Install Choqok 1.3 on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise/Ubuntu 11.10/11.04/10.10/Linux Mint 13/12/11/10
Choqok is a Free/OpenSource, fast, efficient and simple to use micro-blogging client. Choqok team released new version 1.3 with new fixes and features with complete redsigned interface, also with a toolbar, improve in search of post, improve timeline, upload images directly to twitter.
Current features of Choqok:
Known Problem
A bug in Qt 4.8 caused Choqok splash screen sometimes look blank. I hope they fix it and release a bug fix soon.
To install Choqok on Ubuntu/Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:
Release Page of Choqok 1.3.
Choqok is a Free/OpenSource, fast, efficient and simple to use micro-blogging client. Choqok team released new version 1.3 with new fixes and features with complete redsigned interface, also with a toolbar, improve in search of post, improve timeline, upload images directly to twitter.
Current features of Choqok:
- Supporting Twitter.com micro-blogging service.
- Supporting Identi.ca micro-blogging service. (Using its Twitter compatible API)
- Supporting self hosted StatusNet websites. (Using their Twitter compatible API)
- Supporting Open Collaboration Services API (Used by opendesktop.org)
- Supporting Friends, @Reply, Favorite and Public time-lines.
- Support for send and receive direct messages.
- Official Repeat/ReTweet functions.
- Supporting Multiple Accounts simultaneously.
- Supporting search APIs for Twitter and StatusNet services.
- Support for Twitter lists.
- KWallet integration.
- Ability to make a quick tweet/dent with global shortcuts. (Ctrl+Meta+T)
- Ability to notify user about new statuses arriving.
- Flickr, ImageShack, Twitpic, Twitgoo, Mobypicture and Posterous photo uploading
- Support for shortening urls with more than 30 characters.+shorten on paste, With more than 10 shortening services
- Post text translation using Google Translate service.
- Posts (Statuses) list appearance configuration.
- Filtering supported to hide unwanted posts.
- Setting your last post as your current status message in IM clients (Kopete, Pidgin, Psi, Skype)
- Preview Images from Twitpic, YFrog, img.ly, plixi, Twitgoo, TweetPhoto and etc. services.
- Preview Videos from YouTube and Vimeo services.
- Send Now Listening text. (Many of favorite players such as Amarok, Exaile, Banshee, Rhythmbox and VLC supported)
- UnTiny short Urls.
- Proxy support.
Known Problem
A bug in Qt 4.8 caused Choqok splash screen sometimes look blank. I hope they fix it and release a bug fix soon.
To install Choqok on Ubuntu/Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:
