I haven't written in awhile, but I've got some major changes going on at work and just haven't been motivated lately. This has led my to write a diary to keep a log of my personal feelings and reflections that I can look back on. I don't necessarily want to keep it in document or note format so I looked up "dairy" for my iPhone.

After using the diary application on the phone for awhile I wondered if a good diary application existed for Linux. I looked a bit and found a couple, but they were dated or required some setup to get security and database working. I don't want to spend hours on something so trivial!

The application I use on the iPhone is simply called My Diary so I Googled "mydiary linux" and found myDiary 4.0 for Gnome, in a deb package no less. Installed perfectly on Ubuntu 9.04 and has all the basics you will need in a diary tool - calender, search, spell check, and password protection! Also, if you would like to use this on Windows you're in luck. Unfortunately I was unable to find the authors site.

I did happen on this gem called RedNotebook, which allows images along with all the other standard diary features, but it lacks password protection. What it lacks in security it makes up every where else, plus the files are stored in text so with a little work you can secure them if you like. This application can be just about anything you need like a note taker, journal, thought organizer, or personal diary. Very nicely done.

As for KDE it has a Journal that can be used as a diary built into the PIM so take a look in the menus.