Advanced

Alexandria: Book cataloging the way it should be

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on
Linux.com; By Bruce Byfield
Mail this story
Print this story

GNU/Linux inherits a tradition of small programs that do one thing very well. A modern example of this tradition is Alexandria, a dedicated book cataloger for GNOME. Although a few workarounds would make it almost as useful as KDE's Tellico for other collections, especially music, Alexandria's focus remains squarely on books and their organization by library, status, and ratings. Perhaps its closest analogy is the online LibraryThing, although Alexandria actually predates LibraryThing and is designed for private, desktop use.

Full Story

  Nav
» Read more about: Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux

» Get new stories by e-mail: nightly or as they are published

« Return to the newswire homepage

  Related stories
» More like this

This topic does not have any threads posted yet!

You cannot post until you login.