It’s surprisingly hard to find users on Twitter that are worth following in amongst the inactive accounts and mundane updates, but there are some real gems. Below is my list of the best Linux related twitterers. To follow any of them just click on their name to go to their twitter page. If there are any that I’ve missed please let me know in the comments.
Update: Added a few more (I’m leaving the title though!)
News
Web http://twitter.com/Ekushey
Bio The latest buzz from the Linux world… keeping you updated, 24/7.
linuxfoundation
Web http://www.linux-foundation.org/
Bio The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering the growth of Linux.
LinuxPower
Bio Linux / distro feeds. All about Linux.
digg Linux/Unix
Web http://digg.com/linux_unix/
Bio All digg news about Linux or Unix
linux_pro
Web http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/
Bio Tasty premium blend of Linux and Open Source
linuxjournal
Web http://www.linuxjournal.com/
Bio Linux Journal is the original magazine of the Linux community.
Tips & Tricks
Web http://www.bashcookbook.com/
Bio Writers of the best bash book
shellfu
Web http://www.shell-fu.org/
Bio Command line tips and tricks
Updates
Web http://doobie.com/tbots
Bio I announce new releases of the Linux kernel.
gnome
Web http://www.gnome.org/
Bio The Free Software Desktop Project
kdecommunity
Web http://kde.org/
Bio The K Desktop Environment
Distributions
Web http://news.opensuse.org/
Bio News and updates about openSUSE.
ubuntutweets
Bio Aggregated tweets covering all things Ubuntu.
clububuntu
Web http://www.clububuntu.com/
Bio Your updates about the ubuntu things
fedora_linux
Web http://fedoraproject.org/
Bio I’m infinity, freedom, voice
mandriva
Web http://www.mandriva.com/
Bio The Linux desktop that’s easy to try and easy to keep
CentOS
Web http://www.karan.org/
Bio CentOS developer who loves Belgian beer, most things computers with a borderline addiction to rpm.
- Published: February 24th, 2009
- 2 Comments published
- Tags: links, linux, twitter
2 Comments
Nice, thanks for sharing!
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