I use Pidgin for IM. I really like that it has an IBM/Lotus SameTime
   integration plugin called "MeanWhile".

   It's not perfect. Pidgin's MeanWhile doesn't handle logged in users
   properly.

   To fix that on Ubuntu, go [1]here, and download the package for your
   install - 32-bit or 64-bit. Then execute

     sudo dpkg -i libmeanwhile1-1.0.2-3*

   ... and restart Pidgin. You may need to hold or lock the libmeanwhile
   package from an update.

   There's an outstanding issue about file transfers that still requires a
   solution.
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   My original entry is here: [2]Fix for Pidgin Meanwhile for a SameTime
   IM environment. It posted Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:19:52 +0000.
   Filed under: professional, technology, ibm, lotus, meanwhile, pidgin,
   sametime, Ubuntu,

References

   1. http://b1mmer.com/linux/fix-for-sametime-pidgin-linux/
   2. https://www.prjorgensen.com/2012/11/02/fix-for-pidgin-meanwhile-for-a-sametime-im-environment/