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[Elias Probst <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is not so much a KDE Plasma 5 issue, but more an issue of legacy applications still not supporting a reasonable systray protocol (SNI).
There are workarounds like [sni-qt](https://launchpad.net/sni-qt), but this won't help with crippled/statically linked applications like Skype.

For more details on what's going on here, see this blog post by KDE's
kwin developer Martin Gräßlin: http://blog.martin-
graesslin.com/blog/2014/06/where-are-my-systray-icons/

I'm undecided whether distributions should really put effort in workarounds for legacy apps or instead should put pressure on the upstream of those projects to finally adopt SNI.
- In one case, the user experience might suffer when a user expects an application to continue to work as "it always did"
- In the other case, it keeps the whole ecosystem from finally adopting modern best practices and communicates to upstream projects "it's fine to use outdated technologies".

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1455711

Title:
  pidgin icon does not appear in the System Tray on kde 5

Status in pidgin package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Since upgrading to Ubuntu 15.04 pidgin does not appear in the System
  Tray area. As additional information I can say that is not the only,
  but applications such as skype or dropbox neither do.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: pidgin 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-16.16-generic 3.19.3
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-16-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Sat May 16 00:19:41 2015
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-16 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
  SourcePackage: pidgin
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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