(Now that's pretty sad, GhostBSD was one of the systems I would consider if I ever decided to switch to BSD. I'll stay on Linux because there are quite a few distros who openly oppose this nonsense, but I'd like to see at least one BSD system fully opposing just in case)Introducing Proton Meet: Confidential video calls for work and life:
https://proton.me/business/blog/introducing-proton-meetWaterfox to integrate Brave adblock engine, with search ads enabled by default:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/waterfox-to-integrate-brave-adblock-engine-with-search-ads-enabled-by-default/Floorp introduces Zen Mode and enhanced Split View with 4 panes:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/3/floorp-introduces-zen-mode-and-enhanced-split-view-with-4-panes/OBS Studio 32.1.1 Is Out to Improve the Audio Mixer and Audio Deduplication:
https://9to5linux.com/obs-studio-32-1-1-is-out-to-improve-the-audio-mixer-and-audio-deduplicationGaim 3 Is In Development For Restoring The Original Gaim Instant Messaging App In GTK4:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Gaim-3-In-DevelopmentJami “Euclid” brings revamped UI, improved accessibility, better RTL support, and more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/jami-euclid-brings-revamped-ui-improved-accessibility-better-rtl-support-and-more/OptiScaler tool gets a huge new release with more upscaling and frame generation goodies:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/optiscaler-tool-gets-a-huge-new-release-with-more-upscaling-and-frame-generation-goodies/ScummVM 2026.2.0 "Railmonicon" out now supporting more retro games:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/scummvm-2026-2-0-railmonicon-out-now-supporting-more-retro-games/OpenGOAL project adds the Naughty Dog classic Jak 3:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/opengoal-project-adds-the-naughty-dog-classic-jak-3/Chiaki-ng the open-source PlayStation Remote Play app gets better streaming quality and stability:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/chiaki-ng-the-open-source-playstation-remote-play-app-gets-better-streaming-quality-and-stability/Heretic II has a new reverse-engineered source port:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/heretic-ii-has-a-new-reverse-engineered-source-port/(more FOSS news in comments)
#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #OpenSourceNews #News #AgeVerification #BSD #MidnightBSD #GhostBSD #ProtonMeet #Waterfox #Floorp #OBS #Jami #ScummVM #Gaim #OptiScaler #Heretic #FosseryTech
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Zwei Neuigkeiten aus der Open Source-Szene, wo ich nicht mal mehr dachte, dass ich das noch hören würde:
1. Der altgediente Messenger #Gaim wird neu aufgelegt: https://gaim.imfreedom.org/
2. #Pidgin 3.0 geht endlich in die Alpha: https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-3-0-alpha-1-2-95-0-has-been-released/378
Pidgin habe ich früher wirklich geliebt... :)
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RE: https://masto.ai/@phoronix/116326658614727908
Qué fricada. Ni me acordaba de #Gaim. ¡Gaim vuelve! Pero no en forma de chapa, ojo.
Gaim era de la época del aMSN.
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Torna Gaim! Treballen en la versió 3.
Creieu que cal? És necessari avui dia? O és una broma del April Fools' Day?
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I'm bored. let me launch #Gaim to see if my friends are online!
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@pidgin This is the post I was researching.. the #Gaim / #Pidgin history is crazy. I mean, I was there, I know this, but it still amazes me 😅
https://lobste.rs/s/aqhrie/barev_xmpp_flavoured_p2p_protocol#c_rh062q
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So per https://gaim.pidgin.im/index.php?id=13 today is #Gaim / @pidgin 's Birthday and I somehow totally forgot yet again. Might try to do something tonight, but what do you remember or miss the most about #Gaim / @pidgin ?
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Greetings Programs!! Tonight is #Gaim night.. nah we did that one before.. Anyways we're continuing our work towards @pidgin 3! So come on by!! https://twitch.tv/rw_girm/ https://youtube.com/@rw_grim #OpenSource #OpenSourceLive #C #GTK #Development #LiveCoding
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Sunday Paper
Jeff Ventura writes about Apple's role in Microsoft's downfall. The agent is OS-X. CrunchGear reports that Comcast thinks its best customers should get off its network. Broadband networks are not to be used to watch videos or download software. Web Worker Daily wants to know what chores you outsource? I briefly outsourced housecleaning before my wife took personal offence. And the Linux and Open Source Blog reports that GAIM makes nice with AOL and gets a new name. On my MacBook, I use […]
