In June 2008, I took one of the best decision of my geeky/professional life. I got rid of Windows and installed Ubuntu! I was simply not able to bare Windows anymore as a desktop operating system. So I got myself a Dell Precision and the first thing I did when I got it from UPS was to reformat and install Ubuntu. I didn’t even boot it once with Windows. The simple thought of this still makes me smile 
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This morning, when I fired up my laptop (Ubuntu Hardy Heron), Pidgin could not connect to my MSN account. The error:
Our protocol is not supported by the server
I have more then 200 contacts on MSN only, with 50 online at any given time. Although I have a strong preference for Skype, not everyone has a Skype account so MSN is still needed… So this morning, I could not connect to MSN Messenger. Googling a bit, I found this where it was suggested to upgrade to the latest Pidgin. I was on the impression that Ubuntu was doing it for me but it seems not, as found on the Pidgin site:
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