This item was written using drivel on Linux Mint. drivel is Gnome-based and is one of several desktop blogging clients available to Linux users.
If you wish to dabble, there’s a long list of WIndows, Mac and Linux clients here.
If you’ve drivel installed on your machine, here’s how to get it working with WordPress.
Choose Movable Type as your journal type and specify yourblog.wordpress.com/xmlrpc.php as your Server Address.