Entries Tagged as 'Open source'

Playing with fire? Painting with fire!

July 9th, 2007 · 3 Comments

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 [...]

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 [...]

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