Pidgin 3.0 Alpha 4 (2.98.0) Released
Summary
Pidgin 3.0 Alpha 4 (2.98.0) has been released as an alpha snapshot intended for developers and tinkers, not end users. The post covers download options (Fastly, SourceForge; Flathub Beta forthcoming), release context, and highlights such as UI tweaks, IRCv3 enhancements, the new soju protocol plugin, and maintenance work, followed by a detailed changelog and forward-looking release plans for Alpha 5.