Ok, here's a hacked libpurple0 that uses mostly files from the new 2.5.5 Ubuntu build and three files from the collabora build (libmsn.so, and a couple ssl libraries) so both ICQ and MSN work again.

I'd like a few testers who use both ICQ and MSN to "dpkg -i " install this deb, and if it works for you too, I'll put it in my repository* so it is easier to install.

libpurple0-2.5.5.qole-1_armel.deb

*technically, it is already in my repository, I just haven't updated the package lists yet; if it doesn't help, I won't bother...