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I know, right? They've been working on their v3 release for centuries now, but it looks like it's another few centuries away. It's a shame, because it's a really good client. I just wish development was faster.

I wasn't making any recommendation, just directly addressing parent's question of where to find XEPs supported by "Pidgin and related ilk"

So what desktop client (Win/Linux) do you recommend instead? (I use pidgin, but mostly because that's what I've always used, it has quite a few weaknesses)

You could try http://swift.im/