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

#OpenSource #Pidgin #Gaim

State of the Bird April 2026

State of the Bird April 2026 The State of the Bird is a recap of what has been happening in Pidgin and related projects over the past month. You can find the previous posts via the <span class="hashtag-icon-placeholder"></span>state-of-the-bird</span> tag or via RSS. Retrospective Our last State of the Bird covered March 2026 was published on April 23rd 2026. This post is super late as I kept forgetting about it and then I had a whole bunch of health stuff to deal with. April wasn’t as busy as March, but we still got quite a bit done. As ment...

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@grimmy @gaim @pidgin When It Was 1st [Re-]Announced I Tried To Rejoin #gaim On Freenode But It Was Unclaimed.

It's so weird seeing a @gaim in @pidgin again...

#OpenSource #Gaim #IRC

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!!

https://twitch.tv/rw_grim
https://youtube.com/@rw_grim

#Gaim #OpenSource #Pidgin

rw_grim - Twitch

Developing Pidgin Universal Chat Client | www.pidgin.im

Twitch

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!!

https://twitch.tv/rw_grim
https://youtube.com/@rw_grim

#Pidgin #Gaim #OpenSource

rw_grim - Twitch

Developing Pidgin Universal Chat Client | www.pidgin.im

Twitch

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!!

https://twitch.tv/rw_grim
https://youtube.com/@rw_grim

#Pidgin #Gaim #OpenSource #LiveCoding

rw_grim - Twitch

Developing Pidgin Universal Chat Client | www.pidgin.im

Twitch

(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-meet

Waterfox 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-deduplication

Gaim 3 Is In Development For Restoring The Original Gaim Instant Messaging App In GTK4:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Gaim-3-In-Development

Jami “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

MidnightBSD 4.0.4 Released With Aged & Agectl For Age Verification/Attestation

MidnightBSD 4.0.4 is out today as the newest update to this desktop-minded BSD operating system

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... :)

Gaim

Gaim3 is a universal chat client can connect to many different chat networks at once. It is built on libpurple3 which means it can connect to any chat networks …

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.