{"id":5692,"date":"2016-03-01T18:52:34","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T18:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=5692"},"modified":"2019-11-28T14:43:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T14:43:15","slug":"corebird-twitter-client-1-2-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2016\/03\/corebird-twitter-client-1-2-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Corebird Twitter Client 1.2 Released [How-to Install]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/corebird-icon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/corebird-icon.png\" alt=\"Corebird Twitter Client\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5693\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"arconix-box arconix-box-red\"><i class='fa fa-2x pull-left fa-exclamation-triangle'><\/i><div class=\"arconix-box-content\">Corebird discontinued! Try <a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2019\/11\/cawbird-linux-twitter-client-gnome3\/\">Cawbird as an alternative<\/a>.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Corebird, an open source twitter client for Linux, just got a new release after almost half a year of development.<\/p>\n<p>The new Corebird 1.2 brings some UI changes, improvements to HiDPI displays, and more. See the full changelog:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Inline media and avatars are no longer cached on disk<\/li>\n<li>Videos now indicate download progress showing a preview thumbnail with a circular progress overlay<\/li>\n<li>We download higher-resolution avatars on HiDPI displays now<\/li>\n<li>The build system usage has seen a major refactoring an cleanup, thanks to Rico Tzschichholz<\/li>\n<li>The sidebar is now at the top and dark<\/li>\n<li>Favorites now us a heart icon<\/li>\n<li>Sending tweets is now cancellable (e.g. when multiple images are attached, in which case it might take a while)<\/li>\n<li>Inline media are now displayed &#8220;full-size&#8221;, scaled to the current window size.<\/li>\n<li>Instagram videos are now correctly marked as videos, instead of was images<\/li>\n<li>If you have GTK+ >= 3.19, there&#8217;s now a GtkShortcutsWindow accessible from the app menuexplaining the various keyboard shortcuts. Note that Corebird still compiles and runs with GTK+ 3.16<\/li>\n<li>The big &#8220;add media&#8221; button in the compose window has been replaced with a regular text button. The added images are scaled down and displayed below it<\/li>\n<li>You can quote your own tweets now<\/li>\n<li>The settings dialog now contains a setting to hide &#8220;inappropriate content&#8221;, and it is enabled by default.<\/li>\n<li>The file selection dialog in the compose window now keeps you from selecting files > 3MB.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"border:none;\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/corebird1.2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/corebird1.2-271x450.jpg\" alt=\"corebird in Gnome\" width=\"271\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/corebird-compose.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/corebird-compose-322x450.jpg\" alt=\"corebird compose\" width=\"322\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>How to Install Corebird 1.2 in Ubuntu:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no official Corebird binary packages. Unofficial builds are available in PPA for Ubuntu 15.10 and Ubuntu 16.04. Since it requires GTK+ 3.16, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is not supported.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Launch terminal from App Launcher or via Ctrl+Alt+T shortcut key. When it opens, paste below command and hit run:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/corebird<\/pre>\n<p>Type in password <i>(no visual feedback when typing)<\/i> when it asks and hit Enter to continue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/install-corebird-ppa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/install-corebird-ppa.jpg\" alt=\"Install Corebird Twitter Client from PPA\" width=\"580\" height=\"176\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/install-corebird-ppa.jpg 580w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/install-corebird-ppa-300x91.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then refresh your system cache and install the software:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get update\r\n\r\nsudo apt-get install corebird<\/pre>\n<p>For those who don&#8217;t want to add PPA, grab the <b>.deb<\/b> package <i>(select i386 for 32bit, amd64 for 64bit)<\/i> from <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/corebird\/+packages\" target=\"_blank\">THIS PAGE<\/a>, and click install via Software Center.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corebird, an open source twitter client for Linux, just got a new release after almost half a year of development. The new Corebird 1.2 brings some UI changes, improvements to HiDPI displays, and more. 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