How About an Official Twitter Client for Linux?

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Marius Nestor
Aug 29, 2012

Yes, I know that are a lot of wannabe Twitter clients out there (Gwibber, Turpial, Hotot, Pidgin, etc.), but none does the job right. While the dedicated clients have lots of issues, starting with real time notifications and finishing with the flaws in their design, the others are multi-protocol clients that treat Twitter like an uninvited guest.

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Marius Nestor

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