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I tried "The Journal" by DavidRM, and it is a great software.

Unfortunately, it is not free.

What are some close opensource or free alternatives, for Linux/Windows ?

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I want the same. I still use TheJournal 3 on Windows - I tried the demo of 5 but had some problems, including silent data loss when importing (rather than converting) my existing data. But as I get nearer to switching properly to Linux, I really want something I can use on both platforms. – Steve314 Nov 17 '10 at 20:31
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Open Journal Systems. From the Public Knowledge Project. - OJS will equal to that one .

But you can have look so many other people are providing the same one ..

From http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Free%5Fand%5Fopen-source%5Fjournal%5Fmanagement%5Fsoftware

CLEO Various tools related to revues.org and Lodel (see Lodel below) can be found in this site. In French.

DiVA. From the the Electronic Publishing Centre at Uppsala University Library.

DPubS. From Cornell University Library and Pennsylvania State University Libraries and Press.

E-Journal. From Drupal.

ePublishing Toolkit. From the Max Planck Gesellschaft.

GAPworks. From German Academic Publishers (GAP).

HyperJournal. From the University of Pisa.

Lodel. Lodel is the publishing software behind Revues.org.

OpenACS

SOPS. From SciX.

Topaz. From the Public Library of Science.

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It looks like the examples given here are more of the "academic journal" kind. Abhinav seems to be looking for more of the "personal journal" kind. – Isxek Aug 16 '09 at 17:24
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What about running a blogging software locally?

Installing apache or IIS, combined with mysql and wordpress would work great.

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This doesn't have the same look and feel (and focus). A desktop app would be better. – Abhinav Apr 8 '10 at 13:17
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I am looking as well. A couple suggestions (but note, while they are decent, I am still looking):

  1. Wiki on a Stick. Forget apache/IIS or any of that junk, this wiki just lives in one xhtml file. Any OS can use it, you just open it with whatever browser you like. I think it has password protection. Open source and free. Should even work on really old hardware, and smartphones. Use something like dropbox to sync it between machines.

  2. RedNotebook. Journal app proper for Windows. Might be a Linux version. There's a PortableApps.com version that can be run off a flash/portable, and they say most/all their apps run fine in WINE. WINE is a great tool for the windows-to-linux transition, although some would say it's kinda cheating.

Hm. Come to think of it, maybe I should give RedNotebook another shot. I was just hoping to find something better... "The Journal" looks cool but for $50 he can keep it, haha. I mean he can do good work but while there are free alternatives, those pressed for cash can get far with free software.

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