Create high quality EPUB files using LibreOffice Writer with Writer2ePub extension

Users across the world are reading books in numerous formats like PDF, MOBI, ePub, etc, nevertheless ePub is the most commonly used electronic format, on top of it, its free and open.

Writer2Epub is an extension useful to create EPUB files from various filetypes that can be opened with LibreOffice Writer (DOC, RTF, etc), meaning the extension easily creates various files to EPUB using LibreOffice Writer.

The advantage of this plugin is the generating of high-quality EPUBs, fixing, in the same time, formatting errors and various issues, creating EPUBs compatible with the most common eReader programs/platforms.

If you are looking for a program to convert one or more files with arbitrary format to ePub format, keeping the original formatting rules and layout, then you should give it a try.

The plugin is actionable via three top-left icons: Writer2Epub (create the EPUB file), Metadata (edit metadata values, as well as adding cover images) and Preferences (fonts, file split, image quality, etc).


Installing Writer2Epub extension

Download the Writer2Epub extension from here. After download you just need to double-click on the oxt file. LibreOffice will open and it will install Writer2Epub. You can also install Writer2Epub by opening LibreOffice and selecting, menu Tools > Extension Manager...

 

Once the installation is completed, you must restart LibreOffice.

For a detailed desciption on using the Writer2Epub Extension you can refer to the official wiki page.

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Innovation Happens Elsewhere: Open Source as Business Strategy (E-Book)

It's a plain fact: regardless of how smart, creative, and innovative your organization is, there are more smart, creative, and innovative people outside your organization than inside. Open source offers the possibility of bringing more innovation into your business by building a creative community that reaches beyond the barriers of the business. The key is developing a web-driven community where new types of collaboration and creativity can flourish. Since 1998 Ron Goldman and Richard Gabriel have been helping groups at Sun Microsystems understand open source and advising them on how to build successful communities around open source projects.


In this book the authors present lessons learned from their own experiences with open source, as well as those from other well-known projects such as Linux, Apache, and Mozilla.

This book is intended for anyone considering using Open Source. It describes what open source is, discusses business reasons for using open source, and describes how an open source project works in a day-to-day manner. It will help you decide on whether open source is right for your project, and, if so, what steps you should take to proceed and some mistakes you should avoid.

• Winner of 2006 Jolt Productivity Award for General Books

• Describes how open source development works and offers persuasive reasons for  using it to help achieve business goals.

• Shows how to use open source in day-to-day work, discusses the various licenses in use, and describes what makes for a successful project.

• Written in an engaging style for executives, managers, and engineers that addresses the human and business issues involved in open source development as well as its history, philosophy, and future.

A version of this Book is made available by Morgan Kaufmann Publishers.
This online version is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
Some rights reserved.

 

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Linux from Scratch: A compelete Guide to build your custom Linux system from source code

Bruce Dubbs has announced the release of an updated version of Linux From Scratch (LFS), version 7.1. Linux From Scratch is a book of instructions on how to compile a base Linux system from scratch, either from an existing Linux installation or a Linux live CD. It is intended primarily as an educational exercise for those wishing to get an understanding about how a Linux system works under the hood.

Updated packages in this release include Linux kernel 3.2.6, GCC 4.6.2, udev 181, e2fsprogs 1.42, zlib 1.2.6, Binutils 2.22, Coreutils 8.15 and Automake 1.11.3. Readers interested in following the book and building their own custom Linux distro can do so by viewing the latest version online or they can download the entire 345-page book in PDF or HTML formats.

Linux From Scratch (LFS) is a project that provides you with the steps necessary to build your own custom Linux system. There are a lot of reasons why somebody would want to install an LFS system. The question most people raise is "why go through all the hassle of manually installing a Linux system from scratch when you can just download an existing distribution like Debian or Redhat".

The most important reason for LFS's existence is teaching people how a Linux system works internally. Building an LFS system teaches you about all that makes Linux tick, how things work together, and depend on each other. And most importantly, how to customize it to your own taste and needs.

Source: Distrowatch.org

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Free Ebook: The Linux Command Line

Nowadays, most computer users are only familiar with the Graphical User Interface (GUI) and think that Command Line Interface (CLI) is an old-fashioned way to interact with computer. This is not true, because command line interface is expressive way to interact with computer, just like writing letter or message to our friends. It's been said that:

graphical user interfaces make easy tasks easy, while command line interfaces make difficult tasks possible

So, learning command line interface is important if you want to get the most out of Linux operating system. Linux command line is a great tool because we can perform a lot of tasks there. There are many references to learning command line interface. One of them is an eBook I'll post here.

This book is entitled "The Linux Command Line" written by William E. Shotts. This book contains 522 pages and divided into five parts:
Part 1: Introduction
Tells some story related with command line interface.

Part 2: Learning The Shell
Starts the exploration of the basic language of the command line including such things as the structure of commands, file system navigation, command line editing, and finding help and documentation for commands.

Part 3: Configuration And The Environment
Covers editing configuration files that control the computer's operation from the command line.

Part 4: Common Tasks And Essential Tools
Explores many of the ordinary tasks that are commonly performed from the command line. Unix-like operating systems, such as Linux, contain many “classic” command line programs that are used to perform powerful operations on data.

Part 5: Writing Shell Scripts
Introduces shell programming, an admittedly rudimentary, but easy to learn, technique for automating many common computing tasks. By learning shell programming, you will become familiar with concepts that can be applied to many other programming languages.

Well, if you want to learn Linux command line interface to get the most out of it, please download this book by clicking the below link:

Download eBook: The Linux Command Line

Regards :)

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Free High Resolution Gimp tutorial PDFs

Tuxradar is giving you high resolution GIMP tutorial PDFs which means they'll look awesome on your screen, or printed out. The down-side of this is that the files are quite big - the total download is 90MB. This collection contains 18 tutorials and you're free to use these tutorials for personal use or for non-commercial offline redistribution.

Okay, if you like it, please download by clicking the below link:

Download Tuxradar free high resolution GIMP tutorial PDFs

Enjoy :)

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Introducing My Ebooks Collection Online Folder

As a self-educated person in Linux and open-source, reading e-books is one of my methods to learn Linux. There are a lot e-books on the Internet talking about Linux and other computer stuff, but getting them in one place is too difficult because they are spread at the certain place on the Internet. Today, I'd like to share my e-books collection in one place so you can browse and download it easily. My collection contains many kinds of e-books about Linux, open-source, programming, and another computer stuff.

Some of my e-books come with Indonesian, and some with English. If you find any great Indonesian e-book, please free to contact its author for asking permission to translate it into your language. Well, if you're interested in checking my e-books collection, simply click the link below:

My e-books collection online folder

I will update that folder regularly, so please make sure to bookmark that page and check it regularly to get an updated e-books collection.

Regards.

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Ebook: Linux 101 Hacks

The book writer said:

There are total of 101 hacks in this book that will help you build a strong foundation in Linux. All the hacks in this book are explained with appropriate Linux command examples that are easy to follow.

This book contains 12 chapters. Hacks mentioned in 6 chapters are based on the articles that I’ve already posted on my blog. Hacks mentioned in rest of the 6 chapters are brand new.

You can download this ebook by clicking the link below:

• Download ebook: Linux 101 Hacks (838 KB)
• Alternative Download via UbuntuOne

Have a nice weekend mate!

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Full Circle Magazine Bundle: C/C++ Programming in Linux

I have created a bundle from Full Circle Magazine contains C/C++ Programming in Linux. By reading this bundle, you will know how to get started developing C/C++ application in Linux. This bundle covers how to set up your environment for C/C++ development including required libraries, create simple C/C++ application in Linux, etc.

If you are interested in reading this bundle, you can download it by clicking the link below:

Download Full Circle Magazine Bundle: C/C++ Programming in Linux

See you in my next post :)

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Ebook: A Beginner's Guide to Gambas

Gambas is a full-featured object language and development environment built on a BASIC interpreter. Gambas' architecture is inspired by Java. So Gambas is made up of: a compiler, an interpreter, an archiver, a scripter, a development environment, many extension components. Essentially, Gambas is a good starting point to build such application in Ubuntu/Linux, moreover there is a good free e-book that covers most important things about Gambas. It will teach you how to become Gambas Ninja! :p

It has 364 pages divide into 16 chapters:
Chapter 1: Introducing Gambas
Chapter 2: Gambas Language Concepts
Chapter 3: Keywords and Program Flow Control
Chapter 4: Introducing the Gambas ToolBox
Chapter 5: Controls for Gathering Input
Chapter 6: Menus, Modules, Dialogs and Message Boxes
Chapter 7: Handling Strings and Converting Data­types
Chapter 8: Using Advanced Controls
Chapter 9: Working with Files
Chapter 10: Math Operations
Chapter 11: Object­Oriented Concepts
Chapter 12: Learning to Draw
Chapter 13: Error Management
Chapter 14: Mouse, Keyboard and Bit Operations
Chapter 15: Gambas and Databases
Chapter 16: Global Gambas

Download A Beginner's Guide to Gambas

"GAMBAS Almost Means BASic" :p

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