I thought I’d have to wait for Fedora 7 to experience Pidgin (what gaim got renamed to due to their legal battles with AOL – as I previously blogged), but they provided it for Fedora Core 6.
The interface has changed a little. Here are some screenshots showing my first impressions on the differences:
![Gaim buddy list](http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/gaim01.png)
![Pidgin Buddy List](http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/pidgin01.png)
The preferences menu looked superficially the same to me.
![Gaim Preferences](http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/gaim02.png)
![Pidgin Preferences](http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/pidgin02.png)