Twitter Clients for Ubuntu/Linux

Twitux




sudo apt-get install twitux
gTwitter

sudo apt-get install gtwitter

Another simple GTK+ Twitter Client that looks like Twitux

Spaz

Spaz is Adobe Air Twitter Client that sport Multiple Themes and a built in URL shorten-er.



Download Spaz http://funkatron.com/apps/spaz/AIR/SpazAIR.air
Twhirl

Twhirl is a popular Twitter app for Adobe Air, check out my past post on installing Adobe Air in Ubuntu and the installing Twhirl is simple as http://www.twhirl.org/files/twhirl-0.9.air and opening it um to run the installer.



TweetDeck

An Adobe Air Twitter Client

Download then run the file to install

http://www.tweetdeck.com/beta/TweetDeck_0_22.air

AlertThingy

"AlertThingy brings the very latest updates from your favourite social networks direct to your desktop. Send Tweets, update your Facebook status, upload photos to Flickr, post to Tumblr and more. For business users we have Yammer, Basecamp and Huddle integrations. So you can mix work and play."



Download: http://www.alertthingy.com/v2/AlertThingy.air

Installing Adobe AIR and TweetDeck in Ubuntu

Installing Adobe Air

1. Go to http://get.adobe.com/air/ and download Adobe Air for Linux

2. Now the downloaded file should be called AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

3. Move the file AdobeAIRInstaller.bin to your /Home folder

4. Right click on the file AdobeAIRInstaller.bin and select properties then click on the permissions tab and check the Allow executing file as program.

5. Open up Terminal and type the following commands

chmod +x AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

then

sudo ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

The Installer will now open and complete install.

Install TweetDeck
















Go to http://tweetdeck.com/beta/ and download the TweetDeck for Linux

When you click to download the TweetDeck file, it will open up a window and just open with AdobeAIR Application Installer or just save the file and double click it.

















There are many Adobe AIR apps available and they install the same way. Now that you have Adobe AIR installed, Have Fun!