FUDCon APAC 2015 - Call for Papers

FUDCon is the Fedora Users and Developers Conference, a major free software event held in various regions around the world, usually annually per region. This time it is to be held in Pune – one of the premiere IT & Software hubs of India! The aim of FUDCon is bringing Fedora community members together to engage in various innovative ideas/activities and showcase the new technologies developed. FUDCon is a combination of sessions, talks, workshops, and hackfests in which contributors work on specific initiatives.

FUDCon APAC 2015 is organized in association with the Maharashtra Institute of Technology College of Engineering (MIT COE) [2], one of the premiere engineering colleges in Pune, at their Campus. India was host to FUDCon in 2006 and 2011 and is now back in 2015.

Keeping in line with the aim of increasing participation to Fedora and engaging with various OpenSource communities, FUDCon invites you to submit proposals of interest for Talks, Workshops and Hackfests.

Topics may include but not limited to:
Cloud
Development
DevOps
Embedded Systems
Fedora
Internationalization & Localization
Opensource
Quality Engineering
Security

You can submit your proposals through below link [1] on or before 9th March 2015.

1.http://fudcon.in/

2.http://www.mitcoe.ac.in/

Source: http://fudcon.in/call-paper

Fedora 19 - Schrödinger's Cat - Released

The Red Hat team has released the much awaited Fedora 19 Schrödinger's Cat with latest Kernel release
It has got few important changes from previous releases. This release will keep you more updated with cutting edge technology.

Fedora is a leading-edge, free and open source operating system that continues to deliver innovative features to many users, with a new release about every six months.. or so. But this time it got delayed and obviously all the enthusiast will be in a hope that this has to do more with the cutting edge technology and they are right. Schrödinger's Cat, is of course, Fedora's best release yet.

To download your copy, click on any of the following links.
http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora

With more download options:
http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-options

With all download methods:
http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-all

Get a copy of Fedora Media sent via postal mail.

Purchase installation media for Fedora from online vendors or a local vendor in your area.

To order an online DVD in India, just get your copy from http://linuxplate.in/ref/sikku

Can't afford the price of installation media? Request Fedora installation media from the Fedora Free Media Program. (Please read the entire site before ordering)

What's New in Fedora 19?

A complete list with details of each new feature is available here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/19/FeatureList

== Make new things ==

Would you like to play? Whether you're a developer, maker, or just starting to learn about open source development, we have what you need to bring your ideas to reality. Here's a peek at some of our new tools:

* Developer's Assistant is a tool for new developers that helps you to get started on a code project by offering templates, samples, and toolchains for a variety of languages. And when you're finished, you can publish directly to GitHub!

* 3D modelling and printing are supported with OpenSCAD, Skeinforge, SFACT, Printrun, RepetierHost, and other tool options. Get printing without having to download binary blobs or run Python code from git.

* OpenShift Origin makes it easy for you to build your own Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) infrastructure, allowing you to enable others to easily develop and deploy software.

* node.js is a popular Javascript-based platform for those building scalable network applications or real-time apps across distributed devices.

* Ruby 2.0.0 moves into Fedora but keeps source-level backwards compatibility with your Ruby 1.9.3 software. We're also giving you a custom Ruby loader to use to easily switch interpreters.

* MariaDB offers a truly open MySQL implementation and is now the default MySQL option in Fedora.

== Deploy, Monitor, and Manage ==
You don't have to work so hard when your machines are doing it for you. Regardless of how many you have, Fedora 19 helps you boot-manage your systems and gives you the tools you need for diagnosis, monitoring, and logging.

* systemd Resource Control is one of many systemd enhancements in this release. It lets you modify your service settings without a reboot by dynamically querying and modifying resource control parameters at runtime.

* Kerberos administrators no longer need their clients to sync their clocks or to have reverse DNS records carefully setup for services. Fedora 19 also includes Kerberos-enabled, LDAP replicated, two-factor authentication for FreeIPA.

* Checkpoint & Restore lets you checkpoint and restore a process. It is useful for issues like process failure or moving a process to another machine for maintenance or load balancing.

* OpenLMI is a common infrastructure for the management of Linux systems that makes remote management of machines much simpler. *** Downloads, upgrades, documentation, and common bugs ***

Start by downloading Fedora 19:
http://get.fedoraproject.org/

If you are upgrading from a previous release of Fedora, refer to:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading

Fedora now includes FedUp in order to enable an easy upgrade to Fedora 19.

*** Documentation ***

Read the full release notes for Fedora 19, guides for several languages, and learn about known bugs and how to report new ones:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/

Because of the number of changes to the installer, we particularly suggest taking a peek at the Installation Guide:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/19/html/Installation_Guide/index.html

Fedora 19 common bugs are documented at:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F19_bugs

This page includes information on several known bugs in the installer, so we recommend reading it before installing Fedora 19.*** Fedora 20 ***

Fedora 20 has been in active development for several months already. We plan to release it in November 2013, though the final schedule is part of the planning process and subject to change:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/20/Schedule
 

Fedora 19 Beta for ARM is Available

Fedora 19 Beta for ARM is now available for download from:

https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora-secondary/releases/test/19-Beta/Images/armhfp/

This marks the last significant milestone before reaching the final release of Fedora 19 for ARM, with only critical bug fixes being added as updates to make this the most solid release to date.

This marks the first time the Fedora ARM team will be releasing the F19 Beta alongside Primary Architectures.

The Fedora 19 Beta for ARM includes two pre-built images - one for use with the Pandaboard and Pandaboard ES which require special partitioning, the second will support the Trimslice and Versatile Express(QEMU). The Beta for ARM also includes an installation tree in the yum repository which may be used to PXE-boot a kickstart-based installation on systems that support this option, such as the
Calxeda EnergyCore (HighBank).

For additional information including detailed installation instructions, please visit the Fedora 19 Beta for ARM page:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/F19/Beta

Fedora 19 "Schrödinger's Cat" beta release

Fedora 19 "Schrödinger's Cat" beta release is ready to be Downloaded.

http://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease

**** What is the Beta release? ****

The Beta release is the last important milestone before the release of Fedora 19. Only critical bug fixes will be pushed as updates, leading up to the general release of Fedora 19. Join us in making Fedora 19 a
solid release by downloading, testing, and providing your valuable feedback.

Of course, this is a beta release, meaning that some problems may still be lurking. A list of the problems we already know about is found at the Common F19 bugs page, seen here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F19_bugs

**** Features ****

Fedora 19 continues the long tradition of bringing the latest technologies to open source software users. No matter what you do with open source, Fedora 19 has the tools you need to help you get things done.

A complete list with details of each new feature is available here:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/19/FeatureList

=== Make new things ===

* 3D modelling and printing are enabled through a variety of tools, including OpenSCAD, Skeinforge, SFACT, Printrun, and RepetierHost. By bringing 3D printing tools into Fedora, you can get started with
  what's ready-to-go in the repositories without having to download binary blobs or run Python code from git.

* OpenShift Origin makes it easy for you to build your own Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) infrastructure, allowing you to enable others to easily develop and deploy software.

* node.js is a popular Javascript-based platform for those building scalable network applications or real-time apps across distributed devices.  Also included is the npm package manager, providing access to over 20,000 programs and libraries available under free and open source licenses.

* Ruby 2.0.0, just released in February, comes to Fedora while maintaining source-level backwards compatibility with your Ruby 1.9.3 software. Also included: a custom Ruby loader for easy switching of
  interpreters.

* MariaDB, a community-developed fork of MySQL, is the default implementation of MySQL in Fedora 19, offering users a truly open MySQL implementation.

=== Get things done ===

* Federated VOIP means Fedora users can make calls using a user@domain address with the same convenience as email.  

* CUPS has been updated to the latest upstream release, using PDF rather than PostScript as the baseline document format.

=== Learn ===

* Developer's Assistant is great for those new to development or even new to Linux, this tool helps you to get started on a code project with templates, samples, and toolchains for the languages of your
  choice. Bonus: It lets you publish directly to GitHub.

=== Deploy, Monitor, and Manage ===
Make your machines work for you--not the other way around. Whether you have one or "one too many" machines, Fedora 19 helps you boot manage your systems and enables you to be proactive with tools for diagnosis, monitoring, and logging.

* Syslinux optional boot tool integration brings you optional, simplified booting of Fedora. We have added support for using syslinux instead of GRUB via kickstart and plan to add a hidden
  option in Anaconda installer as well. syslinux is especially ideal for images used in cloud environments and virt appliances where the advanced features of GRUB are not needed.

* Among other systemd enhancements in this release, systemd Resource Control lets you modify your service settings without a reboot by dynamically querying and modifying resource control parameters at
  runtime.

* Kerberos administrators will enjoy an easier experience, thanks to Fedora 19 removing the need for Kerberos clients to sync their clocks or to have reverse DNS records carefully setup for services. In
  addition, it provies Kerberos-enabled, LDAP replicated, two-factor authentication for FreeIPA.

* OpenLMI is a common infrastructure for the management of Linux systems that makes remote management of machines much simpler.

**** Desktop Environments and Spins ****

To see all of the Official Fedora 19 Release Spins, see the Fedora 19
Release Spins link: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/19/Spins

Sorce: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F19_Beta_release_announcement

First Login with headless Raspberry Pi

I orderd a Raspberry Pi and got it within a couple of days. Now I was curious to set it up and login to its terminal. If you want to know how to get started with Raspberry Pi you can go through this link:

http://www.raspberrypi.org/quick-start-guide
http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/04/raspberry-pi-getting-started-guide-how-to/

I prepared my SD card and also I had the power connector to power up the Pi. My only problem was that I did not had HDMI enabled monitor nor did I had the TV. I had to purchase an HDMI enabled Monitor, but it was too expensive and I already had a Monitor.

I had got other alternatives to get connected to R-Pi. One was that I buy a HDMI to VGA adaptor cable. But when I searched throught the internet, the HDMI to VGA adaptor was quite expensive. The cheaper ones were not good for the low powered Pi.

The other option was the usage of USB to TTL cable. Just to log into Pi, I had to purchase this USB to TTL cable and it did not seem to be a good choice. Also it wasnt that cheap too.

I was left with only one option. That was connecting the Pi with my Linux PC with the Ethenet cable. I searched the internet to figure out how to connect to R-Pi from my PC. I got a lot of links which would explain the process of connecting to the Pi from the PC via SSH. But none of these tutorials explained how to connect to R-Pi via PC for the first time.

Finally I decided to connect to the Pi with peer-to-peer connection. To be able to get connected via p2p I had to edit the IP address of both the devices. I could change the IP address of my PC, but how could I change the IP address of the Pi which was never logged in?

What I did for this purpose was I mounted the SD card into my PC and edited the required files in the SD card. Then I just inserted the SD card into the Pi and powered it on after connecting the LAN cable in P2P fashoin. I then SSHed into the Raspberry Pi and was able to login successfully.

I was just happy to figure out that I could log in to Raspberry Pi without connecting the Monitor to the Pi even for the first time.

Steps needed to connect to Raspberry Pi for the first time from your PC.

1. Insert the SD card into your PC, which contains the Raspberry Pi OS.
2. Mount the data section of the SD card.

$ sudo mount /dev/sdc2 /mnt
$ cd /mnt

3. Edit the network interface config file

$ vi etc/network/interfaces 

Note that there is no / at the start of the file path.
Make sure the following is fed properly into that file:

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.3
netmask 255.255.255.0

Save the file and remove the SD card. Put it in the Raspberry Pi. Remember to connect the LAN cable to both the systems.
Note that the IP address of your PC should be somewhat 192.168.1.2
Start the Raspberrry Pi. Now connect to it via ssh.

$ ssh pi@192.168.1.3

Enjoy your Pi.

Fedora 16 reaching its end of life

Fedora 16 will reach end of life on 2013-02-12, and no further updates
will be pushed out after that time. Additionally, with the recent
release of Fedora 18, no new packages will be added to the Fedora 16
collection.

Please see http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DistributionUpgrades for more
information on upgrading from Fedora 16 to a newer release.

Stay updated.

Fedora 18 - Spherical Cow - got Released finally

The Red Hat team has released the much awaited Fedora 18 Spherical Cow with Kernel 3.6.0
It has got lots of changes from previous releases. This release will keep you more updated with cutting edge technology.

Fedora is a leading-edge, free and open source operating system that continues to deliver innovative features to many users, with a new release about every six months.. or so. But this time it got delayed and obviously all the enthusiast will be in a hope that this has to do more with the cutting edge technology and they are right. Spherical Cow, is of course, Fedora's best release yet. You'll go through the hoof when you hear about the Grade A Prime F18 features.

To download your copy, click on any of the following links.
http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora

With more download options:
http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-options

With all download methods:
http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-all

Get a copy of Fedora Media sent via postal mail.

Purchase installation media for Fedora from online vendors or a local vendor in your area.

To order an online DVD in India, just get your copy from http://linuxplate.in/ref/sikku

Can't afford the price of installation media? Request Fedora installation media from the Fedora Free Media Program. (Please read the entire site before ordering)

What's New in Fedora 18?

The user interface for Fedora's installation software, Anaconda, has been completely re-written from the ground up. Making its debut in Fedora 18, the new UI introduces major improvements to the installation experience. It uses a hub-and-spoke model that makes installation easier for new users, offering them concise explanations about their choices. Advanced users and system administrators are of course still able to take advantage of more complex options. The general look and feel of the installation experience has been vastly upgraded, providing modern, clean, and comprehensible visuals during the process. While the new installer should work well for most users in most configurations, there are inevitably a few teething problems in the first release of such a major revision.

Known design limitations of the new installer in F18 are listed here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/NewInstaller
Known significant bugs can be seen here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F18_bugs#Installation_issues

About the Upgrade process:

The upgrade process for Fedora now uses a new tool called FedUp (Fedora Upgrader). FedUp replaces pre-upgrade as well as the DVD methods for upgrading that have been used in previous Fedora releases. FedUp integrates with systemd to enable the upgrade functionality, doing the work in a pristine boot environment. You can upgrade from Fedora 17 to Fedora 18.

For more info on the same refer to:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading

To get the list of all the new features in F18:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/18/FeatureList

Fedora 18 common bugs are documented at:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F18_bugs

Enjoy F18, until F19 get released:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/19/Schedule

Fedora 16 Verne Released

The Red Hat team has released the much awaited Fedora 16 Verne with Kernel 3.1.0
It has got lots of changes from previous releases. This release will keep you more updated with cutting edge technology as quoted by Jason Brooks


"Since its first version, in 2003, Red Hat's Fedora Linux has been the best place to track what's on the leading edge of Linux and open source software." 
- Jason Brooks, eweek.com


To download your copy, click on any of the following links.
http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora


With more download options:
http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-options


With all download methods:
http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-all


Get a copy of Fedora Media sent via postal mail.

Purchase installation media for Fedora from online vendors or a local vendor in your area.

Can't afford the price of installation media? Request Fedora installation media from the Fedora Free Media Program. (Please read the entire site before ordering)

Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot is released.

The canonical team has released the much awaited Ubuntu 11.10
Oneiric Ocelot with. It has got lots of changes from
previous releases. This release will keep you more updated.
To download your copy, click on any of the following links.
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
Complete List of downloads:
http://noncdn.releases.ubuntu.com/11.10/
Other images including kubuntu, lubuntu and the DVD images:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/
To order a Free CD via Shipit, click on the link below.
https://shipit.ubuntu.com
Please note: if you have a good Internet connection and a CD/DVD RW,
don't order the CD as someone else might actually need it.

How to install Foradian Rupee ttf Font in Linux

New Rupee Font works perfectly in Linux (Fedora 13. It should work on other flavours also).
Instructions for installing Rupee ttf file in Linux:
First of all Download the file from Foradian Blog.

For instructions on how to use this symbol you can get it from this blog http://blog.foradian.com/rupee-font-version-20

As root user from the command line
1. Create a directory with "mkdir /usr/share/fonts/default/TrueType/" (without quotes) if it does not exists.
2. Move the downloaded .ttf file to the above directory.
3. Issue this command ttmkfdir > fonts.dir
Thats it. Now open the " OpenOffice Writer" and Select the "Fordian Rupee" from the dropdown menu.

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Online Compiler

Once I was googling around for some logic in the internet. Finally I got the logic and at the same time there was code for it. I thought there is some mistake in the code. There was no compiler in the machine I was working. So I searched for an online compiler. I could not find one, but recently I found the link in one of the blogs I was following. I thought of sharing this valuable website with you as you also may come across such situations. The credit goes to the post of "5 cool websites" from beingPC.com

The website is www.ideone.com In this website you need to compose or copy-paste the code to compile. It is an online compiler and debugging tool which allows to compile more than 40 programming languages. You can make your code public for others to use of private for your own use. You can be able to give input from an input box provided. Every code will be given an unique link so that you can make use of it again.

There are two important links, one is samples and the other is recent pastes where you can get to know about the different coding sytanx of different languages.

Because of this website I got to know many types of programming languages, especially the whitespace and brain*** programming language. Pretty interesting ones. Do have a check on it.

Limitations of this compiler:

·         Compilation time: 10 seconds,

·         Execution time: 5 seconds,

·         Memory usage: 256 MB.

One more online compiler I came across is www.codepad.com not as good as ideone.com

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Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Released

Note: The release date is today, but the Ubuntu team is taking some time to release.You may get the updated page as soon as they update it.

The canonical team has released the much awaited Ubuntu 10.04
Lucid Lynx with Long Term Support (LTS). It has got lots of changes from
previous releases. This release will keep you more updated.

To download your copy, click on any of the following links.
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
http://noncdn.releases.ubuntu.com/10.04/

To order a Free CD via Shipit, click on the link below.
https://shipit.ubuntu.com
Please note: if you have a good Internet connection and a CD/DVD RW,
don't order the CD as someone else might actually need it.

To purchase a CD in and around Bangalore, send a reply to
www.twitter.com/sikku

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Mohammed Sikandar has invited you to Dropbox

	We're excited to let you know that Mohammed Sikandar has invited you to Dropbox! Mohammed Sikandar has been using Dropbox to sync and share files online and across computers, and thought you'd find it useful too. Visit www.dropbox.com to get started. - The Dropbox Team
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Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala is Released

Ubuntu has released its latest stable version code named Karmic Koala. Download the Ubuntu 9.10 DVD from this link.

At the same time, the 9.10 versions of Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu, Mythbuntu, and Ubuntu Studio were released.

Other links: http://torrent.ubuntu.com/

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Today's Post: Promote Blog Action Day

Just a small attempt to promote Blog Action Day. Got to know about this action through Blogger now itself. I have atleas a day ahead of this event to promote it. And hoping all those who read to promote it as well.

On October 15, 2009, thousands of bloggers will unite to blog about a particular issue that is affecting our world on a grand scale. This year the topic is climate change.

So what you can do? If you are a blogger you can sign up for this event and participate by writing a blog on this topic. To promote this event you can add a badge to your blog. You can promote. You can also write a blog and promote it as I did.

Remember the best you can do is to write a post on that day and publish it in your favorite blog.

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Installing Linux from an ISO image file

If you are fed up of burning DVDs or Live CDs and want to install your favorite Linux OS straight from the image file which you have just downloaded, you can do it. This is one of the great options of installing Linux to your system.
All you need is:
1. A partition of EXT2/EXT3 or FAT32.
2. An ISO installable image of any Linux Distro.
I am going to give a tutorial for Fedora Distro. For others you can refer to the Table which I have provided below.
First step is to create a directory under root directory "/"
mkdir /fedora mkdir -p /fedora/images
Copy the downloaded image file to /fedora directory.
cp /home/user/Fedora-11-i386-DVD.iso /fedora
Now all you have to do is to copy 3 of the files from this image file. You can either extract this image file and copy both the files or you can mount this file and then copy these 3 files to the /fedora directory.
The three files which are needed to copy are "vmlinuz" "initrd.img" and "image/install.img"
I will go for the mount option, just because it wont take any extra space.
mount -o loop /fedora/Fedora-11-i386-DVD.iso /media/iso
Note you have to create a directory called /media/iso before executing the above command.
Now enter into this directory:
cd /media/iso/isolinux
Copy the files:
cp vmlinuz initrd.img /fedora cp images/install.img /fedora/images
That's all for the setup. Now you have to edit the grub which is responsible to boot image files.
vi /boot/grub/menu.lst
or
vi /boot/grub/grub.conf
Append the following into the file:
title Install Fedora 11 kernel /fedora/vmlinuz initrd /fedora/initrd.img
The title is the title which you want to display in the GRUB menu.
The ‘root’ is the hard disk partition that contains the ISO image.
The ‘kernel’ is the Linux kernel, which we copied into /fedora directory.
The ‘initrd’ is the initial RAM disk image,  which gets into the RAM.
Now you are ready to install your new Linux distro directly from the hard disk without the need for a CD/DVD drive. Reboot your system and select the ‘Install Fedora 11’ entry from your GRUB menu.
Follow the onscreen instruction and you are ready with a new distro without any hassle to burn DVDs.

Table 1: Names of kernel and RAM disk images in some popular distros
Distro	Kernel path	RAM disk path
Fedora/RHEL/CentOS	/isolinux/vmlinuz	/isolinux/initrd.img
openSUSE	/boot/i386/loader/linux	/boot/i386/loader/initrd
Mandriva	/i586/isolinux/alt0/vmlinuz	/i586/isolinux/alt0/all.rdz
Ubuntu	/casper/vmlinuz	/casper/initrd.gz
Debian	/install.386/vmlinuz	/isolinux/initrd.img

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Skype 2.1 Latest Version is out for Linux

Skype has recently released their latest release, Skype 2.1 beta for Linux. Until recently Skype was available for Fedora 7 only. Though it was able to be used on Fedora 11 also. Now they have released a version for Fedora 9 and Fedora 10+ which can be installed in Fedora 11 also. For Ubuntu users the release is for Ubuntu 8.04 and Ubuntu 8.10. They have also released Skype for 64 bit processor also, but for Ubuntu users only. All other Linux users can download the latest Skype 2.1 beta from this link: http://www.skype.com/download/skype/linux/choose/

This release comes with high quality video and super wideband audio that have been exciting features of Windows and Mac version. This release is quite important for Linux platforms since it supports Pulseaudio.

What is new in this release?

• Skype's SILK codec for outstanding sound quality
• High Quality Video
• PulseAudio
• Send SMS messages
• Organise your contacts with contact groups
• Improvements to chat (typing indicator, new emoticons and message editing)

Skype home page.
Skype Download page.

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How to add Twitter (twitgin) in Pidgin for Linux

Image via CrunchBase

Pidgin does not support Twitter protocol by default. Hence you need to install a plugin for that. There are a lot of plugins available to add twitter in pidgin. microblog-purple is one of such plugins availabe which is open source. It can be intalled in any Linux machine.

This is a plug-in for Pidgin to allow for seamless updating and receiving of Twitter messages. While originally built for Pidgin it works for other LibPurple base clients like Adium and Finch. Currently the plug-in works with Twitter only.

How to install in Ubuntu:

For Ubuntu Users:

sudo echo deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pidgin-developers/ppa/ubuntu `lsb_release --short --codename` main >> /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/pidgin-developers/ppa/ubuntu `lsb_release --short --codename` main >> /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 0CF459B8DF37ED8B

Now do this:

sudo apt-get install pidgin-microblog

For Fedora Users:

yum install purple-microblog

How to run this plugin:

First, you need to enable the plugin. Open Pidgin and in Tools > Plugins and check "Twitgin". Then go to Accounts > Manage Accounts, click "Add" and in the "Protocol" List, select TwitterIM. Enter your id and password.

That's it. you are done.

Installing and Running Pidgin 2.6.1 in Ubuntu

This is a brief tutorial on how to install Pidgin 2.6.1 with voice and video support for XMPP/Gtalk in Ubuntu Jaunty. GTalk is supported by XMPP hence you can have voice and video chat using your gtalk id in pidgin.
Since Ubuntu does not update Pidgin, the pidgin website has issued a PPA. But I could not update it even by that. So I tried to compile from source.
Firstly you have to download the source from pidgin website from here.
Or get it as user from your terminal in this way:

wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/files/Pidgin/pidgin-2.6.1.tar.bz2
tar -xvjf pidgin-2.6.1.tar.bz2
cd pidgin-2.6.1

Save the downloaded file to your home directory. Then follow these instruction in Install from Tarball
After the Second step (i.e ./configure) you have to get this line

Build with voice and video.... : yes

If you don't get this line then you wont be able to voice chat. It means you are missing some plugins of Gstreamer or you have not installed some required dependencies which are optional for pidgin installation.

The required packages for your pidgin to support voice and video are:

• gstreamer0.10-plugins-good
• gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
• gstreamer0.10-plugins-farsight >= 0.12.6

in addition to the extra compiling requirements of:

• farsight2-0.10 => 0.0.8
• gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10-dev

To get all these packages you only have to do the following

sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev gstreamer0.10-plugins-farsight libgstfarsight0.10-0 libgstfarsight0.10-dev

Copy and Paste the above line of code into your terminal and press enter. The apt-get package manager will install these packages.

After complete installation, run the ./configure again. You should now get the required output. If you stuck up somewhere in the middle then you probably have to install few more dependency packages. For the required dependency packages to install pidgin check this link here. You can also run this command if nothing goes well.

sudo apt-get build-dep pidgin

If still you dont get the required output then it means that Ubuntu is not fetching the latest releases of the Gstreamer. Which happened with me. So I downloaded all the source files and compiled them and then installed them. At last when I did ./configure I got the required output. Then I went on to compile and install pidgin from source with the latest releases.
They are:

libnice-0.0.9
farsight2-0.0.14
gst-plugins-base-0.10.24
gstreamer-0.10.24

Compile and install the above packages in the same order and then run the ./configure of pidgin-2.6.1 again and check the output. To know how to compile and install click here. Before running "make install" remove the pidgin from your system.

sudo apt-get purge pidgin pidgin-data libpurple0 libpurple-bin

If you still need any help then please use the comment link below to ask you queries. I will try my best to help you out.

Running voice and video chat:

Currently there is no way to configure your microphone or webcam in this release. You can do so by running this command from the terminal.

gstreamer-properties

This should work out.

To start Voice and Video you have to open the conversation window > Conversation > Media

Currently I have problems running voice and video chat. Working out to get it done. Watch this page for updates.

Update:

Chech this thread if you have problems installing Pidgin
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1244589

Update 2:

Now you don't have to do anything. Just update your pidgin from your repository with the help of your package manager. Ubuntu has updated it for you. Thanks for Ubuntu guys.
Just do this:

sudo apt-get install pidgin

You are done.

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Installing Pidgin 2.6.1 in Fedora 11

This is a brief tutorial on how to install Pidgin 2.6.1 with voice and video support for XMPP/Gtalk in Fedora 11. GTalk is supported by XMPP hence you can have voice and video chat using your gtalk id in pidgin.
Firstly you have to download the source from pidgin website from here.
Save it in your home directory. Then follow these instruction in Install from Tarball
Instead of doing ./configure in the second step you have to issue this command

PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ ./configure --enable-gnutls=no

After the Second step (i.e ./configure as above) you have to get this line

Build with voice and video.... : yes

If you don't get this line then you wont be able to voice chat. It means you are missing some plugins of Gstreamer or you have not installed some required dependencies which are optional for pidgin installation.

The required packages for your pidgin to support voice and video are:

• gstreamer-plugins-good
• gstreamer-plugins-bad
• gstreamer-plugins-base-devel

And

• farsight2
• farsight2-devel

To get all these packages you only have to do the following

sudo yum install libidn-devel gstreamer-plugins-good gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-plugins-base-devel farsight2-devel

Copy and Paste the above line of code into your terminal and press enter. The yum package manager will install these packages.

After complete installation, run the ./configure again. You should now get the required output. If you stuck up somewhere in the middle then you probably have to install few more dependency packages. For the required dependency packages to install pidgin check this link here. If you still need any help then please use the comment link below to ask you queries. I will try my best to help you out.

Running voice and video chat:

Currently there is no way to configure your microphone or webcam in this release. You can do so by running this command from the terminal.

gstreamer-properties

This should work out. Currently it is working fine for me. I can do both voice and video chat.

To start Voice and Video you have to open the conversation window > Conversation > Media

Update:

Fedora developers has released the updated package for pidgin. Now you can install it with the YUM package manager.
Just do this from terminal as root:

yum install pidgin

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