Linux don’t have a decent Blog Editor?
Firefox is slow as a snail on my Windows XP laptop these days. I take the blame partly because of the number of plugins I might have fed it. The system is freezing every now and then. 
I’ve got around 500+ Feeds to track everyday through Netvibes. That excellent ajaxed’ web application is crawling to death within Firefox. I was excited to see the Safari for windows, but it is not so stable and secure as of now.
I have been using Ubuntu from the Hoary days to last years Dapper. Switched partly due to organizational policies of using Windows. But these system freezes are tempting me to go back to the Ubuntu times.
I got the Feisty Fawn CD from a colleague and booted off. The primary concern for me was to find a decent blogging client for Wordpress on Ubuntu. Searched around and did not find any good ones. I am finally giving a try with the ScribeFire. The Firefox plugin which helps you blog on many platforms.
So now, I have booted off the Feisty CD, Fired up the Firefox, installed the ScribeFire plugin and is writing this post inside ScribeFire. This is no comparison the cozy world of Microsoft Windows Live Writer. Still there is live previews and Technorati inline-tags support. Let me see how it goes. Wish someone found a way to get Windows Live Writer Working with Wine. I guess it is not easy, as WLW uses the latest .NET runtime features.
Does anyone have any Ubuntu Blogging Stories to share?!
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June 21st, 2007 at 2:50 pm
Why don’t you use Google Reader? It can handle 500 feeds quite gracefully :)
Sorry for not being able to comment on Linux, but i am a Windows fanatic :)
June 21st, 2007 at 3:25 pm
Gili, I am addicted to NetVibes :). There is no going back to Google Reader - unless - they support ‘RSS Item Windows’ as Netvibes does.
June 22nd, 2007 at 12:22 am
What, no Internet Explorer? c’mon, give it a shot…dare ya. :)
June 22nd, 2007 at 7:15 pm
For linux especially ubuntu (i.e Gnome Desktop) I have found Drivel and BlogTK especially useful.
June 23rd, 2007 at 3:49 am
Listikal,
Internet Explorer??? Since i opened FF for the first time, i never voluntarily opened IE. Unfortunatly, enterprises still feel a bit more secure with a Microsoft product and so i am obliged to use IE at work :)
June 23rd, 2007 at 9:30 pm
I too was hooked to Netvibes, then switched to Google Reader.
I used to be an die hard Netvibes fan earlier, recommending it to all people whom I talked to :D
June 28th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
Thank you Aning and everyone for the suggestions and experiences. Now that I have moved completely back to Ubuntu, I will be posting more of the blogging experiences with it further.
September 17th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
Anybody getting started to use FF will never return to IE ever again if not forced to..
September 19th, 2007 at 2:11 am
????? ??? ??? ??? ?? ??…
Microsoft?? ??? ?? ?? ???? ??? ???? ?? ?? ?? Live Writer??. ?? ??2??? ??? ? ?? ??? ??? ??? API ??? ???. ??? ??? ?? ?? ?…
November 30th, 2007 at 1:19 am
Hey Vinod, just came across this post of yours. Wondering what you are using for blogging these days on Ubuntu?
November 30th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
Nothing beats, WLW for now. So I have XP virtualized to have WLW and Outlook running!. Being said that, I occasionally use ScribeFire to o.
January 26th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Oh man, I’m in the same boat… switched to Linux and feel the loss of WLW. I had no idea it was so popular… but doesn’t surprise me, since it is so good. I think Ubuntu comes with one, right? I opened it and was like… WTF is this? I thought Linux developers blogged more than this would demonstrate. They must be using the web interface. There’s always that! :-P
I’m actually on Fedora on this machine, which best I can tell, has NO blog editor.
Please, oh, please! Someone hook us up with a blog editor that rivals WLW! Down with MS!
February 17th, 2008 at 6:56 am
Download Flock, http://www.flock.com . The built-in editor is okay, but adding the BlogPlus Flock Extension really makes it rock. The current Flock release has a bug that doesn’t permit the BlogPlus extension to be installed correctly. Fortunately, Flock 1.1 is in Beta testing and will be released to the public any day now. I’m testing it and the BlogPlus extension works as designed. And yes, I’m running Ubuntu.
February 18th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
@Groty: I’ve had some problem with the wordpress categories earlier. I am yet to test the Flock 1.1. beta. I just got it downloaded on my Mac.
June 5th, 2008 at 7:20 am
http://beans.seartipy.com/2007.....nux-users/