Linux Showroom

I upgraded my OpenOffice installation to version 2.3.0.1 for a 64-bit intel cpu. After upgrading the packages the software would reliably hang on saving a document and generating a pdf. I downgraded back to the monolithic i586 version. Everything works just fine and as expected.

I have been thinking of creating my own screencasts for a while. Today I stumbled upon a screenshot of Camtasia studio which looked very promising. Unfortunately they do not offer a linux version. So I googled around for an open source alternative. The one thing I found is the Xvidcap project. Drawback with the software is that has not been updated since October last year.

So I installed Xvidcap

# yum -y install xvidcap.x86_64

You can record actions in a little window. Not as fancy as Camtasia but will do for the beginning.

As of date I am a 32-year old computer scientist from Berlin, Germany. Caucasian, single male. You could say I am the somewhat average joe who uses linux and open source software.

I will blog as often as time permits and whenever I got something to tell.