Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".
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Twitter client with Real Time Notifications?
Is there a Twitter client (or just a utility) that pushes real time twitter feed / mentions notifications? By real time i mean notified as soon as the tweet is posted, like what MetroTwit does in ...
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Can Twitter monitor my browsing activities when using a client like Hotot or Gwibber?
Being concerned by privacy issues when connecting to the internet, I know Twitter can monitor our activities if we don't logout and use some kind of firefox extension to prevent from being tracked. I ...
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Gwibber Twitter “Authorise” button does nothing when clicked
I've had this issue since 11.10, the authorise button literally does nothing when pressed in Gwibber so I can't add an account or anything.
I am behind a proxy so I fear this may be an issue? I see ...
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Polly Messaging Menu
First, sorry for my bad english.
I "updated" my pc from 11.10 to 12.04 (clean install). After the installation of Polly Twitter Client (0.93.4-0~precise1, the latest from Launchpad), its entries are ...
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Shorten links and upload pictures in Gwibber?
The indicator, Gwibber has an option that says "update status" when I click it I get a nice box to then updated the state. However, when I try to CTRL+V of a link/quetes, closes the window. How do I ...
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Can anyone recommend twitter client that support sock5 proxy?
I have already tried gwibber,twitux, destroy twitter,smuxi,gtwitter,choqok,qwit and hotot.
only hotot could configured sock5 proxy but not all traffic over sock5 (I captured packets using wireshark ...
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Twitter breaks connection in 11.04
In Ubuntu 11.04 whenever I tried to open any Twitter page, internet connection (wireless) breaks down. After a while (about 30 seconds) connects again.
It's not about browser or modem/wireless. I've ...
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Can't find twitter lists on Gwibber 3.1.6
So I guess that was a time to give gwibber another try, but with the new version I can't find anywhere where are the options to show the lists from twitter.
I'm using Ubuntu 11.04 and in 11.10
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How to get new blue Tweetdeck on Ubuntu?
As you guys know, new desktop Tweetdeck is out for Windows and Mac.
I am using Tweetdeck on Air in my Ubuntu. On their website, Air based version is not available.
Can I get that blue iconed ...
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New tweetdeck custom launcher to run under unity 11.10
I am looking to create a custom launcher for the new tweetdeck (which works fine under wine).
I am currently just executing the script:
#!/bin/bash
wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ ...
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How do I install Polly?
So I was reading over on OMG! Ubuntu! about this new Ubuntu twitter client called "Polly", and I was wondering how to install it.
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Which open source twitter clients properly support both twitter lists and read/unread?
The client must have this feature: If I read a tweet in one list, that tweet must NOT display as unread in another list, or the main timeline. Choqok does not have this feature (yet).
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Using the terminal to update Twitter
Trying to update twitter using the terminal. curl and wget codes I have found are not working, it looks like Twitter has updated the way it authenticates, is it still possible to update Twitter from ...
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Who to follow on Twitter if you are interested in Ubuntu?
I'd like to know whom I should follow on Twitter, to get my daily dose of Ubuntu news, tips, and random bits.
Which members from the Ubuntu community are active on Twitter?
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Can I receive Twitter updates without granting write permissions for my Twitter account?
I want to configure a shared computer to display public updates from a specific Twitter account and hashtag. How can I do this without having to grant Gwibber write permissions to my own Twitter ...
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Hotot Direct Messaging Issue [closed]
Everytime I DM (direct message), it gets posted in the public timeline as well. Is there a solution? I'm using hotot 0.9.6.
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Customizing API keys in Gwibber?
in Lucid when i post new status to twitter it says 'via ubuntu' instead of 'via gwibber'. i wonder where gwibber store its settings for the API keys so that i can modify it to anything i like.
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Is there a keyboard shortcut to open the Indicator Applet?
How can I get here using keyboard shortcuts?
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Can I run a command WITHIN another command?
Can I run a command within another command for example:
twidge update date
'date' being the bash command 'date' so effectively, twidge will update twitter with today's date.
*twidge is a CLI ...
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What microblogging clients are available?
What GUI Twitter clients are there for Ubuntu?
Please include reasons why you like - or highlight features that make a client unique. Please also keep to one client per answer.
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List of Twitter clients that support Oauth? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
GUI Twitter clients: what are my options?
Can we get a list of Twitter clients that support Oauth going?
Gnome:
Gwibber
KDE:
Choqok source >= beta 3 has oauth
Air:
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