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Tahir
Asked: 2011-12-14 09:47:32 +0800 CST

How to get new blue Tweetdeck on Ubuntu?

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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 Tweetdeck on Ubuntu?

software-installation

3 Answers

  1. Adobe AIR for linux is no longer supported. However Tweetdeck has an awesome web client that I use:

    enter image description here

    It's in the Chrome store or you can just go to tweetdeck.com in Firefox.

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  2. Just install wine Install wine. It's available in the Software Center. Or run:

    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wine

    Then you can just go to www.tweetdeck.com and click on the download button. That will install it under Wine.

    I'm using 12.04, and I have Wine installed, and actually just installed tweetdeck before I posted this, so I can verify it does in fact work.

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  3. I know my answer is very similar to the other ones, but I was facing same issue one week ago, and I wanna share the experience to finally being 'able' (or mostly) to use TweetDeck as Linux app.

    I tried Polly, then Birdie, but nah, I was missing TweetDeck because of the look and feel and the way better column management that TD has compared to Polly. So I started using it from the browser in Chrome, as the Chrome-App.

    Then it ocurred to me that may be I was able to create a link from Ubuntu Apps directly to the Chrome-App, just as you do it from your Android/iOS/FirefoxOS phones. I looked all over and I found the way to do it.

    So summing up, all you gotta do is:

    • Open Google Chrome / Chromium (whichever one is fine)
    • Go to the TweetDeck WebApp
    • Go to Menu > Tools > Create Application Shortcut... (When into the TD App)

    menu in chrome

    (from now on the next ones are optional)

    • Accept creating the icon in Desktop

    desktop

    • Search for a nice image to use it as Logo and download it in the Desktop (because the other one is like 10x10px (I used this one)
    • Right click the "WebApp" in Desktop, go to "Properties" and drag the icon image in top of the one in the Properties Window

    enter image description here

    • Open the "WebApp"
    • Lock it to Launcher

    enter image description here

    • Enjoy

    Well, now I'm pretty happy again with a great Twitter Linux "Client", It works exactly same way as it used to work in Windows.

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