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Tue, 07/24/2007 - 14:43 — bmaginni

Here are a number of web links I frequent.

Some of the the sites are direct links to software that is installed on CDO Campus PCs while other links are to open source software software collections and Linux operating system and Linux distributions. I personally use Linux at home (SuSE Linux 10.0 on a Dell Inspiron 5150 laptop, Mandrake 9.0 on an old PC serving as a file server, web server, print server as well as SETI and Folding At Home processing) and promote it whenever the opportunity presents itself.

I hope you benefit from the following links and learn about new and fantastic software!

Web Site Link Description Installed on campus?
Amphi Tech Wiki This is a wiki site for Amphitheater District Tech Specialists, Computer Repair Techs, district network and repair folks to gather & organize how-to, tips, tutorials. Email me to request membership.
Audacity Sound Editor Audacity is a great open-source, free sound editor: capture sound, edit, export as WAV (or MP3) Yes
Bloglines Great free web site to collect RSS entries from blogs all over the Internet, access from anywhere on the Internet.
ClassBlogMeister Free classroom teacher blogging site: set up a teacher blog and have student accounts where all submitted blogs are reviewed by the teacher before being published. Great site created by David Warlick.
Damn Small Linux (DSL) Damn Small Linux is a fantastic operating system for use on older PC hardware. Very small (about 50 Megabytes), fast, but extremely functional.
del.icio.us Great, free site to publish and share your choice of bookmarks which you (and anyone) can access from anywhere on the Internet, assign keywords (known as "tags") describing the entry.
Del.Icio.Us Bookmarks for CDO Here's a set of bookmarks that the community of CDO teachers and administrators can contribute their favorite bookmarks.
DistroWatch Web site with up-to-date information, descriptions, and downloads of hundreds of Linux distributions (distro)
FreeMind Free, open source java-based mind-mapping software. This is similar to Inspiration, just not as many bells and whistles, but quite nice. Yes
Gnu Darwin News Multi-Site Tech News Feeds--Great site that pulls in news from SlashDot, NewsForge, The Register, the BBC, CNet, Wired, SourceForge projects, and FreshMeat announcements. Great stuff!
Inkscape SVG Drawing Program Inkscape is an open source SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) drawing program similar to the old Corel Draw or MacDraw. Very powerful but easy to use. Frequently updated and improved - very nice! Yes
JustLinux Linux Help and Assistance Forums
K12 Linux K12 Linux is a Linux distribution that provides an installation on a powerful server and then use "thin client" systems: old PCs, hard disk not necessary that boot and run from the network server. We're talking very fast for old Pentium I and II systems. Keep the PCs out of the landfill and in the computer lab.
Linux Distribution Chooser Great site that prompts you with survey questions and gives a pretty decent answer about which Linux distribution might be good for you. Neat!
Linux Newbies Great site with lots of info on getting, installing, setting up, troubleshooting, and using Linux on your computer.
Linux Questions Great place to ask for help, contribute answers about Linux.
Linux.com-What is Linux? Good, quick overview about all the pieces that make up what can be referred to as Linux.
Mambo CMS Fabulous Content Management System, well supported and documented, extremely active. (Also see Joomla, which is a fork of the Mambo package.)
Moodle Moodle is a very powerful, open source Learning Management System (WebCT/Blackboard-workalike), but is free to install and use. Requires that you have a hosted web server to install and run the Moodle system. Fantastic!
Mozilla Firefox Firefox - stable, secure, fast, compliant web browser - don't click on the Blue E! Who needs the Microsoft bloat in IE 7? Use IE only when necessary. Yes!
NetVibes This is an awesone site that lets you put together your online "newspaper" -- use RSS feeds from different sources and bring them all together on numerous pages. Free! One of my favorites.
NewsForge Tech News NewsForge - news about Open Source Community.
Nvu Web Page Editor Nvu is an open source HTML web page editor that is a reincarnation of the Netscape Composer, but totally reworked and updated. Very nice and easy to use tool. Yes!
OpenCD free, alternative, open source software (Office, Internet, graphics, games) - download the CD image (ISO), burn and install. Give out to friends!
OpenOffice.org Free, fantastic open source office suite of programs compatible with that OTHER office product.
O'Reilly Linux Development Center Loads of hints, how-to articles, general information on Linux, not just for developers!
PDF Creator Create and distribute PDF documents without Acrobat Distiller, just File, Print..., choose PDF Creator - excellent, FREE tool! Yes!
SlashDot SlashDot News - Technology, Science, Open Source
Smartision Screen Copy A great, open source, free screen-capturing utility -- creates a folder for each day it is run, dumps all screen shots into that folder in the format (jpg, bmp, etc.) you choose, choose the keyboard keys to take a picture. Sweet! Yes!
SUSE Linux OpenSUSE - free Linux, sponsored in part by Novell Corp.
TFUG Tucson First Unix Group - Unix, Linux, BSD - meetings, email list.
The GIMP Graphic Editor Free, high-quality photo retouching, image composition and image authoring program. The GIMP is open source and functionally similar to Photoshop. Yes!
ThinkGeek Where geeks go to shop for clothes, gadgets, toys. Say, "Hi!" to Timmy when you visit!
Tucson Computer Society Local Tucson computer (mostly PC focused) club with monthly meetings with presentations and tutorials, SIGs (Special Interest Groups), raffles and swapmeets.
Tucson Peace Calendar Calendar of peace-related events in Tucson, Southern AZ.
Ubuntu Linux Free, rock solid Linux -- run as a "Live" CD (runs directly off the CD without touching the PC hard disk) or install to the hard disk.
US-CERT (Computer Emergency Readiness Team) US-CERT, part of the Dept. of Homeland Security, provides information for technical and non-technical Internet accessing users about viruses, spyware and malware, phishing attacks.
Wikipedia Community contributed encyclopedia with millions of articles/entries. Awesome!
Wink Wink is a fabulous, free software tool (install on Windows and Linux) to create Flash-based tutorials and presentations by capturing screenshots, mouse movements and specifying your own explanations with them. Thanks, Will. Yes!
WordPress Blog WordPress blogging site and software--create a free blog hosted on the WordPress site or use the WordPress blogging software on your own hosted web server. Very powerful, lots of features.
XUbuntu XUbuntu (pronounce X - Ubuntu with a long "u" sound) is another functional, easy to use version of Linux. Great for older hardware.
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