If strategy gaming is your thing then here are some great free games to consider. There are generally two types of strategy game, turn based and realtime. With a turn based game you will wait your turn to make a move whilst your opponent or opponents are completing their move. A realtime strategy means your opponents are playing against you at the same time as you. The following is some great free strategy games available on Linux, Windows and OS X.
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Friday, 20 November 2009
Open source tools to design your own website
There are many ways to create a website. There are expensive ways and then there's the alternative free way.
This is not a tutorial but an outline of the procedures involved when it comes to typical web design.
Two great tools to allow you to create an initial design of a website are Inkscape and the GIMP. Inkscape is vector drawing application in a similar vein to Adobe Illustrator. The GIMP is an image manipulation tool comparable to Adobe Photoshop. But they can both be used hand in hand. There is also Fireworks also from Adobe which is a powerful program and can do everything pretty much from one interface. But it's not the free way!
This is not a tutorial but an outline of the procedures involved when it comes to typical web design.
Two great tools to allow you to create an initial design of a website are Inkscape and the GIMP. Inkscape is vector drawing application in a similar vein to Adobe Illustrator. The GIMP is an image manipulation tool comparable to Adobe Photoshop. But they can both be used hand in hand. There is also Fireworks also from Adobe which is a powerful program and can do everything pretty much from one interface. But it's not the free way!
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Free RAW Software
There are a number of choices available when it comes to processing RAW files produced by dSLRs and an increasing range of compact cameras.
A RAW file is essentially a digital negative. To get the most of out of processing an image produced by your digital camera then access to the RAW data can be essential. Most compact digital cameras will process the image for you and produce a JPG image based on presets. But a dSLR will give you the option of producing a RAW file.
To process the RAW file involves more than using a photo editor. Most digital cameras will come with software to allow you to process the RAW data which you would then load into a photo editing package such as the GIMP. Unfortunately a lot of this software are just free trials or cut down versions.
But fortunately the world of free and open source software comes to the rescue with a few available free RAW processing applications
A RAW file is essentially a digital negative. To get the most of out of processing an image produced by your digital camera then access to the RAW data can be essential. Most compact digital cameras will process the image for you and produce a JPG image based on presets. But a dSLR will give you the option of producing a RAW file.
To process the RAW file involves more than using a photo editor. Most digital cameras will come with software to allow you to process the RAW data which you would then load into a photo editing package such as the GIMP. Unfortunately a lot of this software are just free trials or cut down versions.
But fortunately the world of free and open source software comes to the rescue with a few available free RAW processing applications
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