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Saturday, October 24, 2015

Telegram Unity WebApp Integrates Telegram With Ubuntu's Messaging Menu, Unity Launcher

Telegram is a free messaging app that focuses on speed and security. There are official Telegram applications available for iOS and Android as well as various unofficial clients for Windows, Mac OS X and Windows Phone.

On Linux, Telegram is available as a Chrome App, browser app as well as a command line client and now, thanks to Costales' work, you can now also use a Telegram webapp in Ubuntu.

The Telegram Ubuntu webapp uses Webogram (an unofficial Telegram Web App) under the hood and features Unity Dash integration so you can launch Telegram from Dash and also, you get Unity Launcher / Messaging menu conversations unread count.

Update 6 May 2014: the Telegram Unity WebApp is now configurable: right click the WebApp icon from the Unity Launcher and you you'll be able to set the app to autostart with Ubuntu and enable/disable displaying the new conversations count on the Unity Launcher or Messaging Menu. Here's a screenshot:

Install Telegram WebApp in Ubuntu

The Telegram WebApp is available for Ubuntu 14.04 and 13.10 in a PPA. Add the PPA and install it using the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:costales/unity-webapps-telegram
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install unity-webapps-telegram

Once installed, launch Telegram from Dash.

Note that to use Telegram, you must firstly install it on your mobile device.

To grab the source code, report bugs, etc., see the Unity Telegram WebApp Launchpad page.

thanks to Costales for the tip!

Sigram: Native Linux Desktop Telegram Client

Telegram is a free messaging app that focuses on speed and security, at least that's what its developers say. There are official Telegram applications available for iOS and Android as well as various unofficial clients for Windows, Mac OS X and Windows Phone.

Sigram is a native, open source Telegram client for Linux desktops, written in C++, C, Qt, QML.

The application supports chatting with your Telegram contacts (obviously) as well as sending and receiving images (it uses Limoo image viewer under the hood) and emoticons. Unfortunately, Sigram doesn't support secret chats and sending audio/video files for now.

As for the desktop integration, Sigram can display notifications on new messages and comes with a tray icon which allows you to show the application (which can be closed to the tray) or open its configuration. There's also an option to change the chat background.

That's it for now, but the application is quickly evolving. From its bug reports, I see that the app should get an option to add contacts soon, option to change the avatar and so on. And since it's open source, you can contribute to its development!

I've received a tip from Sialan Labs, the Sigram developers, more than a week ago, but back then the application only worked on Ubuntu 14.04 and the settings/gear icon didn't work. These bugs have been fixed and Sigram has worked great in my test today, so I finally decided to write about it. So if you've previously tried Sigram and stumbled upon these issues, give it another try.

Download Sigram

Sigram, the open source Telegam Client for Linux desktops, can be download from Sialan Labs - there are Ubuntu debs, Arch Linux AUR packages, rpm packages as well as generic Linux binaries available for download, along with the Sigram source.

Report any bugs you may find @ GitHub.

Also see: Telegram Unity WebApp Integrates Telegram With Ubuntu's Messaging Menu, Unity Launcher

thanks to Sialan Labs for the tip!

Add Telegram Support To Pidgin With Telegram Purple

Telegram Purple is a Pidgin (and other Libpurple-based messengers) plugin which adds support for Telegram.

The plugin is based on Telegram-cli, a full-featured terminal-based client for Telegram, and is in early (pre-alpha) development stages. Right now, it supports the following features:

chats / group-chats:

send / receive messages;
discover buddies/chats;
discover buddy state and info;

profile pictures: download and use profile pictures;

Update Nov 24, 2014: Telegram Purple was updated to version 0.5, receiving the following new features / changes:

display incoming photos;
respect received user and chat property updates;
support changing own profile picture;
support adding new contacts;
display service messages;
works with libpurple proxy settings.

Features which will probably be added to Telegram Purple in the future include:

encrypted chats;
picture, audio and video messages;
file transfers;
geolocation;
multiple accounts on one client;

If you're looking for a more featureful Telegram client for Linux desktops, see: Sigram and Telegram Unity WebApp.

Even though it lacks some important features for now, Telegram Purple has some advantages over stand-alone solutions, like the ones mentioned above: since you can use it with Pidgin, you don't have to open multiple chat clients and you have all your contacts in a single list. And since it's under heavy development, we'll hopefully see some of these missing features implemented soon.

Tip: to use the Telegram iOS or Android Emojis, download them from HERE, copy the Emoji folder to ~/.purple/smileys/ and select the new smiley theme from the Pidgin preference (Themes > Smiley Theme).

Install Telegram Purple plugin for Pidgin

To make it easier to install in Ubuntu / Linux Mint (and derivatives), I've packaged Telegram Purple and uploaded it to the main failsdownloads PPA. Add the PPA and install the plugin using the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/failsdownloads
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install telegram-purple

If you don't want to add the PPA, you can download the Telegram Purple deb from HERE.

Arch Linux users can install the latest Telegram Purple from Git via AUR.

For other Linux distributions, check out the installation instructions available on Telegram Purple's GitHub page.

To report bugs or contribute to Telegram Purple, see its GitHub page.

Using Telegram Purple with Pidgin

Using Telegram Purple with Pidgin is pretty easy. After installing the plugin (see above), start Pidgin (restart it if it was already running) and from its menu select Accounts > Manager Accounts. Here, click "Add" and from the protocol drop-down list, select Telegram.

Next, enter your phone number under "Username" (including the country prefix) and click "Add":

The first time you add your Telegram account, a popup will be displayed, asking you to enter the Telegram code you've received via SMS:

Enter the code and you're done setting up Telegram with Pidgin.

Telegram Purple seen @ lffl.org

Install The Official Telegram Desktop App In Ubuntu Or Linux Mint Via PPA

Telegram is a free, cross-platform messaging app which, according to its developers, focuses on speed and security.

There are official Telegram clients for Android, iOS, WP, Mac OS X, as well as for the desktop: Windows, Mac OS X and Linux (along with a web-based version, Chrome app) and quite a few unofficial clients. The official Telegram Linux desktop app is not packaged for Ubuntu so to make it easier to install, Lorenzo from atareao.es has created a PPA.

The Telegram desktop application supports desktop notifications, stickers (Telegram only has a few for now, but more will follow soon), sending and receiving attachments (documents or photos), adding contacts and so on. What it doesn't support is sending voice messages (you can listen or download received voice messages though).

It's important to mention that by using the PPA below, the Telegram auto-update feature won't work so you'll have to rely on the PPA for updating the application.

Install Telegram Desktop in Ubuntu or Linux Mint via PPA

To add the Atareao Telegram PPA and install the official Telegram Desktop application in Ubuntu / Linux Mint and derivatives, use the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/telegram
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install telegram

If you encounter bugs, report them @ GitHub.

Also see:

via atareao.es, thanks to Icy EyeG for the tip!

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