Or snazzy Ubuntu Linux with AWN dock and Compiz-Fusion
Beryl, the compositing window manager I’ve been using since I migrated to Ubuntu Linux in April, is now merging with the project it forked from, Compiz. The new project is called Compiz-Fusion and the initial work is great, a few notches above Beryl in some aspects.
RING [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Open source'
Playing with fire? Painting with fire!
July 9th, 2007 · 3 Comments
Tags: Highlights · Open source · free software · linux
Announcing WP-Subdued WordPress theme
June 12th, 2007 · 8 Comments
I have just released WP-Subdued, a WordPress theme based on the open source Subdued web template released by Free CSS Templates. I regularly check Free CSS Templates and when I saw the Subdued template, I immediately knew it was perfect for a site I’m helping to launch.
WP-SUBDUED. My WordPress port of the Subdued template [...]
Tags: Blog design · Open source · WebTech
New Aptana IDE version makes Linux installation easy
June 11th, 2007 · 3 Comments
I use Aptana whenever I have to edit a web template or convert one to a WordPress theme. Before I found Aptana, I used Dreamweaver. I wrote a post earlier on how to use Dreamweaver to edit edit WordPress themes.
EDITING WITH APTANA. Porting an open source web template into a WordPress theme using Aptana. [...]
Tags: Highlights · Open source · WebTech · free software · linux
Installing Photoshop on Ubuntu Linux
May 27th, 2007 · 17 Comments
Now, what do I do? That was the first thought that formed in my mind when I first opened Gimp about 5 or 6 six years ago in an Internet cafe on F. Ramos St. in Cebu City.
I was given the grand tour on Linux and open source software by Mike Schmeisser, a chain-smoking German [...]
Tags: Highlights · Open source · free software · linux
Screencasting in Ubuntu
May 1st, 2007 · 4 Comments
I’ve done my first screencast in Ubuntu using gtk-record My Desktop, a tool that records desktop sessions in Linux. I’ve long wanted to do screencasts in Ubuntu ever since I installed Feisty Fawn or the 7.04 release but I haven’t been successful in my initial attempts.
I first tried capturing desktop sessions into movie files using [...]
Tags: Open source · PC · free software
Giving people Ubuntu envy
April 19th, 2007 · 13 Comments
While preparing for my presentation to the staff of the Sun.Star website last week, I was a bit worried whether Ubuntu Feisty Fawn would detect and work with the office’s LCD projector.
I’m a stickler for backups. I finished my OpenOffice Impress presentation in the laptop and then converted it into a PowerPoint file. I then [...]
Tags: Highlights · Open source · Personal · WebTech · free software

