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8 Resources for Expanding Your Open Source Skillset

Here at OStatic, we regularly round up educational posts and new ideas for users of open source. Collections of open source tools, some compiled by us and some compiled by others, can take you in new directions and make you more productive. Here are 8 useful collections of open source tools and tips to try.

OStatic's own list of must-have Firefox extensions has been one of our most popular posts. Check out the 26 reader comments for many extension gems.

Are you skilled with the super powerful open source 3D graphics and animation application Blender? If you're unfamiliar with Blender, it's so flexible that impressive, full-length animated movies have been created with it. In this post, you'll find a review of an online book on beginning and advanced Blender skills. The book is called Blender Basics.

If you're in the mood for rolling up your sleeves and picking up a few new open source application skills, check out our list of 16 Free Tutorials for OSS Apps.

If you're working with video, try this list of six free applications and utilities for video tasks--most of them open source.

Are you developing a web application or site? Try this list of over 12 open source resources, from site analytics programs to collections of pre-built site designs.

If you're in the mood for large collections of open source tools to peruse, Datamation compiled a nice list of 100 open source applications worth looking into.

In our post 6 Ways to Get Much More Out of GIMP you'll find lots of good resources for leveraging the power of one of the most popular open source graphics programs. The post includes links to a free, full online book on beginning and advanced GIMP skills, and more.

Looking for alternative, open source word processors? My favorite choice is  AbiWord. There are also many open source word processors worth investigating here.

• firefox
• AbiWord
• Blender
• GIMP

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