The free software foundation have released their latest animated video on the fight to maintain and get back our right to repair.
More information on the FSF website.
Author Archives: Paul Sutton
Annotating pdf files
PDF files are really useful for moving documents around when you ‘need’ the recipient to be able to open in a pdf reader and see what you intended.
Unless you have access to expensive software you are usually not able to edit these files easily. While LibreOffice draw can perhaps do this, it may not be ideal for the job.
Xournal [1] is a Debian application, that while mostly aimed at touch screens, is able to annotate pdf files as the video below demonstrates.
As mentioned in the video notes, Xournal will export as a **.pdf.pdf file**, so you may want to rename it when saving. This is not even an issue for me.
Happy to discuss further on Mastodon [2] or on IRC. Please see contact page for details.
**References**
1 Xournal
2 Mastodon
3 Alternatives
Originally published 10/1/2020 on Author’s personal blog. Reproduced here by original author.
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Open Street Map
Open Street Map
OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.
Open Street Map is a great project that anyone can get involved with, using open data so mapping data can be used freely in accordance with the terms on the website.
Embedded maps are also interactive
Links
#openstreetmap,#data,#mapping,#open,#project
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Peertube
What is Peertube
So following my post on the [3rd January](https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/cuttlefish-peertube-client) on Cuttlefish. The video below provides a good explanation of what Peertube is.
* Joinpeertube
* Sepia Search Search Peertube for content.
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South Devon Tech Jam Meeting
South Devon Tech Jam – Virtual Meeting
We are back, Just virtually using Big Blue Button – video conferencing
Details from our Meetup page.
contact e-mail for more details : info AT sdtj DOT org DOT uk
January Meeting
DCGLUG virtual meeting (jitsi) Day / Date: Saturday 16/1/2021 Time: From 12:00 Location: Online – Meeting jit.si link
Meeting going ahead, while it is Boxing day some members have confirmed they would like the meeting to go ahead.
About the DCGLUG
DEVON AND CORNWALL GNU/LINUX USER GROUP
The aims of the Devon and Cornwall GNU / Linux user group are :
- Promote, advocate and support the use of Free software and GNU / Linux within the Devon and Cornwall region and beyond.
- We run an active e-mail discussion list.
- Please visit our join page for more details
- Due to the current pandemic, all physical meetings are cancelled but we are meeting up on line
- please see meetings page for details.
- Meeting details will also be posted to the blog and mailing list.
Mastodon and the Fediverse
If you are not sure what Mastodon and the Fediverse are there is a really good explanation on this here.
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December Meeting
DCGLUG virtual meeting (jitsi) Day / Date: Saturday 26/12/2020 Time: From 12:00 Location: Online – Meeting jit.si link
Meeting going ahead, while it is Boxing day some members have confirmed they would like the meeting to go ahead.
Free Code Camp
Free Code Camp
If you are looking to learn about creating websites then Free Code Camp offer a free Responsive Web Design Course. You can sign up and work through all the activities at your own pace. Thee is an online forum to get help, help others.
We are working through this at the Paignton Code Club and at the South Devon Tech Jam