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Using a webcam is easier now compared to a few years ago because setting up a webcam is more intuitive and user friendly. But even with this kind of easy installation process there are still some things that need a little improvement, for example, webcam software. Usually, webcam manufacturers have their own proprietary software, which [...]
gnuschool is an open source web-based application for testing, grading, and attendance for educators, students, and school administrators. Its numerous features help teachers and school administrators do the following: create, edit, view tests monitor and search for tests give makeup tests search grades view grades take class attendance search attendance arrange room seating edit the [...]
Paint.NET is an open source raster graphics editing program designed made for Windows and developed on the .NET framework. It was originally programmed using the C# and C++ programming language. Paint.NET was created as a project by a student in Washington State University with the purpose of making a good replacement for the MS Paint [...]
If you want a more flexible and open source text editor, this can be useful:jEdit features include: Runs on any operating system with a Java 2 version 1.3 or higher virtual machine – this includes MacOS X, OS/2, Unix, VMS and Windows. Efficient keyboard shortcuts Comprehensive online help Unlimited undo/redo Copy and paste with an [...]
Image Source:lh6.google.com Creativity will never reach its peak without competition. Just like online video companies. And if every tool for videos are not open sourced, free speech will be hindered. Thats why Miro came out to be. It was designed to give more freedom to video producers and its viewers. Miro was designed to work [...]
Image Source: www.zwahlendesign.ch The ‘ dd ‘ command is one of the original Unix utilities and should be in everyone’s tool box. It can strip headers, extract parts of binary files and write into the middle of floppy disks; it is used by the Linux kernel Makefiles to make boot images. It can be used [...]
Here’s another award-winning program that was developed and is being improved through a community effort: 7-ZIP. It supports a large number of file compression formats, such as ZIP, RAR, CAB, GZIP, and TAR. It also has its own format called 7Z, which promises to be 30%-50% better than ZIP. Read about 7Z here. There is [...]
If you don’t want to shell out hundreds of dollars for Microsoft Word, Excel, and the other software bundled with Microsoft Office, I can point you towards a good alternative that doesn’t involve piracy. Try Open Office, a bundle of open source software that has everything you need: a word processing program, spreadsheets, presentation software [...]
Did you know that even the software that this blog runs on is open source? Yup, WordPress is developed by the user community. Other popular blogging platforms that are open source are Movable Type and Livejournal. The advantage of this arrangement is that it puts power into the hands of the people who are most [...]