Learning Lions

Open software will be introduced on Saturday 21 September at Learning Lions. All are welcome to participate. Attendees will learn:

• about open source desktop accounting programs:

  • GnuCash

    Hledger

    HomeBank

    KMyMoney

    Skrooge

• about open source cloud accounting software:

  • Akaunting

    Epesi

    GNUKhata

    LedgerSMB

• about open source movie editing and broadcasting software

  • Kdenlive

    OBS Studio

• about open source distributed gaming

  • Supertuxkart

    Minetest

• how to create a freely hosted website
• about open source operating systems:

  • Deepin Linux

    Ubuntu

    Fedora

    Puppy Dog Linux

    Manjaro Linux

    Open Suse

    Mx Linux

    Qubes OS

    Pure OS

• about open source art creation programs:

  • Gimp

    Krita

    Inkscape

    Kolourpaint

    Pinta

    Blender

    Scribus

• about open source design programs

  • Sweet Home 3d

    FreeCAD

• about photo management software

  • Digikam

    Gwenview

    Kphotoalbum

• about open source online commerce software:

  • Apache OFBiz

    Odoo

    Prestashop

    Spree Commerce

Animations created on Software Freedom Day

Participants:

Richard Muya

Kelvin Loduin

Brandard Emuria

Benson Muite

The following die were made using Gimp for an open source Javascript version of Ludo by SKoen that can be found here:

Frames were created by hand, but one can program repetitive tasks in GIMP, see the sections on Automatic Editing and Basic GIMP Perl.

Tutorials Used

The following tutorials were helpful

http://gimperdongogo.blogspot.com/2009/02/cubo-rotante.html

http://www.gofree.com/Tutorials/GimpCreating3DCube.php

https://www.wikihow.com/Create-an-Animated-GIF-Image-with-GIMP

https://elearnhub.org/how-to-make-an-animated-gif-in-gimp/

https://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Simple_Animations/

https://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Using_GAP/