Again, thanks to Dmitri Popov for the heads up regarding using Rapid Photo Downloader for Linux. Photography enthusiasts would love using this because you can download from many sources. Whether you have one or more memory cards on your camera, you could download everything quickly. This is very convenient especially for those who want to share their files as soon as they can. This is so cool!
Rapid Photo Downloader has documentation that is also reader-friendly. It gives you tips on how to get started. It has a practical approach to …read more

There are different ways to get screenshots. Personally I use at least three methods, depending on what I need to capture. It matters if what I need to take a screenshot of is a website, the entire screen, just one of the applications I am using, etc.
Using GIMP
GIMP has a function to get screenshots. It is awesome because you can set the delay of the screenshot. I use that when I am taking screenshots of a particular application. You could get screenshots by going to the “File” menu of GIMP. Select the item “Create” …read more

I like reading fiction and I miss writing fiction myself. There’s nothing like a good book to keep me up all night. When the story’s really gripping, I can’t help myself. That’s why I prefer having an ebook reader on my DS aside from actual books.
For the e-book worms
If you have an e-book reader, you have an application you might want to consider. Calibre is an open source application made for those who love reading e-books. This e-book management system can support a lot of e-book formats such as EPUB, FB2, OEB, LIT, PDB, PML, …read more

Ever wanted to note down some things that happened to you in a day? Diaries are ever useful for logging things that you might need to refer to in the future and to keep them in a calendar form would be easy for some. Others need to be able to refer to the calendar to make sure that the entries are consistent. Almanah seems to be an application made solely for that purpose.
Using Almanah is simple. Just run it and note down the things you want by typing them on the big space it shows to …read more

Since I started using Linux, I’ve found a new set of tools that help me in my work everyday. If not directly used for work, at least these tools help me work faster in one way or another.

Drivel – Who says blogging can only be done via the web browser? Drivel supports WordPress as well as LiveJournal. Whether I need to blog here, my personal blog on LJ, or elsewhere, Drivel makes it easier for me and I don’t need to launch another webpage and wait for everything to load. I could type my drafts on …read more

I’ve been looking for an email client to use but I’ve often been hesitant about it because more often than not, I still end up checking the web user interface. However, I’ve been using Emacs more often again and I’d rather be using that to compose my email and if ever I do have notes saved written in Planner mode, then it’s way easier to just do it within Emacs.
Mew is an email client you could use with Emacs. Emacs is a text editor with a lot of potential for extensibility. You could add a planner to …read more

I was never a hardcore user of OpenOffice.org but I do need it from time to time because of the documents I need to write.
There are a lot of people in my office who prefer to use it for everything. Although one thing I’ve noticed is that they just open it as if it’s any other text editor. But I don’t think they’ve seen it as an outliner before.
Dmitri Popov of Linux Magazine has shared tips for us on how to use OpenOffice.org as an outliner:
The easiest one is to press the Numbering On/Off button in the main …read more