Linux For The Rest Of Us 11: Scribus, Eclipse, Gobby, and Games!

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A podcast for anyone even remotely interested in Linux!  Hosted by Steve McLaughlin and Steve Cherubino.

[11:01] Steve C talks about cross platform software.

Inkscape – An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.

(http://inkscape.org/)

Gimp – GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.

(http://www.gimp.org/)

Blender – Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License.

(http://www.blender.org/)

Kompozer – KompoZer is a complete web authoring system that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG web page editing.

(http://kompozer.net/)

[16:49] Eclipse – Eclipse is an open source community, whose projects are focused on building an open development platform comprised of extensible frameworks, tools and runtimes for building, deploying and managing software across the lifecycle.

(http://www.eclipse.org/)

[20:36] Scribus – Scribus is an Open Source program that brings award-winning professional page layout to Linux/UNIX, Mac OS X, OS/2 Warp 4/eComStation and Windows desktops with a combination of “press-ready” output and new approaches to page layout.

(http://www.scribus.net/)

[24:52] RecordMyDesktop – recordMyDesktop is a desktop session recorder For GNU / linux

that attempts to be easy to use, yet also effective at it’s primary task.

(http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/about.php)

[29:33] Gobby – Gobby is a free collaborative editor supporting multiple documents in one session and a multi-user chat.

(http://gobby.0x539.de/trac/)

[35:52] Linux Games Database – This is a Linux Game Database, primarily for native Linux games that are beyond the planing stage and have released more than tech demos ether as source code or binary files.

(http://www.lgdb.org/)

0.AD – 0 A.D. (pronounced “zero ey-dee”) is a free, open-source, cross-platform real-time strategy (RTS) game of ancient warfare. In short, it is a historically-based war/economy game that allows players to relive or rewrite the history of Western civilizations, focusing on the years between 500 B.C. and 500 A.D.

(http://www.lgdb.org/game/0_ad)

[38:47] Neverwinter nights – Neverwinter Nights is a computer game set in a huge medieval fantasy world. This role-playing game (RPG) puts you at the central of an epic tale of epic tale of faith, war, and betrayal.

(http://www.lgdb.org/game/neverwinter_nights)

[39:56] World of Padman – World of Padman is an open source first-person shooter computer game available in both English and German.

(http://www.lgdb.org/game/world_padman)

[41:04] The Battle for Wesnoth – Build up a great army, gradually turning raw recruits into hardened veterans. In later games, recall your toughest warriors and form a deadly host against whom none can stand! Choose units from a large pool of specialists, and hand-pick a force with the right strengths to fight well on different terrains against all manner of opposition.

(http://wiki.wesnoth.org/)

[43:03] Shores Of Hazeron – Shores of Hazeron is an ambitious and revolutionary game of science fiction adventure, intrigue, and war.

(http://hazeron.com/)

(http://hazeron.com/farms.html)

[51:30] Here we talk about two folders on Linux – dev and media.

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