Install Hotot Twitter Client On Ubuntu 10.04/10.10

Hotot is a new Twitter client for Linux. It is written in Python and distributed under GPL licence. This client proposes a lot of features such as previewing images, Google Maps, extensions, a lot of shortcut keys, etc. Hotot is in fact a good alternative for Twitter clients like Pino and Gwibber. 

Hotot Installation

To install Hotot in Ubuntu, run these commands in the terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal):

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hotot-team

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install hotot 

For other Linux distributions, check this page.

Launching Hotot

To run Hotot, open Applications > Internet > Hotot Twitter Client. Or simply run this command in the terminal:

                hotot

After testing this new Twitter client, I find it well made. Its fluid graphical effects are really impressive and all necessary functions to use Twitter are present.