Corebird, a native GTK+ twitter client for the Linux desktop, reached the 1.7.4 release earlier today with some bug-fixes.

Changes in Corebird 1.7.4 include:

• Fix tweet sending on 32bit architectures.
• Fix a few spelling mistakes.
• Work around a GTK+ bug increasing the window size when typing DMs.
• Prevent the list statuses page from automatically focusing the delete button, potentially resulting in accidentally deleted lists.
• Show a language selection context menu in the compose text view.

How to Install Corebird 1.7.4 in Ubuntu:

For Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 17.10, Corebird 1.7.4 is available for install via the PPA repository.

1. Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching for ‘terminal’ from app launcher. When it opens, run command to add PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/corebird

Input your password (no visual feedback while typing) when it prompts and hit Enter.

2. Then upgrade Corebird if you have a previous release installed via Software Updater:

Or simply run following commands to install or upgrade Corebird:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install corebird

For Ubuntu 16.04, due to the outdated GTK+ library, choose to install the snap package.

Uninstall:

To remove the PPA, launch Software & Updates and navigate to Other Software tab.

To remove Corebird, use system package manager or run command:

sudo apt remove --autoremove corebird

GTK+ 3 twitter application, Corebird, reached the 1.7.3 release a few hours ago with performance improvements and translation updates.

Changes in Corebird 1.7.3 include:

• Increase maximum tweet length to 280 characters
• Increase maximum name length to 50 characters and improve certain parts of the UI to cope better with longer names
• Fix the emoji button not showing up in the compose window
• Update translations

How to Install Corebird 1.7.1 in Ubuntu:

For Ubuntu 17.04 and Ubuntu 17.10, you can install the new release from the PPA repository.

1. Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching for ‘terminal’ from app launcher. When it opens, run command to add PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/corebird

Input your password (no visual feedback while typing) when it prompts and hit Enter.

2. Then upgrade Corebird if you have a previous release installed via Software Updater:

Or simply run following commands to install or upgrade Corebird:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install corebird

For Ubuntu 16.04, due to the outdated GTK+ library, choose to install the snap package (The 1.7.3 snap will be available in a few days).

Uninstall:

To remove the PPA, launch Software & Updates and navigate to Other Software tab.

To remove Corebird, use system package manager or run command:

sudo apt remove --autoremove corebird

Corebird, an open-source GTK+3 twitter client, has reached the 1.6 release a day ago. Here’s how to install it in all current Ubuntu releases.

Corebird 1.6 features:

• Dependencies: GTK+ 3.20 is now required, and librest is no longer a dependency
• Facelift for the tweet info page
• Lots of stability fixes
• The compose window now starts uploading images as soon as they are selected

How to Install Corebird 1.6 in Ubuntu:

For Ubuntu 16.04, due to the old system GTK+ 3 library, the best way to install Corebird 1.6 is using the Snap app.

Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching it from app launcher. When it opens, run commands:

sudo apt install snapd && sudo snap install corebird

Input your password (no visual feedback while typing) when it prompts and hit Enter.

The Snap app also works on all other current Ubuntu releases. Though it is Corebird 1.5.1 at the moment of writing, the snap will automatically upgrade to version 1.6 once it’s published into snappy store.

For Ubuntu 17.10, the new release has been made into Ubuntu main repositories, simply open Ubuntu Software, search for and install Corebird package.

For Ubuntu 17.04 users who prefer traditional packages than Snap app, install Corebird 1.6 via PPA:

• Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T, and run commands one by one to add PPA:

  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/corebird

  

• Then check updates and install or upgrade Corebird via commands:

  sudo apt update
  
  sudo apt install corebird

How to Remove:

To remove Corebird snap app, use Ubuntu Software or run command:

sudo snap remove corebird

To remove Corebird traditional package, run command:

sudo apt remove --autoremove corebord

To remove the PPA, launch “Software & Updates” utility and navigate to Other Software tab.