Pidgin can be installed on multiple operating systems and platforms.
Pidgin is compatible with the following chat networks out of the box: I.R.C., Jabber/XMPP, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, and Zephyr.
Can it be better?
The only problem a user in need of help may have been in the command line environment.
Obviously, in this case, this application cannot be used. I would suggest building a terminal application like WeeChat dedicated to Fedora users and including I.R.C channels.
Now, let's install this application.
[root@desk mythcat]# dnf install pidgin.x86_64
Last metadata expiration check: 0:45:32 ago on Sun 27 Sep 2020 04:21:51 PM EEST.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
pidgin x86_64 2.13.0-18.fc32 updates 1.4 M
Installing dependencies:
cyrus-sasl-md5 x86_64 2.1.27-4.fc32 fedora 41 k
cyrus-sasl-scram x86_64 2.1.27-4.fc32 fedora 27 k
farstream02 x86_64 0.2.9-1.fc32 fedora 239 k
gtkspell x86_64 2.0.16-20.fc32 fedora 43 k
libgadu x86_64 1.12.2-10.fc32 fedora 110 k
libnice-gstreamer1 x86_64 0.1.17-2.fc32 updates 20 k
libpurple x86_64 2.13.0-18.fc32 updates 5.2 M
meanwhile x86_64 1.1.0-28.fc32 fedora 106 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 9 Packages
Total download size: 7.2 M
Installed size: 31 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
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Complete!