Open Source: articles and tips
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How to design and print business cards cheaply at home using LibreOffice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYnNTVYRKtY Another video tutorial, this one on how to design and print business cards cheaply at home using LibreOffice Draw and
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Video tutorial – how to maintain a fuel log with mileage calculator in LibreOffice Calc/Excel
Something different I tried recently. A video tutorial on how to maintain a fuel log with mileage calculator in LibreOffice Calc or Excel with simple formulae. Hopefully this provides some good information. This is something I am still working on, especially my voice and recording clarity, so please do leave your feedback on the video.
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GIMP Tutorial – fire animation in pixel art
Yet another video tutorial on GIMP – this time explaining how to create a fire animation for use in 2d pixel sprite based games.
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GIMP tutorial on drawing 2d pixel art bush
Here’s my video on YouTube, showing how you can draw a simple bush in 2d pixel art style in GIMP.
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WordGrinder – a distraction free open source word processor
A long time back, when I was writing a novel, I discovered WordGrinder, a console word processor that’s designed to string prose together without any distraction. In the creator’s own words: WordGrinder is a word processor for processing words. It is not WYSIWYG. It is not point and click. It is not a desktop publisher.…
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Collabora Office – a full fledged LibreOffice port for mobile devices
A while back, I searched for a decent Office suite for opening and editing documents on my iPad and found Collabora Office, a full-fledged port of LibreOffice for Android and iOS / iPadOS. This is one of the few Open Source office suites for mobile devices around and one of the few that are almost…
