Corebird 1.1 Twitter Client for Linux Ubuntu. Install Corebird Twitter Client on Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04 and Derivatives. Corebird is a native Gtk+ Twitter client for Linux Desktops.
Corebird 1.1 is the latest release of the Corebird Twitter Client App. It comes with the following changes:
- Tweets now get hidden/shown more correctly
- Corebird now saves an application-wide list of snippets that you can use to insert common phrases or longer unicode emoticons. It can be found in the application settings in the “Snippets” tab.
- Corebird now supports showing quote tweets in timelines as well as creating quote tweets. This replaces the old “Quote” item for tweets which would simply copy the original tweet’s text.
- Media links and trailing hashtags can now be hidden via the “Tweets” tab in the application settings.
- Profiles can now also show followers and followees
- Twitter removed the 140 char limit on Direct Messages and so did we
- Lots of other small enhancments and bug fixes
Install Corebird in Ubuntu
Open Terminal and run the following commands to install Corebird Twitter Client on Ubuntu Systems:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/corebird
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install corebird
Once installed, you can open Corebird via Ubuntu Dash. For the first time, you will have to authorise the Corebird App to use it with your Twitter account. To authorise the app, follow the on-screen instructions.
Please note that Corebird 1.1 requires GTK 3.16 or later. Corebird is available for Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 14.10 and Ubuntu Derivatives.
You can also download Corebird .TAR.GZ and .ZIP packages from:
Source code (zip) – https://github.com/baedert/corebird/archive/1.1.zip
Source code (tar.gz) – https://github.com/baedert/corebird/archive/1.1.tar.gz