Facebook Apps For Ubuntu

Here are two interesting facebook applications for ubuntu . One of which is not axactly an app but a plugin for an app.. These two apps would help you stay in touch with the latest notifications and help you chat in ubuntu . So here's more on that :

FACEBOOK CHAT

The first app , more off an add on is Facebook chat which is a plugin for pidgin . Almost everybody on ubuntu uses pidgin , so adding facebook chat to it would definetly be helpful.So here's how you do it :

Step 1 : Go to the Terminal(Applications->Accessories->Terminal ) and type sudo apt-get install pidgin-facebookchat .
Step 2 : This would install facebook chat.. now restart pidgin and create an account and you should see facebook there..


FACEBOOK NOTIFICATIONS



This app would get you all the facebook notifications on your desktop . Here's how you do it :

Step 1 : Go to the terminal(Applications->Accessories->Terminal ) and type sudo apt-get install python-webkitgtk python-simplejson
Step 2 : Now download the ZIP file from HERE and extract it to your home folder.. So say it is under /home/prash/facebook for example
Step 3 : Now open the terminal and type cd /home/prash/facebook and then type ./facebook-notify.py
Step 4 : NOw the facebook icon should pop up on the top right bar. CLICK ON IT and click on Login to Facebook , enter your login details



Step 5 : Thats it , now you should be done!!