Gary Richmond (gear)

Gary Richmond

If your 3D sci fi animation is #FOSS then using #Blender #Audacity and #Inkscape are the logical choice to power it. http://fsmsh.com/3818

Gary Richmond

3D guns. Great way to get publicity. Real purpose is as stalking horse for patents/copyright re 3D printing. http://fsmsh.com/3829 #patents

Gary Richmond

So, #Google Reader is going down. Petitions abound. Relax and calm down. #RSS is free and open. http://fsmsh.com/3827 #Reader #feeds #fsmag

Gary Richmond

Do you need to split a spreadsheet into multiple files? No complex software required. Do it with the command line. http://fsmsh.com/3813

Gary Richmond

Managing databases? #unix systems have a gem for that. #AWK. And it's bloody fast too. #fsmag #freesoftware http://fsmsh.com/3822

Gary Richmond

What happens when /tmp is full? More importantly, how do you solve that problem? http://fsmsh.com/3821 #fsmag #unix #kernel #freesoftware

Gary Richmond

Need to edit text between copy and paste? Use the #xclip script for that. http://fsmsh.com/3814 and for spreadsheets http://fsmsh.com/3823

Gary Richmond

#GIMP is one of jewels of open source. The only thing better is a book about it. On glossy paper, in landscape mode! http://fsmsh.com/3825

Gary Richmond

If you want to map, say, an Australian species it's a good idea to use a #GIS for the job. What about #Quickplot? http://fsmsh.com/3826

Gary Richmond

Managing a project? #Lunatics is an open source sci-fi project. It uses #kdesvn for versioning. http://fsmsh.com/3815 #fsmag #freesoftware

Gary Richmond

this must be one of the best #addons ever for #Thunderbird. Backup and read you #GMail offline with it. http://fsmsh.com/3807 #google #email

Gary Richmond

Great howto on creating your own #PDF book from #Wikipedia and post editing them with #LibreOffice and #Pdfmod http://fsmsh.com/3802 #fsm

Gary Richmond

#LibreOffice is an open source gem but it needs better support for scientific terminology. Adding that is a cinch. http://fsmsh.com/3804

Gary Richmond

Why, why do gov'ts. persist in paying for proprietary software when there are free and open alternatives. http://fsmsh.com/3810 #Adobe #PDF

Gary Richmond

Interesting tutorial on how to get browser left click mailto in #GNU/Linux with #Sylpheed and #Claws mail clients. http://fsmsh.com/3805

Gary Richmond

#Gmail is great but what if it's down or your connection is down? Backup! #GMVault to the rescue. http://fsmsh.com/3806 #google

Gary Richmond

Terry Hancock's free and open #Lunatics project is into the next stage of production. He needs your help! http://fsmsh.com/3808 #blender

Gary Richmond

Seen that colour to die for on a web page or app? Want to grab it or translate the hex code? You need gcolor2. http://fsmsh.com/3800. #fsmag

Gary Richmond

#Konqueror is great file manager and browser but a little neglected. Add embedded video and video thumbnails. http://fsmsh.com/3799 #fsmag