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- Inkscape 0.47pre4.1 (Mac)
- Inkscape is an open source drawing tool with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, and CorelDraw that uses the W3C standard scalable vector graphics format SVG. Some supported SVG features include basic shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, and grouping. In addition, Inkscape supports Creative Commons meta-data, node-editing,...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, SVG, Bryce Harrington, Inkscape
- Software downloads 2009-10-18
- Open source for hard times
- Open source for hard timesIs there a F/OSS replacement for AutoCAD?Somebody needs to design the machine guns.Scribus == IndesignInkscape is for vector drawing, but Scribus is the open source page layout application.JoeyOpenProjOf course, you need a tool to efficiently plan that film you'll be doing with Kino. OpenProj is a...
- Tags: OpenProj, FreeMind, Scribus, machine gun, open source, Inkscape
- Discussion threads 2009-02-26
- Inkscape 0.46 (Windows)
- Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics SVG file format. Supported SVG features include shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, patterns, and grouping. Inkscape also supports Creative Commons meta-data,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, PNG, SVG, Inkscape
- Software downloads 2008-04-02
- IBM donates code to help Eclipse get organized
- IBM donates code to help Eclipse get organizedWeakXara are opensourcing their Xara X product:http://www.xaraxtreme.org/Arguably the best vector drawing programs on the market today. Meanwhile IBM are donating part of a methodology and a naming convention?nobody markets fluff like IBM doesNot even m$ - heck m$ actually has products, even if...
- Tags: Java development tools, OPEN SOURCE, Xara, Xara X, IBM Corp., Eclipse, Inkscape
- Discussion threads 2005-10-12
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- Why open source remains an ideological divide
- Oh that was superb.Open Source.Stand for something! :)you are ideological from the startIf you want to remove ideology from the equation your clearly state your needs - functionnal, commercial and technical support ... etc, and compare available solutions.Price might be a key factor and it might not; availability of srouce...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, OSS, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-09-07
- Edubuntu followup
- Sharing knowledgeWell done and thank you! Knowledge sharing at it's best.In the first Edubuntu blog post you asked us readers a technical question, and now, in the second Edubuntu post, you provide us with a summary of the most useful solutions.This is how knowledge sharing within the ZDnet community should...
- Tags: Thin clients, OPEN SOURCE, thin client, Edubuntu, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-08-07
- DrawBerry 0.81 (Mac)
- With DrawBerry, you have all the possibilities the vectorial drawing offers you in a free, easy to use and powerful application. If you don't need applications such Illustrator or Inkscape and you want to create some simple or less simple illustrations, DrawBerry is for you.
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Raphael Bost, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-07-13
- Google Chrome OS announced, It should just work
- Google Chrome OS announced, It should just workNice for Google USersThis is challenge for the Microsoft. I think Microsoft will be prepare to face this google challengeRE: Google Chrome OS announced, It should just worklet's wait and see.. "should" is always a dangerous word... Everything "should" always work...Netbook needs?My netbook,...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Google Inc., operating system, Linux, Google Chrome OS, Google Chrome
- Discussion threads 2009-07-07
- Ubuntu aims at healing Linux's 'paper cuts'
- Ubuntu aims at healing Linux's 'paper cuts'Ubuntu aims at healing Linux's 'paper cuts'Papercuts? More like deep stab wounds that require major surgery.You can't polish a turd. It still has linux underneath it. The problem is there is no fixing linux. Its inner workings of being a mesh of...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Ubuntu
- Discussion threads 2009-06-16
- Moonlight assumes subordinate position for Microsoft Silverlight
- Moonlight assumes subordinate position for Microsoft SilverlightREALLY????"Even the name Moonlight assumes the subordinate position. The Moon has no light of its own. It merely reflects light from a nearby star. In this case, Microsoft."This just might be the dumbest thing I have read today. Please reaffirm my faith by...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-05-06
- Has Ubuntu hit a plateau?
- Has Ubuntu hit a plateau?Ubuntu's Development Both Blessing and CurseUnfortunately the issue with Ubuntu, it that it has become a victim of its own development successes.Technologically it is now for the most part the equal or better of Windows, or OSX. However this shines the bight light on the...
- Tags: Operating systems, database app, Ubuntu, operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-03-02
- What makes good governance?
- What do Blender, Inkscape, Drizzle, and Subversion have in common? Good governance, at least according to Dave Neary. Neary, a former board member on the GNOME Foundation and participant in several other communities, boils best practices down to a few key ideas: A clear project scope. ...
- Tags: Community, Board, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2009-02-25
- Open source migration must be evolutionary
- Open source migration must be evolutionaryI agreeThe risk and effort involved in a all-in one migration is very high. Open source works great with proprietary software so there is no reason to migrate the server-side all at once. The desktop is a little harder to do.James DixonThis is why FOSS...
- Tags: Web browsers, Desktops, open source, migration, Open Source Migration, Microsoft Corp., desktop
- Discussion threads 2008-06-06
- Don't go buying high-end graphics cards to power the next-gen Photoshop
- Don't go buying high-end graphics cards to power the next-gen PhotoshopOK ...... what budget would you be looking at?CS3 and high end graphics cardsI'd just like to know what use CS3 and Elements make of upgraded graphics cards. I was thinking about the new 8800GT for Mac Pro to...
- Tags: Video cards, Games, Adobe PhotoShop, high-end graphics card, video card, PS CS3, graphics, game, RAM
- Discussion threads 2008-05-27
- (Adventures with open source apps on Linux - Part 1)
- (Adventures with open source apps on Linux - Part 1)ImpressiveThat blogs comes absolutely at its time... Just when Microsoft, by launching Office 2007 which shuffles dramatically the user interface, leads its long date users into temporarily productivity loss, we read here a proof that an alternative do exist. Striking...
- Tags: Operating systems, open source, KDE, Linux, Mandriva Linux, Mandriva, GNOME, Ubuntu
- Discussion threads 2008-05-23
- "Don't tell them that I love it"
- "Don't tell them that I love it"Skills cost moneyAll of this is predicated on one thing: Computers exist to get something else done.That could be me chatting with a friend, writing a document, or editing a photo. We are not interested in the system that gets that job done, we...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, job, Autodesk Inc., Hardy
- Discussion threads 2008-04-29
- My 10 favorite Windows programs of all time
- My 10 favorite Windows programs of all timeHow does Windows Photo Gallerycompare to iPhoto. I tried Photo Story, and it is ok, I do not take a lot of pictures, nor do a lot, so this is first time I heard of Windows Photo.My mom uses iPhoto for about fifty...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Office, Web browsers, Google Notebook, Microsoft Windows, favorite Windows program, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, Windows Program, FeedDemon
- Discussion threads 2008-03-03
- Torvalds+criticizes+patent+trollers%2C+Microsoft%2C+Sun%2C+virtualization+craze
- Torvalds+criticizes+patent+trollers%2C+Microsoft%2C+Sun%2C+virtualization+crazeThat's exactly why I use GentooGentoo gives me that freedom to upgrade or not what I want, and since it is a "compile from source" distro it contains the necessary scripts to maintain a full fledged desktop system without having to worry about dependencies or even having to ./configure, make,...
- Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linus, Linux, desktop, Gentoo, Apple Mac OS X
- Discussion threads 2008-02-04
- Free alternatives to commercial software
- Free alternatives to commercial softwareFoxit reader as a replacement for Adobewww.foxitsoftware.comAny alternative to Real for Vista 64?Amazon uses Real to preview tracks but I won't install that in Windows. Any alternative?RE: Free alternatives . . .I have a couple . . .ZipGenius - an Excellent Winzip Alternative that handles just...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows, CCleaner, Free Alternative, commercial software, software, Audacity, AVG
- Discussion threads 2007-11-21
- Free alternatives to commercial software
- Over then next few weeks I'm bound to get my brain picked to shreds on a near infinite number of tech-related subjects. One subject that came up extensively over the holiday period last year was what free software was available to replace commercial software. Last year I was ill-prepared, this...
- Tags: Software, Project Manager, Tool, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Management, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-11-21
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