Category Archives: open source software

Organizing and editing photos with Shotwell and the GIMP.

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Mark Adrian Bell

Read more about the Shotwell photo organizer for Linux, and the Gnu Image Manipulation Program (The GIMP). The Gimp is also available for Windows and Mac OS. Both programs are running on my simple Arch Linux desktop. You can see my task bar … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Computer Science from the Khan Academy

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Mark Adrian Bell

A brilliantly interactive site of online tutorials for children and beginners by the Kahn Academy. Watch their introduction video here. Here I have an example program on the left and what the program does on the right. I have an … Continue reading →

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Emacs: The universal writing machine.

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Mark Adrian Bell

Emacs is a program for writing and editing. Many people use it to write and test computer programs, but you can use it to write your own text, and many other things besides! Two important things about Emacs are that it's … Continue reading →

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DouDouLinux: The computer they prefer!

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Mark Adrian Bell

DoudouLinux is a suite of free educational software designed for children from 2 to 12 years. It’s available as a downloadable live CDRom so parents and teachers can use it without installing anything on their computer. DoudouLinux provides a self-contained environment, … Continue reading →

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Inkscape: Draw freely!

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Mark Adrian Bell

Inkscape Is a free, open source drawing program. It does the same work as Adobe Ilustrator or Corel Draw. It’s available for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X. Draw freely! A different, and very powerful program for drawing, painting and photo … Continue reading →

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Programming for young learners with Python

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Mark Adrian Bell

Python is a free open source programming language. At an advanced level, it’s a powerful and flexible language, but it’s clear and straight forward syntax, and it’s forgiving nature, make it a great way to introduce people to programming and computer science. Younger learners can start … Continue reading →

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The Edubuntu Live CD

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Mark Adrian Bell

The Edubuntu live CD is suite of free and open source education and general software that you can run from the CD without having to install anything. It’s based on Ubuntu Linux. It gives you a great range of software … Continue reading →

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