MovableType apparently is the only method that will work with WordPress based blogs. Even though I swore I saw it say to choose Blogger 2.0 type in a tutorial but whatever.

Drivel is nice and it’s more native, but lacks the features that Blogilo has for posting media (aka images) and formatting is more of a process than the 1 click you can do with Blogilo.

The only gripe I have with Blogilo is that when I post images and want to format them for alignment it strips the old HTML options (i.e. align=”left hspace=”10″) when I post so I wind up re-editing server side to fix it. Not a big deal really.

One thing I saw in Drivel that is nifty is the Poll Generator built in. However, that is for LiveJournal blogs only. So totally useless for me. This makes my decision to use Blogilo more of a reality.

What desktop based blog editor do you use? Let me know in the comments!

I am trying out Blogilo to post this article right now. It’s a little like Microsoft Live Writer from what the description boasts. When I loaded it I noticed that it’s a KDE based application and you have to set up KDE Wallet. No big deal, but a little annoying I guess.

I would have used BloGTK orginally however in recent times it seems some of the packages that are required to run it are no longer available under Lucid. the gtkhtml2 package I believe is what is was screaming about. Something that gPodder also uses for show notes but it seems to work fine without it.

One thing that is nifty about this application is that it can pull your style sheet from the server so when you preview it within the application it gives you an idea of what it will look like on the site. Really nifty.

I think I may use this to post things. Testing it out more. I even have added an image to see if it will upload it and post properly.

Note: This post went up fine. Just the time zone difference caused it to be late so I editted the time. And it seems the image was not formatted right. Probably something I missed. I may be using the application more in the future!

I reinstalled all the applications and within a few hours I had everything back to “normal” However, there has been some bugs that have been bothering me as of late. Mainly with Gwibber. It seems facebook accounts are not able to be added any more to the application. As well as a few other things I noticed.

I wish there was a native app that handled more social networks. Although Gwibber has some great features, I have been finding apps handling all different options. I have been adding more social networks into my profile of networks but it seems not one app handles them all. And it would be great to have them all in one bundle. The networks I am on now are:

• MySpace
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Identica
• Tumblr
• Flickr
• FriendFeed
• Plurk
• LinkedIn

I have my IM’s all in Empathy at the moment, but in order for me to post to certain networks it’s like I have to go through Ping.FM or some other service to post to them all. That’s not too much of an issue, it’s more or less getting the updates of the people and groups I follow on these service to show in one place.

I have tiredly searched for solutions for this. I just hope that someday soon someone will come up with something.

Aside from that things are pretty stable. I just need to play more with some things to get back into the swing of things.  I need to bone up on GIMP, Inkscape and Audacity some more so that I can begin working on graphics again and also post a new episode of VooDooRadio.

I am looking into getting a Vidcast put up using Openshot but in order for me to do it I need to get the HD with the VooDooRadio logo on it and work on title sequences.

Seeing this is a new era for me, I am considering on changing the theme music for the show, however I have been using the current music for over 2 years now and it’s been branded into peoples ears. Maybe some minor changes on the intro.. I dunno I just want to get something shorter than the 1.5 minute intro.

Alright I think I bitched enough. If anyone has any solutions to a native client or AIR app that handles all the aforementioned social networks, please comment here or contact me through twitter, AIM, Identica. All are named voodoostevie.

Google said it was dumping Microsoft Windows on all its computers in the company, and switching to Apple and Linux, simply because Windows was not secure; the switch came specifically because Chinese hackers broke into Google machines, and only special employees with particular needs will be allowed to use Windows; otherwise they are stuck with Apple or Linux operating systems.

This bold move on Google’s part poses a lot of questions in tech circles. The biggest is are we ready to move to alternate Operating systems yet? Read on to see my view on all of this.

Google deciding on removing the Windows OS from all their machines (albeit a smart move in terms of security breaches), however it poses the question as to what is the big reason for doing it aside from the hack? Some really think that it’s mainly because the release of Chrome OS that Google has been working on is slated to be released later this year. Did Google do this to get all their employees involved in a mass test phase? Apparently it’s Linux and Apple only machines running in the Google HQ at this time, but what is this telling the public?

To me it seems more like they are announcing that they are tired of Windows being the first and foremost in the domination of operating systems in computing today. And a lot of people are feeling the same way lately. However the biggest thing that is stopping people from switching is fear of change and yes switching to Linux is a huge change for most of the folks using computers. There are many distributions out there and each one has it’s pros and cons but all in all desktop Linux is not quite there yet in terms of user-friendliness. Mainly because of the Windows domination in hardware compatibility and software programming for gaming and a few other reasons floating around.

Linux is becoming more and more of a possibility of being a dominate force in desktop machines, but there is still some work to do. Mostly it’s gaming that is slowing things down, but gaming has always been a thorn in the side for Linux users. Yes there are some games out there, but remember 15 years ago Mac was in the same boat. It’s only a matter of time for gaming to come to Linux desktops. There are some games I have been playing fine on the Linux side. Most are part of the Humble Indie Bundle which helped raise $392,953 for the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Child’s Play Charity. Linux users seem to have made the highest average donation for the games proving that users under Linux really want to see commercial gaming to start going towards Linux as well.

Let’s hope this shows as a step in the right direction for both Google and the open source community.

As I write this I consider more and more of wiping the hard drive in my machine to rid the dual booting and just use Windows on one machine. And see how many times I go to that machine. So far I have only booted into windows twice in the past month and that was to install Steam and Portal which I played for 2 hours and went back into Linux right after.

My reliance on Windows is dwindling… Should I jump ship? Only time will tell.

The reason for adding these entries is because I am trying to consolidate my websites a little. And the subdomains albeit a great idea for making some little blogs, I have decided that this will be my primary blog for all of the things I want to talk about.

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