GNOME Twitter client: Gwibber
by Lennart on Nov.04, 2008, under Internet, Worth looking at
I have been looking for a really clean and easy to use Twitter client for a long time. I recently tried out Gwibber and it seems like I found what I wanted: Gwibber is easy to use, fast and focuses on the important things.
You can tweet by using the little input box at the bottom. You get a little bubble notification at the bottom left of your screen if somebody you follow tweets. (This can be disabled.) Gwibber stays in your tray if close it.
How to install Gwibber on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid
1. Create a file “/etc/apt/sources.list.d/gwibber.list” and add the Gwibber repository:
# File: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gwibber.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gwibber-team/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/gwibber-team/ubuntu intrepid main
2. Update your local repository information cache and install Gwibber: (aptitude update, aptitude install gwibber)
3. Start Gwibber from your applications menu (Section “Internet”)
4. Add Gwibber to your GNOME autostart. This can be done in the GNOME session manager:
Gwibber also supports some other services that I did not try out:
- Digg
- Jaiku
- Pownce
- Flickr
- Identica
You can find out more on the Gwibber Launchpad site.
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November 12th, 2008 on 8:27 pm
I’m missing a very simple but important point.
I do not understand what it means when you say:
…and add the Gwibber repository:
How do I do that?
I undersatnd I need to create the file that
has info on wher ethe Gwiber stuff lives out on the net (using some editor), but then where do I save that file?
I am not terribly flunet in Linux, obviously.
thanks in advance rjeffries@gmail.com
November 12th, 2008 on 10:14 pm
@Ron Jeffries: Just create the file “/etc/apt/sources.list.d/gwibber.list” (the easiest way for you: sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gwibber.list) and add the two lines to it. Then run “sudo aptitude update” and “sudo aptitude install gwibber”.
March 27th, 2009 on 6:33 pm
Thanks lot
it helps me ..