GTalk (Google talk) configuration on Pidgen

Recently I upgraded my laptops OS to Ubuntu 10.04. As in Empathy, the default Internet messenger voice and video chats are not completely implemented for gTalk users, I looked back to Pidgen Internet Messenger.

Following are the steps to configure gtalk on Pidgin.

1. Install Pidgin

2. Accounts -> Manage Accounts ->Add

3. Basic tab
    Protocol     : XMPP
    User name  : gmail id without "@gmail.com"
    Domine       : gmail.com
    Password    : gmail password
 
   Advanced tab
   Require SSL/TLS               : checked
   Force old (port 5223) SSL : checked
   Allow plaintext auth.          : checked
 
   connect port                       : 5223
   connect server                    : talk.google.com
   file transfer proxies            : proxy.jabber.org

4. Done :)