Sunday, February 17, 2013
Linux Video Editing Software - What an Open Source Sony Vegas Looks Like
Here Nixie shows you a bit about Kdenlive for video editing.
Kdenlive is what I use and find brilliant... all for FREE.
Linux Gaming Faster Than Windows & Incredible OUYA News
Ouya! Now faster games on Linux than Windows... go people...
Linux VS Windows
Another useful video from Nixie Pixel...
Here she compares Windows 7 to Linux Mint. I prefer Linux Ubuntu, which fills in more of the gaps in software available. Kdenlive for video editing is brilliant and does 'green screen' and other advanced features for video editing.
So, why are people still using Windows?
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Bad SSL Certificate errors whilst clearing mail
If you ever get a bad SSL certificate error in Outlook or Evolution mail, here's a clue for you.
Open Firefox and go to the server in question. Make sure the https://servername is in the address bar. So if it's the gmail server then log into your gmail account. If it's a local ISP then log into their web mail interface.
Find the locked padlock icon on the Firefox window and click it. Then navigate to view certificate. You will notice it will be a self-signed certificate. Find the option to export certificate and save it to a file.
Now open your email client and find the 'preferences' or 'options' page for certificates. You should find the option to import 'contact certificates'. Import the file you just saved.
That's it... you should not get this error.
Open Firefox and go to the server in question. Make sure the https://servername is in the address bar. So if it's the gmail server then log into your gmail account. If it's a local ISP then log into their web mail interface.
Find the locked padlock icon on the Firefox window and click it. Then navigate to view certificate. You will notice it will be a self-signed certificate. Find the option to export certificate and save it to a file.
Now open your email client and find the 'preferences' or 'options' page for certificates. You should find the option to import 'contact certificates'. Import the file you just saved.
That's it... you should not get this error.
Monday, February 11, 2013
Apple, Microsoft and Adobe summoned by Australia
Technology giants Apple, Microsoft and Adobe have been called by the Australian parliament to appear before a committee looking at pricing levels.
Will anyone ever figure out there is an alternative to all the above? For me personally, I hope Microsoft, Apple and Adobe triple the cost of their products. I haven't needed anything from them for years now.
The House of Representatives launched a probe in July last year to see if some goods were more expensive in Australia than in other parts of the world.
Consumer bodies have often complained that Australians are overcharged.
The firms have previously made written submissions to the committee but have so far declined to appear in person.
They are now scheduled to appear before the committee on 22 March.
The Australian newspaper quoted Ed Husic, a member of parliament, as saying that according to some estimates the price of some of goods in Australia were as much as 60% higher than in the US.
"Given the widespread use of IT across businesses and the community, the prices paid for hardware and software can have a major commercial and economic impact," the politician was quoted as saying.
"Getting downward movement on IT prices and easing the bite of price discrimination should be an important micro-economic priority - so I'm looking forward to hearing from these firms about their pricing approaches," he added.
Will anyone ever figure out there is an alternative to all the above? For me personally, I hope Microsoft, Apple and Adobe triple the cost of their products. I haven't needed anything from them for years now.
The House of Representatives launched a probe in July last year to see if some goods were more expensive in Australia than in other parts of the world.
Consumer bodies have often complained that Australians are overcharged.
The firms have previously made written submissions to the committee but have so far declined to appear in person.
They are now scheduled to appear before the committee on 22 March.
The Australian newspaper quoted Ed Husic, a member of parliament, as saying that according to some estimates the price of some of goods in Australia were as much as 60% higher than in the US.
"Given the widespread use of IT across businesses and the community, the prices paid for hardware and software can have a major commercial and economic impact," the politician was quoted as saying.
"Getting downward movement on IT prices and easing the bite of price discrimination should be an important micro-economic priority - so I'm looking forward to hearing from these firms about their pricing approaches," he added.
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Using Gimp to edit PDF files
So you want to open a PDF and edit/erase some of the contents...
Find the PDF file you want to edit in windows explorer or nautilus (linux users). Right click on it and select open with Gimp. You may have to select program manually the first time in windows if you have not done this before.
Once Gimp opens it will give you the option to import the pdf to an image file. Take note of the toolbox window on the left of the gimp interface.
If you want to erase things, you can use the square select tool (top left). Click on it and then click on the upper left corner of the area you want to select on the image. Then drag it to the bottom right of the area and release the mouse button. Once selected you can delete the area.
If you want to erase small portions of the image, I suggest you use the paintbrush tool. First select the background colour (usually white). To do this lick on the 'eye-dropper' tool and then clock anywhere on the image that is the colour you want.
Then click on the paintbrush tool. Make sure the brush is a large enough size (use the button labelled 'brush' in the middle of the toolbox screen). Now brush over the parts you want to cover up.
To save your work back to a pdf. If using linux just print to a pdf file. If using Windows you will need to use a 3rd party PDF creator like Cute-PDF. Cute-PDF is easily downloaded and installed. Once installed it shows up like a printer so all you need to do is print to it.
Now I don't condone this practice to alter PDF files created by others, but I can see a need for it from time to time.
Find the PDF file you want to edit in windows explorer or nautilus (linux users). Right click on it and select open with Gimp. You may have to select program manually the first time in windows if you have not done this before.
If you want to erase things, you can use the square select tool (top left). Click on it and then click on the upper left corner of the area you want to select on the image. Then drag it to the bottom right of the area and release the mouse button. Once selected you can delete the area.
If you want to erase small portions of the image, I suggest you use the paintbrush tool. First select the background colour (usually white). To do this lick on the 'eye-dropper' tool and then clock anywhere on the image that is the colour you want.
Then click on the paintbrush tool. Make sure the brush is a large enough size (use the button labelled 'brush' in the middle of the toolbox screen). Now brush over the parts you want to cover up.
To save your work back to a pdf. If using linux just print to a pdf file. If using Windows you will need to use a 3rd party PDF creator like Cute-PDF. Cute-PDF is easily downloaded and installed. Once installed it shows up like a printer so all you need to do is print to it.
Now I don't condone this practice to alter PDF files created by others, but I can see a need for it from time to time.
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