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December 28th, 2008
Tweeting from a Linux Workstation
I got tired of using my web browser for twittering, so I looked for some twitter applications for linux. A list of the best ones can be found in the Twitter Fan Wiki. I’ve tried a couple, but Twitux suited me best. It looks pretty good, runs under Gnome and supports gui-notifications.
To install Twitux on a Fedora machine change to root and yum install it:
su - yum install twitux
That will get you the latest Twitux installed and listed in your Applications – Internet menu. One thing that I didn’t like about Twitux is that ugly dinosaur icon that it came with, so I started searching the net for how to change it. Here are the locations of twitux icons which can be swapped:
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/twitux.svg /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/twitux.png
You have to be root to access those locations for writing. You can download a 48×48 Twitter PNG from iconarchive.com in the Web 2.0 Icons post. And thanks to lopagof you can get an SVG from deviantart.com. Don’t forget to logout and back in for your new icons to take effect.
I’m not sure about the task bar icon, cause I was able to change it just by right-clicking it in my Avant Window Navigator. GUI notifications still run that dinosaur icon though, so I turned it off :)
P.S. Follow me: twitter.com/kovshenin
Twitux is awful. You’d better use Twitterfox for Firefox or the Twitter Widget for Opera, both superior.
Hey thanks, tho I’m over it. I got used to TweetDeck, it’s really good you should try it: http://www.tweetdeck.com