Archive for category Open Source
Opencart simple and great e-commerce system
Posted by Alex Costa in Open Source on August 5th, 2010
For a long time I have been very frustrated with e-commerce systems, from my self built one all the way to Magento. That was until I came across OpenCart. It’s a great system, easy to use and to develop for. Installation takes 5 minutes, it has all the modules you need to run a successful [...]
Create your own Linux distro with Suse Studio
Posted by itechlog.admin in Linux, Open Source on May 22nd, 2010
With Suse Studio you can build a custom Linux distro, with your own software and branding and package it to run as a live CD\DVD, Bootable USB, VMWare, VirtualBox, Zen or a bootable intall CD\DVD. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Buzz it up Share on Orkut share via [...]
How software patent broke the system
Posted by Alex Costa in Itechlog News, Linux, Multimedia, Open Source on May 18th, 2010
The issue of Software Patent has been around for a while, but unless you really have the time and drive to try to understand all that is involved you will be left like most of us, just wondering. The guys at Patent Absurdity have made a great documentary about this issue. Patent Absurdity explores the [...]
The future of gaming is OpenGL
Posted by Alex Costa in Itechlog News, Linux, Open Source on March 11th, 2010
As a Linux user and Open Source enthusiast I always want to see people moving away from the proprietary stuff and into the Open Source world, but sometimes it’s easier to keep them where they are (stuck to Windows), specially when it comes to gaming. I am not a gamer, and would rather spend my [...]
Open .eps files on GIMP for Windows
Posted by Alex Costa in Easy Tips, Open Source on September 18th, 2009
As usual this post is a self help note, but as it’s public I hope it helps someone else. If you want to open .eps or .ps files with GIMP on Windows you will need to install Ghostscript (download it from http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/). After successful installation you will need to create an environment variable called GS_PROG [...]
Creating a bootable Linux USB flash drive
Posted by Alex Costa in Linux, Open Source on August 20th, 2009
I am currently working on a project to offer an Open Source Linux based Network Tool pre-installed in a very small custom built computer (like the fit-pc or linutop), I want to avoid having a CD drive and want to keep it simple for the client to reinstall the system if needed. I decided to [...]
PHP-GTK is still live
Posted by Alex Costa in Open Source on July 25th, 2009
PHP-GTK is an extension for the PHP programming language that implements language bindings for GTK+. It provides an object-oriented interface to GTK+ classes and functions and greatly simplifies writing client-side cross-platform GUI applications. PHP-GTK is one of those great resources that for some unclear reason hasn’t become mainstream. One would think that standalone applications created [...]
Firefox Add-on Collector
Posted by Alex Costa in Itechlog News, Open Source, Web Design, Web Programming, Web Services on July 21st, 2009
Now you can have a list of your favourite Firefox Add-ons to share. I have always tried to keep a list in my bookmarks of the Add-ons I find most useful and normally recommend to people, now life has become much easier. Discover more of the best add-ons and organize your favourites in easy-to-manage collections. [...]
Open Source Web Conference
Posted by Alex Costa in Open Source, Web Services on July 17th, 2009
Dimdim.com allows anyone to experience live web meetings using just a browser. It has a very intuitive web conference – lets anyone deliver synchronized live presentations, whiteboards and webpages while sharing their voice and video over the Internet – with no download required. Based on an open source platform it is used in over 185 [...]
Error 1062 – Duplicate entry ’2147483647′ for key 1
Posted by Alex Costa in Easy Tips, Open Source, Web Programming on July 10th, 2009
CRE Loaded was giving me the error 1062 – Duplicate entry ’2147483647′ for key 1 – when trying to add a new product. Cause: for some unexplained reason the auto_increment ID field on Table “products” has gone up to 2147483647 which is apparently the maximum number of rows permitted in an INT column. Fix: Go [...]
