I just went through eight Twitter apps for Linux to determine which will be my new Twitter client, and I thought I'd share my thoughts of them with you.

I tried four native Linux apps that I obtained through Ubuntu's Add/Remove feature under the Applications menu, and another four for Adobe Air. I decided to do this because I realized that TweetDeck was a memory hog and, though I have two gigabytes of RAM, it would slow some of my other programs from time to time. Here's my initial thoughts (I'll get a little more detailed after the tables ... and there are no screenshots).