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Note: Linux Magazine has changed their URLs for my articles a few times, so links may be broken. If you find a bad link, please let me know so I can fix it (again). Thank you.
Also, the formatting on my (admittedly old) articles is borked. The articles are still readable, but they aren’t presented as well as they could be.
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/id/2339/
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/id/2097/
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 for Linux Magazine in March 2004.
http://www.granneman.com/writing/linuxmagazine/libranetreview