Just experimenting with H5PH5P is a really cool HTML 5 content creation platform that allows some really complex things to be […] 26th November 2017 in Free and open source software tagged h5p by Derek Keats
We need to improve the user experience of the GNU/Linux ...I love GNU/Linux. I have used GNU/Linux since 1999 and exclusively since 2001. I have used Ubuntu since the […] 6th November 2017 in Free and open source software tagged applications / Linux by Derek Keats
Photographers – buy equipment not softwareThis morning I was playing around in DarkTable, improving my skills at using its awesome capability. I used a […] 21st October 2017 in Free and open source software / Nature photography / Ubuntu tagged FOSS for photographers / photography / photography tips by Derek Keats
Government’s Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS): another example of the ...A few years ago (maybe 10 years), many of us in the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) […] 19th June 2017 in Free and open source software tagged FOSS / government / proprietary by Derek Keats
Nautilus plugins (Public Domain) for working with icons to enhance ...Quite a lot of the documentation that I write for work involves using icons as part of the […] 19th February 2017 in Free and open source software / Ubuntu tagged icons / images / Nautilus / plugin / scripts by Derek Keats
Free (public domain) LibreOffice Draw, LibreOffice Impress and PowerPoint pillar ...People familiar with me know that I believe in sharing digital resources freely whenever this is possible. I […] 15th February 2017 in All things free and open / LibreOffice tagged diagram / impress / LibreOffice / pillars / public domain / strategy by Derek Keats
Free (public domain) LibreOffice Draw, LibreOffice Impress and PowerPoint hexagon ...People familiar with me know that I believe in sharing digital resources freely whenever this is possible. I […] 11th February 2017 in All things free and open / LibreOffice tagged diagrams / graphics / LibreOffice / PowerPoint / public domain by Derek Keats
My Ubuntu 16.04 post install “script”This is the code I ran after installing Ubuntu 16.04 on my new laptop. I recommend just copying […] 9th July 2016 in Ubuntu by Derek Keats
How to make circular arrows in LibreOffice DrawThere are not a lot of videos on working with shapes in Libreoffice, and it took me a […] 4th July 2016 in Free and open source software / LibreOffice tagged diagrams / Draw / LibreOffice / vector graphics by Derek Keats
No more secret science as Europe calls for ‘immediate’ open ...Today I read a Science article entitled “In dramatic statement, European leaders call for ‘immediate’ open access to […] 30th May 2016 in All things free and open tagged open access by Derek Keats
Why I share my photos freelyI have been doing photography of some sort on and off since I was about 14 years old, […] 13th September 2015 in All things free and open / Nature photography tagged freedom / nature / photography / sharing by Derek Keats
Department of Basic Education: the lazy, incompetent way to do ...Last year, the DBE announced that it would only examine the CAT curriculum using Microsoft Office, and the […] 4th August 2015 in Education / Free and open source software by Derek Keats