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7 Free Resources for Eye-Popping Graphics and Animation

A picture will always be worth a thousand words. The good news is that in the open source world, there are many excellent, free graphics and animation tools, plus free resources for getting started with them right away. Whether you want to produce a full-length animated movie, desktop publish good-looking graphical booklets, work more efficiently with Flickr, or create eye-catching logos, check out seven free applications and resources here.


OStatic Buffer Overflow.....

Open source lessons in the Nortel bankruptcy.....

A review of GIMP 2.6.4 from a graphics pro, plus our GIMP resources.....

Open source alternatives to iTunes.....

The open source bailout.....

7 great open source games for Linux.....



OStatic Buffer Overflow.....

Top tips for GIMP, Gmail, Linux, and GNOME.....and more tips here....

12 handy tips for Linux-based netbooks.....and more here...

How to use a G1 Android handset as a wireless mouse and keyboard...

The future of Compiz in question.....

Google's Microsoft-esque landgrab for IE's market share.....



No #!@&! Documentation?...More OSS Tutorials Than You Can Shake a Stick At

Linux.com has an interesting item up today on FLOSS Manuals,an effort to produce comprehensive, free documentation for popular open source software titles. As the post notes, documentation is one area in which free/libre/open source software (FLOSS) is weakest. That's true, and FLOSS Manuals looks like an excellent learning and reference resource for titles such as OpenOffice, Firefox, Audacity, Blender, Inkscape and more. Here are some of the details on what's available there, and 16 other open source learning and tutorial resources that we've compiled.


25 Free, Game Changing Open Source Resources

OStatic has recently been enjoying some very healthy traffic and growth, and I'd like to thank all of the members, readers and writers who make our site and this blog lively every day. It's a labor of love. One of our main charters on the OStatic blog is to regularly provide roundups and individual reviews of good open source software, tools and resources. We've done quite a few of these since our last uber-roundup, so here is an updated collection of 25 of our most popular roundups and educational resources for open sourcerors. We hope these help you.

 



6 Ways to Get Much More Out of GIMP

GIMP, the GNU Image Manipulation Program, is a long-standing and hugely respected open source graphics program, and many readers probably already use it. Originally created at U.C. Berkeley its interface and feature set run neck-and-neck with expensive proprietary alternatives such as Photoshop, and it has a thriving community of developers and plug-in creators. The GIMP site has many useful resources for the application, and there are also a lot of other places to visit for turning yourself into a power user of this excellent cross-platform application that always leaves new users bewildered that it is free. Here are six good choices.


One Size Fits All Versus The Right Tool for the Job

On Internetnews.com, Christopher Saunders asks if Linux is really necessary for the desktop. He relates a discussion he had with a creative/marketing executive recently, and the doubts that this executive has about the ability of open source alternatives to meet his company's needs.

This conversation goes astray with the word necessary. Is Linux necessary? Is Windows necessary? Perhaps a Mac would do better here? A key point that many open source detractors -- and supporters -- miss is that there doesn't have to be an all or nothing approach to using free software.



GIMP Gets an Interface Makeover in New Version 2.6

We've written about GIMP, the outstanding open source graphics program originally developed at U.C. Berkeley, several times before. The application has had a robust community of developers behind it for years, and now a new version 2.6 is downloadable. Here's what's under the hood in the update, including a whole slew of interface enhancements.


Update: OStatic's Library of Open Source Tools and Training

A while back, we posted a collection of the many tutorials, reviews and pointers to web-based resources that we've been compiling on OStatic since it was launched. We've been steadily adding to that collection, and readers have pointed out a few omissions from the original collection. In this post, you'll find an update with even more resources. Whether you're looking for useful Firefox extensions, want to improve your AJAX skills, or you're launching a web-based open source project, check out some of the tips and tutorials found here.

 



Free But Not Open Source: Eight Must-Have Tools

In our recent post Why Switch to Linux? we noted that quite a few Linux users cite their reason for switching as it's free. In fact, lack of cost is the reason for many open source deployments, on the individual scale, and in enterprises. While I use a ton of open source software, I still keep my eye on the thriving world of freeware, as well as free services. In this post, I'll round up eight examples of absolutely top-notch freeware and services to complement your open source favorites. Some of these do have tie-ins to open source, too.


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