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Disable Pidgin Notifications in Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04

October 19, 2009, 1:56 pm

Ubuntu Jaunty introduced the new annoying notification system, and by default made pidgin hook into it. So every non-focused IM you get appears in the upper right hand corner of the screen, completely missing the point of being minimized.

This “annoyance” can be easily fixed by disabling the libnotify plugin within the Pidgin plugins manager. To disable this system go to Tools > Plugins and untick the checkbox next to “Libnotify Popups”.

Also, if you’d prefer, you can try to customize the pop-up behavior by selecting the “Configure Plugin” button.