{"id":9580,"date":"2019-11-28T14:37:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T14:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=9580"},"modified":"2019-11-28T14:37:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T14:37:13","slug":"cawbird-linux-twitter-client-gnome3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2019\/11\/cawbird-linux-twitter-client-gnome3\/","title":{"rendered":"Cawbird &#8211; Native Linux Twitter Client for Gnome 3 (&#8216;Corebird&#8217; fork)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9581\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cawbird-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cawbird is a modern lightweight Twitter client for GNOME 3. It features inline image and video preview, creation of lists and favorites, filtering of tweets and full text search.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<i><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/IBBoard\/cawbird\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cawbird<\/a> is a fork of Corebird, which became unsupported after Twitter disabled the streaming API. Cawbird works with the new APIs and includes a few fixes and modifications that have historically been patched in to IBBoard&#8217;s custom Corebird build on his personal Open Build Service account.<\/i>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9582\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cawbird-window-265x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cawbird-window-265x450.jpg 265w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cawbird-window-354x600.jpg 354w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cawbird-window.jpg 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cawbird has the following limitations due to changes in the Twitter API (imposed by Twitter, not the fault of the client):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cawbird will update every two minutes<\/li>\n<li>Cawbird does not get notified of the following, which will be refreshed on restart:\n<ul>\n<li>Unfavourite<\/li>\n<li>Follow\/Unfollow<\/li>\n<li>Block\/Unblock<\/li>\n<li>Mute\/Unmute<\/li>\n<li>DM deletion<\/li>\n<li>Some list changes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>How to Install Cawbird in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>The easiest way is simply search for and install <code>cawbird<\/code> from Ubuntu Software.<\/p>\n<p>This is a Snap package runs in sandbox. And it&#8217;s maintained by the community.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cawbrid-snap-450x183.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"183\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cawbrid-snap-450x183.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cawbrid-snap-600x244.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cawbrid-snap.jpg 745w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For those prefer native <code>.deb<\/code> package, go to the developer maintained repository at the link below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href='https:\/\/software.opensuse.org\/\/download.html?project=home%3AIBBoard%3Acawbird&#038;package=cawbird' class='arconix-button-flat arconix-button-large arconix-button-tan' target=\"_blank\" >Download Cawbird<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Select Ubuntu, then click &#8216;<b>Grab binary packages directly<\/b>&#8216; and download the <code>.deb<\/code> package for your system.<\/p>\n<p>Finally install the .deb via Gdebi package installer (<i>available in Ubuntu Software<\/i>) and enjoy!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cawbird is a modern lightweight Twitter client for GNOME 3. It features inline image and video preview, creation of lists and favorites, filtering of tweets and full text search. &#8220;Cawbird is a fork of Corebird, which became unsupported after Twitter disabled the streaming API. 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