Gnome

Via rootprompt.org comes this article by Ubuntu Geek, “Blogging From Ubuntu Using Drivel”. It does a good job covering the basics on installation and usage.

Drivel is a GNOME client for working with online journals, also known as weblogs or simply blogs. It retains a simple and elegant design while providing many powerful features.

Drivel Features

• Support for LiveJournal, Blogger, MovableType, Advogato, and Atom journals (systems based off these are also supported, including WordPress and Drupal)
• The ability to post, edit, delete, and view recent entries
• Integrated spellchecking and HTML syntax highlighting
• Offline composition and editing
• Automatic recovery in the event of a crash
• Journal system extensions, including LiveJournal security groups and MovableType categories

In 6.06 Dapper Drake:

1. rm -r ~/.gconf/apps/panel or just move the folder elsewhere if you want to back it up.
2. Log out of GNOME, then back in.
3. There is no step 3.