One of the comments that I received from my last post (15 Twitterers Every Linux User Should Follow) was that Twitter is pretty closed and not really in line with the whole Linux way of doing things. Well, that is true, though probably not an issue for the less fanatical amongst us, so I have decided to also look at identi.ca, an open Twitter alternative.

Identi.ca certainly doesn’t have as many users as Twitter, but does have a growing following in the open source community, as such I’ve been able to find a few users I’d recommend to anyone starting out or making the switch from Twitter.

If you have any other suggestions for linux related identi.ca users please let me know in the comments and I’ll update the list with the best ones.

News

linuxdotcom

Web http://linux.com/
Bio Linux.com is home to All Things Linux. Knowledge, tools, information, all in one place.

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linuxfoundation

Web http://www.linux-foundation.org/
Bio The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering the growth of Linux.

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linuxjournal

Web http://www.linuxjournal.com/
Bio Your favorite Linux magazine since 1994!

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Tips & Tricks

bashcookbook

Web http://www.bashcookbook.com/
Bio Authors of the best book on the bash shell.

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shellfu

Web http://www.shell-fu.org/
Bio Command line tips and tricks

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Updates

linuxkernel

Web http://www.kernel.org
Bio Announcing new releases of the Linux kernel.

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kdecommunity

Web http://kde.org/
Bio The K Desktop Environment

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gnome

Web http://www.gnome.org/

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Distributions

debianproject

Web http://twitter.debian.net/
Bio The Universal Operating System!

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fedora

Web http://fedoraproject.org/
Bio Freedom, Friends, Features, First

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linuxmint

Web http://www.linuxmint.com
Bio GNU/Linux distribution aiming at providing an elegant and easy to use desktop operating system.

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ubuntunews

Web http://fridge.ubuntu.com
Bio Ubuntu News For Human Beings