gTwitter is a Twitter client for Linux written in Mono/C# and uses GTK+ for the GUI, which was inspired by the Mac client Twitterific. The version being tested is 1.0 beta, released in June 2007. According to the project’s homepage, gTwitter is currently “under heavy development”.

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Twitux is a Twitter client designed for use in Linux. The application is written in C and uses GTK+ for the GUI. The name Twitux is presumably a mashup of Twitter and Tux, the traditionally heralded Linux mascot. The current release of Twitux is version 0.62, which was released on April 29, 2008.

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Pownce is a microblogging platform that prides itself on being able to send more than just status messages. Users can also send files, links and events.

Pownce was built by Megatechtronium, which consists of Leah Culver, Mike Malone, Daniel Burka, Kevin Rose, Ariel Waldman and Shawn Allen.

Platform Features

When Powncing, you must determine which type of post you are creating, either a message, a link, a file or an event. Posts can be directed to the public, to friends or sets of friends, or as private messages. Users can choose from a variety of different themes (color schemes) for their account and set general privacy guidelines.

A Pro account is available at $20/year, which allows for a number of additional options, including designing a custom theme, being able to send files up to 250MB in size, eliminating ads from the Pownce stream and earning a special Pro badge to be displayed on the user’s account.

User Interface

Users can post to Pownce through the web interface, the mobile version of the site, Pownce’s own desktop app or one of the many tools developed by Pownce’s userbase. The official desktop app is built on Adobe AIR, which makes it cross-platform and available for Windows, Mac or Linux.

Getting Started

Sign up for an account.

People to Follow

You can find accounts for Microblink, Rob and Mike on Pownce, as well as a list of featured Powncers. The Pownce community has put together their own list of suggested featured users on the Pownce Community Wiki, so they’re probably worth checking out too.

How to Discover People

Visit the Add Friends page to import contacts from Digg, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Gmail, Hotmail, AOL Mail and Yahoo! Mail. You can also search for friends by name or look at friends of your friends.

Ways to Track

Adjust your email notifications to be informed of friend requests, private messages and replies, receipt of files and event invites and updates about Pownce.

Usage Tips

To address messages to a specific person or link something being said to another user’s account, you must append the username with an exclamation point (!), similar to the way most services use the at (@) symbol.