[OPLINTECH] patron requests Gimp software on public PCs

[Steve Miller]

We have our staff using OpenOffice (".org", but sue me for not using it. lol). 

So far, have found no substitute for Publisher or Photodraw. -steep heaving sigh- ... vendor lock-in. So, we still have MS Office around. Scribus just doesn't cut it as a replacement for Publisher. 

#48172 on my to-do list is to recomposite all our graphics, service maps, etc, into GIMP from their PhotoDraw originals. 

(The GIMP book did help, a little; but the general photoshop approach to graphics editing just never sets into my head for some reason; for love nor money can I get all the books and tutorials to stick in me wee brain - but toss me publisher or photodraw and I'll knock your socks off.) <.< I must just be an old-fashioned kinda guy. (hush Jim, we know you have 12" platters in your back closet. :) 

S 

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Ashtabula County District Library 
335 West 44th Street, Ashtabula OH 44004 
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----- Original Message -----

From: "Chauncey Montgomery" <montgoc1 at oplin.org> 
To: oplintech at lists.oplin.org 
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 3:37:28 PM 
Subject: Re: [OPLINTECH] patron requests Gimp software on public PCs 

As we have made the switch to open source software in Sunbury, we make 
sure to have books on all open source applications that we have 
installed for both staff and patrons. It helps tremendously in the 
transition from proprietary to open source. 
Chauncey 
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