In the next article we are going to take a look at Cawbird. This is a Twitter client that uses Corebird code, who was another client that API changes in this social network last year, they left him without the possibility of guaranteeing a good service.
Corebird was a well-designed Twitter app, built using GTK, it was properly maintained and fully featured on the Gnu / Linux desktop. It was a client used by many users. In the following lines we are going to see how we can install Cawbird fork on Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 19.04.
This Twitter client can't match the flow of notifications from official apps that will inform us about new followers, users who like one of our tweets, etc. All of them are limitations imposed by Twitter and they are not the fault of the Cawbird client, as explained by the creator in his GitHub page.
General characteristics of Twitter Cawbird
This client is going to offer us a certain amount of features that Twitter enthusiasts expect from a third-party client. Some of these are:
- Will allow us tweet, retweet or bookmark. We can also upload images, send and receive direct messages, follow and unfollow, ban and block accounts. We will find advanced features available to allow us to mute specific hashtags and switch between different accounts.
- Those who were users of CorebirdYou will find all the main features of this Twitter client on Cawbird.
- Cawbird is going to show us a chronological sequence of the tweets published by the accounts we follow, but no 'streaming'. The tweets do not appear as well as they are published automatically. This client has to check for new tweets every two minutes, although it can be updated manually at any time by restarting the program. The app is limited in how often we can update or retrieve data result of following / unfollowing or direct deletion of messages, among others. For this reason, if we usually keep the application open while we work, it is advisable to get used to closing it and reopening it periodically.
- The videos and images will open in a pop-up window, as you can see in the previous screenshot.
- El cawbird logo It bears a certain resemblance to the one used in Corebird.
Install Cawbird on Ubuntu
We will be able install Cawbird on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and 19.04 in different ways. We will have the possibility to install it using the corresponding Cawbird OBS repository or the .deb package that we will be able to download and use on our Ubuntu system.
Through PPA
This is the recommended method since it will allow us to install Cawbird and obtain future updates to the application automatically. This will occur through our system's usual software update method.
To proceed with the installation using the PPA, all you have to do is follow the instructions offered in the following link, for both Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 19.04.
Via .deb package
If you prefer to just download the Cawbird .deb installer, you can do so using the corresponding link that can be found on the web openuse. We can also use a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) to download the file and proceed with the installation of the latest version available today, using the following commands:
For Ubuntu 18.04
wget https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/IBBoard:/cawbird/xUbuntu_18.04/amd64/cawbird_1.0-1+2.1_amd64.deb
Once the package is downloaded, we can install it by typing in the same terminal:
sudo dpkg -i cawbird_1.0-1+2.1_amd64.deb
For Ubuntu 19.04
wget https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/IBBoard:/cawbird/xUbuntu_19.04/amd64/cawbird_1.0-1+2.1_amd64.deb
Once the download is finished, we are going to proceed to install it by typing in the same terminal the command:
sudo dpkg -i cawbird_1.0-1+2.1_amd64.deb
Once the installation is finished, we only have to look for the launcher on our computer:
Before you start to use it we will have to obtain the access PIN code. This will be provided by Twitter when authorizing the application to use our account.
If you would like to know more about this Twitter client as the keyboard shortcuts available, you can check the project GitHub page .