{"id":6477,"date":"2017-01-06T18:24:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T18:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=6477"},"modified":"2017-01-06T18:24:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T18:24:27","slug":"corebird-twitter-client-1-4-released-ubuntu-ppa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/corebird-twitter-client-1-4-released-ubuntu-ppa\/","title":{"rendered":"Corebird Twitter Client 1.4 Released [Ubuntu PPA]"},"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<p>Corebird, an open-source and native GTK+ twitter client, has reached the 1.4 release a few hours ago with some enhancements and bug-fixes.<\/p>\n<p>The changes in Corebird 1.4 according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/baedert\/corebird\/releases\" target=\"_blank\">release page<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Images in quoted tweets now look more like they actually belong to the quoted tweet instead of the quoting tweet.<\/li>\n<li>Allow deleting tweets from the tweet info page and not just from timelines.<\/li>\n<li>Fix the user completion not showing all possible results<\/li>\n<li>Focus the already opened window for an account if the account gets selected in the accounts popover<\/li>\n<li>Avoid window resizing when typing in the Direct Message text box<\/li>\n<li>Add &#8216;q&#8217; accelerator to tweet rows for quoting<\/li>\n<li>Add spellchecking. This add a dependency to gspell<\/li>\n<li>Increase gtk+ dependency to 3.18 to get rid of some workarounds.<\/li>\n<li>Increase avatar size in profiles and slightly overlap them over the banner. Also, always show the full banner.<\/li>\n<li>Fix completion popup positioning under Wayland<\/li>\n<li>Add experimental meson build files<\/li>\n<li>Fix some videos not playing correctly<\/li>\n<li>Add a minimal video progress indicator to the video dialog<\/li>\n<li>Fix the retweet\/favorite count updating in the tweet info page<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/corebird_1.2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/corebird_1.2-264x400.jpg\" alt=\"Corebird 1.2\" width=\"264\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/corebird_1.2-264x400.jpg 264w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/corebird_1.2-397x600.jpg 397w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/corebird_1.2.jpg 601w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>How to Install Corebird 1.4 in Ubuntu \/ Linux Mint:<\/h3>\n<p>The new release has been made into <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/corebird\" target=\"_blank\">unofficial PPA<\/a>, available for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Linux Min 18 and derivatives. Spellcheck feature disabled due to build error.<\/p>\n<p><b>Tip:<\/b> The GetDeb repository also maintains the Corebird packages, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getdeb.net\/app\/Corebird\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/corebird<\/pre>\n<p>Type in your password (<i>no visual feedback<\/i>) when it asks and hit Enter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/corebird-ppa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/corebird-ppa-600x87.jpg\" alt=\"corebird-ppa\" width=\"600\" height=\"87\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/corebird-ppa-600x87.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/corebird-ppa-280x40.jpg 280w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/corebird-ppa.jpg 806w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then update and install Corebird 1.4 via commands:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt update\n\nsudo apt install corebird<\/pre>\n<p>If you have a previous release installed, you can also launch <b>Software Updater<\/b> to upgrade the software after checking for updates:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/upgrade-corebird.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/upgrade-corebird-450x206.jpg\" alt=\"upgrade corebird\" width=\"450\" height=\"206\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/upgrade-corebird-450x206.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/upgrade-corebird-600x275.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/upgrade-corebird.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or grab the <b>.deb<\/b> package directly from <a href=\"http:\/\/ppa.launchpad.net\/ubuntuhandbook1\/corebird\/ubuntu\/pool\/main\/c\/corebird\/\" target=\"_blank\">PPA archive page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>How to Uninstall:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To remove Corebird, simply run the command below in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt remove corebird && sudo apt autoremove<\/pre>\n<p>The PPA can be removed by going to System Settings -> Software &#038; Updates -> Other Software tab.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corebird, an open-source and native GTK+ twitter client, has reached the 1.4 release a few hours ago with some enhancements and bug-fixes. The changes in Corebird 1.4 according to the release page: Images in quoted tweets now look more like they actually belong to the quoted tweet instead of the quoting tweet. Allow deleting tweets [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[1173,740],"class_list":["post-6477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","category-news","tag-corebird","tag-twitter-client"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}