So I'm trying out a new blog using a static site tool.

I looked at a few different options and opted for Pelican. The selling points for me were:

• static blog
• open source
• written in Python
• supports rst
• reasonable docs
• available in Fedora

Now, the big winner in static blogs seems to be Jekyll. It was tempting, but I was quite put off when I tried running the version packaged in Fedora and it simply did not work. I guess everyone just uses gem install, but I try to avoid secondary package managers.

I also looked briefly at Hyde, a Jekyll clone written in Python. It is also unpackaged in Fedora. Also, the documentation is practically non-existent.

So, here I …

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