Disclaimer : This post totally highlights the problems that one could face while installing the pidgin music tracker plugin . All the events described are fictitious.
Pidgin is a chatting client that comes pre-installed in Ubuntu( it comes for windows platform as well). I recommend it because of its proxy support and the various protocols that it supports. I use it for IRC , which is a wonderful resource for geeks. XChat on unix or MIrc on Windows are other clients for the same with more functionalities.
This is a warning for all those who use pidgin . "BE careful if you use the music tracker plugin". Music tracker, as the name suggests , should set as your status message the current track that is being played in your music player.
Now, in Gtalk , the plugin like the above only sets the name of an mp3 being played in your media player as your status message.
Music tracker is evil on that front.
I only got to realize that when at 3:15 am , I recieved a burst of chats , each with either a 'lol' , 'haha' , 'mazze' .... and some being a lot bold with ' apna haath. .....'
One of them was kind enough to tell me that my status message was ' extreme pe**tra**ons'.
Well ... the next time you use pidgin , either do not use musictracker or configure it properly.
It even sets the name of the videos being played in your media player as your status message , to embarass you.
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