Linux desktop blog client - drivel
Drivel is a blog client for the GNOME desktop. It is designed to utilize the new features of GNOME 2.0 including GConf and GTK 2.0. Right now it supports following blogging platforms:
a) LiveJournal.com
b) Blogger.com
c) Movable Type
d) Advogato
To install type the command as root user:
# apt-get install drivel
OR as normal user (Ubuntu Linux):
$ sudo apt-get install drivel
To use drivel type the following command:
$ drivel &
Next type username, password and select your blog software/platform.
Drivel allows you to perform most functions that are supported by the server such as posting, friends editing, friend groups, friend page checking, post editing etc. Overall it is a nice GNU/GPL tool.
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[...] Gefunden habe ich das Tool mit Namen drivel. Es ist ein Debian-Teil und daher für Gnome geschrieben, ebenfalls ist es in den Quellen von Ubuntu enthalten. Es lässt sich also über aptitude oder apt-get installieren. Leider ist es von Haus aus nicht WordPress-tauglich. Mit einem kleine Trick lässt sich das Manko aber umgehen. [...]
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Thanks!
I installed Drivel yesterday and I use it on my Fedora Core 6 system - with KDE as the desktop environment.
Needless to say, you need to use “su yum install drivel” instead of “sudo apt ..”.
I wonder if there are any plugins for drivel? I would really like one that allows comments or such on Wordpress, even though my main blog is hosted at blogspot.
Just curious where I could find plugins, but drivel itself is simple and clean, very elegant!