RE: free or open-source tools

["Brian Henderson" <brian-henderson -at- cox -dot- net>]

Along the same lines...


The Tactical Technology Collective has launched the next edition in
it's NGO-in-a-box series, the Open Publishing Box. The Open
Publishing edition of NGO-in-a-box is a toolkit of free and open
source software, tutorials and guides for producing, publishing and
distributing content. The edition, produced by Tactical Tech in
collaboration with iCommons, is aimed at small to medium sized non-
profits, independent media organisations, free culture creators and
grassroots journalists with a particular emphasis on those in
developing and transition countries.

http://openpublishing.ngoinabox.org

The contents of the toolkit were selected by an editorial team made
up of leading international practitioners working in DIY publishing,
free culture, technology for social justice and the development and
deployment of free and open source software.

The Open Publishing Box covers the following areas:

      * Desktop publishing
      * Graphic design, fonts and image manipulation
      * Web publishing including wikis, content management systems and
blogging
      * Citizen journalism and participatory media
      * Open content licensing and the commons

Audio/Video NGO-in-a-box
Submitted by and on Thu, 2006-04-13 23:48.
http://audiovideo.ngoinabox.org/node/28

The Audio and Video edition of NGO-in-a-box is a toolkit of Free and 
Open Source Software (FOSS), documentation and tutorials for NGOs, 
non-profits and media activists.


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From: Tara Charter
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 7:27 AM
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Subject: free or open-source tools


If you missed the December 2006 issue of intercom, here are some good free or open-source tools for
technical writers (Merry Christmas!):

Dia (www.gnome.org/projects/dia/) - claims to be similar to Visio.
GIMP (www.gimp.org) - claims to be similar to Adobe Photoshop.
Nivu (www.nvu.com/index.php) - claims to rival FrontPage and Dreamweaver.

There are many others listed in the periodical, however these are the three I am testing.

Tara Charter
Technical Writer

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