• Libranet Review

Regular Columns

Manage Your Photos with Kflickr
Linux Magazine (February 2008): 8-9
“Kflickr is the best app available on any operating system for uploading photographs to Flickr. Linux apps to the rescue!”
http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6472

Sweeten your Vim with Cream
Linux Magazine (December 2007): 12-13
“Cream is useful not just for text editor newbies, but for old hands as well.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6045

Cool APT Repositories
Linux Magazine (November 2007): 8, 10-11
“The sources-list that comes with your distro is probably fine for most people, but if you're more adventurous, you need to add other repositories to your sources.list.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/id/5006

Music on the Command-Line
Linux Magazine (September 2007): 10
“If you don't need a GUI, and you want the ultimate in speed and stability, then you need a music player built for the command-line.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3855

Comprehensive Desktop Backup
Linux Magazine (August 2007): 14
“Hardware and software needed for a comprehensive backup of all of my music, movies, data, and more.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4489

Open Anywhere!
Linux Magazine (July 2007): 10
“Carry your web browser, email program, and office suite anywhere with PortableApps.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3925

In the Cockpit of JetS3t
Linux Magazine (June 2007): 10
“Use Cockpit and Synchronize to back up your data onto Amazon's S3.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3724

The Best Web Page Editor, Ever
Linux Magazine (May 2007): 10
“A look at the awesome features found in Quanta+.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3670

Write a Screenplay with Celtx
Linux Magazine (March 2007): 8
“Every budding screenwriter should check out Celtx, designed for writing scripts.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3654

SSH, SFTP, and VNC with UniTTY
Linux Magazine (February 2007): 10
“A better way to SSH. And SFTP. And VNC!”
http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3214

Author XML with XXE
Linux Magazine (December 2006): xx
“Explore a powerful XML editor that runs natively on Linux.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/id/2887

Keeping Up with Gregarius
Linux Magazine (November 2006): 10
“Gregarius, the best Web-based, open source RSS feed reader.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/id/2597

Pretty Fonts Are Possible
Linux Magazine (October 2006): 10
“Make your fonts go pop!”
http://www.linux-mag.com/id/2997

See Jungle! Go Ape Crazy!
Linux Magazine (September 2006): xx
“Fast! Cheap! Easy! Store files online with Jungle Disk.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/id/2586

Collaborate With Gobby
Linux Magazine (August 2006): 10
“Work together on documents over a network with Gobby.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/id/2567

View Comics with Comix
Linux Magazine (July 2006): 12
“Pow! Bam! Keraanng! If you’re a Linux- and comic book-lovin’ nerd, check out Comix, a GNOME application that makes reading digital editions of comic books on your Linux box fun and easy.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/id/2635

An Easier Way to Set ACLs
Linux Magazine (June 2006): 10
“To grant specific rights to more than one user, you need access control lists, or ACLs, and Eiciel is a graphical ACL editor.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/content/view/2524

A Very SoundConverter
Linux Magazine (May 2006): 10
“Listen up! Need to convert MP3 to OGG, FLAC to MP3, WAV to FLAC, and more? Try the aptly-named SoundConverter.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/id/2540

Fight File System Bloat with Baobab
Linux Magazine (March 2006): 12
“Baobab is a nice graphical tool that represents disk space usage.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/content/view/2512

Map Your Mind With FreeMind
Linux Magazine (February 2006): 12
“Flock is a new browser based on Firefox that incorporates all of the cool social software that’s appeared over the last few years.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/content/view/2430

Flock: Firefox with integrated social software
Linux Magazine (January 2006): 14
“Flock to a fascinating new browser.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/content/view/2431/43

Family Trees with GRAMPS
Linux Magazine (December 2005): 10
“Who’s in your family tree? GRAMPS, a great piece of Linux software—and a model web site—can help you discover who you are.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/content/view/2383

GanttProject
Linux Magazine (November 2005): 8
“Project planning Penguinistas should take a look at GanttProject.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/content/view/2349/43

Image Management with F-Spot
Linux Magazine (October 2005): 12
“F-spot isn’t a bad program—it’s just young.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/content/view/2290

ClamAV: Anti-Virus for Linux
Linux Magazine (September 2005): 16
“If you want to protect your Linux server or desktop from viruses, give ClamAV a look.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/content/view/2229/43

Hide in Plain Sight
Linux Magazine (July 2005): 10
“Hide messages with simple steganography tools.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/content/view/2139/43

klik: True Click-and-Run Software
Linux Magazine (June 2005): 12
“Install software safely and easily… with just one klik!”
http://www.linux-mag.com/content/view/2076/43

Azureus: A Better Way to BitTorrent
Linux Magazine (April 2005): 16
“Azureus is the way to go online if you’re searching for torrents.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/content/view/1923/43

Create Web Pages with Nvu
Linux Magazine (15 March 2005)
“The Nvu web authoring system promises a lot, but falls short.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/content/view/1888/43

Say Hello to Skype
Linux Magazine (February 2005)
“Make free (or really, really cheap) phone calls over the Internet.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/content/view/120/2200

Exposé for Linux
Linux Magazine (January 2005): 16
“Instantly see a small screenshot of every open window.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/content/view/78/2201

Rip, Convert, Listen: The Sequel
Linux Magazine (December 2004): 16
“A further look at KRename and EastTAG.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/content/view/2112/43

Rip, Convert, Listen
Linux Magazine (November 2004): 22
“If you don’t know how to convert CDs into audio files on Linux, this column is for you.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/content/view/1785/2194

Konserve: Backup Made Easy
Linux Magazine (October 2004): 22
“Make backups so easy, so automatic, that you’ll probably forget all about it.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/2004-10/diy_01.html

Helix Player & RealPlayer
Linux Magazine (September 2004): 22
“Real’s open source code has actually turned into a nice piece of software.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/2004-09/diy_01.html

Features

Review: Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon takes on Mac OS X Leopard for the OS of the Year
Linux Magazine (January 2008): 10-11, 50-53
“Scott Granneman referees a technological cage match between Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) and Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).”
http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4641

Vista Outsmarts Linux Linux Magazine (April 2007): 28-31, 52
“Here are ten features that make Vista better than Linux.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4090

Ubuntu Linux
Linux Magazine (February 2007): 32-35
“In two short years, Ubuntu has quickly become the Linux distribution to beat.”
[URL available soon]

A Very Apropos apt
Linux Magazine (October 2003): 24-28
“If you use an RPM-based Linux distribution, you’ve probably had to deal with dependencies … There has to be a better way to upgrade Linux software! And there is: it’s called apt.”
http://www.linux-mag.com/2003-10/apt_01.html

Unpublished Articles

Libranet 2.8.1 Review
A review I wrote forLinux Magazine in March 2004.
http://www.granneman.com/writing/linuxmagazine/libranetreview