2013+Tech+Meeting+-+Open+Source+Resources

= = Below is a list of the Open Source Resources that were shared as part of a technology meeting.

Portable Apps (February 2014) - @http://portableapps.com

 * This website allows you to create a toolkit of applications on a USB thumbdrive. Information for installing, using and managing the Portable App Suite is located at @http://portableapps.com/support/portable_apps_suite

**Tux Paint (January 2014)** - @http://www.tuxpaint.org/

 * Tux Paint is a free drawing program for children in grades K-6. This program includes an easy to use interface, fun sounds and a cartoon mascot to guide them through the program. Children are presented with a blank canvas and a variety of drawing tools to help them create. The entire program fits on a screen as small as 640x480 and can be displayed full screen. Loading and saving of images is done using thumbnails. Multiple drawing tools are available for the students to use. To view a list of all tools available, you can go to http://www.tuxpaint.org/features/#drawing_tools. The Tux Paint Program comes in two parts, the main program and an optional "stamps" collection. You can download both of them for the download link in the Tux Paint website.

**Scribus (October 2013) - []**

 * Scribus is an Open Source program that brings professional page layouts to any platform. This program mirrors that or Adobe Indesign or Pagemaker. All aspects of professional publishing is available as part of this application including color separation, CMYK and spot color and PDF creation. User manuals for this program can be located at []

** Inkscape (September 2013) - [] **

 * Inkscape is an open-source vector graphics editor similar to Adobe Illustrator or CorelDraw. Vector graphics that can be created in this application tend to be more suitable for design compositions, logos, images with text and technical illustrations. User manuals can be located at []. Tutorials can be located at [] and an in-depth guide for current Adobe Illustrator users can be located at [].

** GIMP (May 2013) - [] **

 * GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program that includes tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. This program is similar to Adobe Photoshop. Documentation for this program can be found at [] . Painting tools include brushes, pencils, gradient editors, blending tools and cloning options. A full scale of manipulation tools are also included. Advanced scripting capabilities are built in for Scheme, Phython and Perl and there are over 100 plug-in already available. Tutorials can be found at [].

** LibreOffice (April 2013) **** - [|www.libreoffice.org] **

 * LibreOffice is a comprehensive, professional-quality productivity site that you can download and install for free. It works on all operating systems (Windows, MAC OS and Linux). Programs included in LibreOffice are as follows: Writer which is the word processing program, Calc which is the spreadsheet program, Impress which is the presentation program, Draw which allows you to build diagrams and sketches from scratch, and Base which is the database program. This program can be used as a stand-alone program or use can import tables from MySQL, Microsoft Access and others. Also included is Math which is the mathematics equation editor. This program lets you lay-out and display mathematical, chemical, electrical or scientific equations. There are some additional benefits with this program. It comes configured with a PDF file creator and also provides support for Visio and Publisher files. This means that this program will allow you to open and view the files even though you do not have the programs installed.