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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Greetings:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We offer the Gimp and patrons seem to like it. Personally, for free graphics editors I find Paint.net to be very easy to use. You can download it from <a href="http://download.cnet.com/Paint-NET/3000-2192_4-10338146.html">http://download.cnet.com/Paint-NET/3000-2192_4-10338146.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tom Casey<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>System Administrator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>330.744.8636 x 51612<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Dan Will [mailto:willda@oplin.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 20, 2011 2:14 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Chad Neeper'; oplintech@lists.oplin.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OPLINTECH] patron requests Gimp software on public PCs<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I agree Chad. If we had patrons requesting it, I’d install it. I used to install it as a matter of course as well & like you, I haven’t much lately. We have MS Office on all of our patron pcs & it has a photo editor (Photo Manager in MS Office Tools) that is pretty brainless to use for average user. It is definitely not a Photoshop replacement but works (especially to convert & compress photos).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Dan Will</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Technology Supervisor</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Meigs County District Public Library</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:willda@oplin.org"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>willda@oplin.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>740.992.5813</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>740.992.6140 (fax)</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>“When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>the church that belongs to God and the public library that belongs to you. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The public library is the great equalizer.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Keith Richards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> <a href="mailto:oplintech-bounces@lists.oplin.org">oplintech-bounces@lists.oplin.org</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:oplintech-bounces@lists.oplin.org]">[mailto:oplintech-bounces@lists.oplin.org]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chad Neeper<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 20, 2011 1:57 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:oplintech@lists.oplin.org">oplintech@lists.oplin.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OPLINTECH] patron requests Gimp software on public PCs<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>The Gimp is pretty patron-computer friendly. I used to install it on patron computers as a matter of course, but haven't so much lately. Mostly just because it caters to a pretty specific audience: people that want to do advanced graphics editing (retouching photos...things of that nature). For the very casual photo editing, some of the other programs out there might be a little easier to use for novice users. Gimp is very powerful, but has a steeper learning curve in my opinion.<br><br>I'd say that if you have patrons requesting it, then by all means go ahead and install it for them! It's not difficult to install.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>______________________________<br><b>Chad Neeper</b><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Senior Systems Engineer</span><br><br><b>Level 9 Networks</b><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>740-548-8070 (voice)<br>866-214-6607 (fax)</span><br><br><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Full LAN/WAN consulting services -- Specialized in libraries and schools</span></i><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>On 7/20/2011 1:45 PM, Marlene Pelyhes wrote: <o:p></o:p></p><pre>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>We had a patron request that we install GIMP on our public PCs.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>I do not know much about it other than:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>GIMP is a versatile graphics manipulation package. <o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Does anyone else have this software on their public computers?<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Do you add open source software to them.. on request?<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>thanks<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Marlene Pelyhes<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>IT, Manager<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Mentor Public Library<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>OPLINTECH mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:OPLINTECH@lists.oplin.org">OPLINTECH@lists.oplin.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://lists.oplin.org/mailman/listinfo/oplintech">http://lists.oplin.org/mailman/listinfo/oplintech</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Search: <a href="http://oplin.org/techsearch">http://oplin.org/techsearch</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre></div></body></html>