https://jpralves.net/2016-01-28T00:00:00+00:00Joao Alves personal site with information related to electronics, science, technology and computers2016-01-28T00:00:00+00:002016-01-28T00:00:00+00:00João Alvestag:jpralves.net,2016-01-28:post/2016/01/28/blender.html

<p><img alt="" src="https://jpralves.net/imgt/2016/01/OpenSource_blender_t.png" /></p><p>Today we will present a very powerful tool and that is a reference in its area - blender. It is a 3D creation tool. It supports the whole chain of creating 3D elements from modeling, framing, animation, simulation, production, composition and …</p>

2015-08-25T00:00:00+01:002015-08-25T00:00:00+01:00João Alvestag:jpralves.net,2015-08-25:post/2015/08/25/wings-3d.html

<p><img alt="" src="https://jpralves.net/imgt/2015/08/OpenSource_Wings3D_t.png" /></p><p>Wings 3D is a polygon modeling tool that allows you to design and change 3D objects. The latest version available is 1.5.4 which was released in August 2015 and is available for Windows, MAC OSX, Linux / Ubuntu. It …</p>

2015-08-11T00:00:00+01:002015-08-11T00:00:00+01:00João Alvestag:jpralves.net,2015-08-11:post/2015/08/11/freecad.html

<p><img alt="" src="https://jpralves.net/imgt/2015/08/OpenSource_FreeCAD_t.png" /></p><p>FreeCAD is a tool that is a parametric 3D modeler. Parametric modeling allows you to easily change a drawing by navigating backwards in the model history and changing the parameters. It is currently in version 0.15 that was released …</p>

2015-08-04T00:00:00+01:002015-08-04T00:00:00+01:00João Alvestag:jpralves.net,2015-08-04:post/2015/08/04/keepass.html

<p><img alt="" src="https://jpralves.net/imgt/2015/08/OpenSource_KeePass_t.png" /></p><p>The passwords and the difficulty in memorizing them takes us to the application open source of which we will speak. KeePass is a “store” of passwords. This allows us to safely (q.b.) have a different password for each site …</p>

2015-07-28T00:00:00+01:002015-07-28T00:00:00+01:00João Alvestag:jpralves.net,2015-07-28:post/2015/07/28/vlc-media-player.html

<p><img alt="" src="https://jpralves.net/imgt/2015/07/OpenSource_VLC_t.png" /></p><p>VLC is an application that allows you to open all sorts of audio and video files. Originally created in 1996 as an academic project it became an open source product in 1998 having been rewritten from scratch at that time …</p>

2015-07-21T00:00:00+01:002015-07-21T00:00:00+01:00João Alvestag:jpralves.net,2015-07-21:post/2015/07/21/firefox.html

<p><img alt="" src="https://jpralves.net/imgt/2015/07/OpenSource_Firefox_t.png" /></p><p>In this article we will talk about Firefox. The well-known browser that was developed by the Mozilla Foundation and whose origins go back to Netscape Navigator. It was released its first version about 12 years ago and is currently in …</p>

2015-07-14T00:00:00+01:002015-07-14T00:00:00+01:00João Alvestag:jpralves.net,2015-07-14:post/2015/07/14/audacity.html

<p><img alt="" src="https://jpralves.net/imgt/2015/07/OpenSource_Audacity_t.png" /></p><p>The Open source software we are going to talk about is Audacity. It is a software that allows you to edit audio tracks in Windows, GNU / Linux and MAC OS X environments. It is currently in version 2.1.0 …</p>

2015-07-07T00:00:00+01:002015-07-07T00:00:00+01:00João Alvestag:jpralves.net,2015-07-07:post/2015/07/07/libreoffice.html

<p><img alt="" src="https://jpralves.net/imgt/2015/07/OpenSource_LibreOffice_t.png" /></p><p>LibreOffice is a productivity package. This software package is actively developed by the community being managed by the Document Foundation. It is a package of tools that allow you to work in an office environment. It is currently in version …</p>

2015-06-30T00:00:00+01:002015-06-30T00:00:00+01:00João Alvestag:jpralves.net,2015-06-30:post/2015/06/30/putty.html

<p><img alt="" src="https://jpralves.net/imgt/2015/06/OpenSource_PuTTY_t.png" /></p><p>PuTTY is the most commonly used Open Source tool for server access. Implements the SSH, Telnet and Rlogin protocols. It was created by Simon Tatham and is actively maintained by a small team. Having initially been created for Windows there …</p>

2015-06-23T00:00:00+01:002015-06-23T00:00:00+01:00João Alvestag:jpralves.net,2015-06-23:post/2015/06/23/meshlab.html

<p><img alt="" src="https://jpralves.net/imgt/2015/06/OpenSource_Meshlab_t.png" /></p><p>Meshlab is a tool that allows you to process and edit 3D objects. It began to be developed in Visual Computing Lab of ISTI-CNR in 2005 by a group of Students. Development is actively supported by the 3D-CoForm project …</p>

2015-06-16T00:00:00+01:002015-06-16T00:00:00+01:00João Alvestag:jpralves.net,2015-06-16:post/2015/06/16/7-zip.html

<p><img alt="" src="https://jpralves.net/imgt/2015/06/OpenSource_7zip_t.png" /></p><p>7-Zip is a tool used to create compressed files and to decompress them. It was created by Igor Pavlov in 1999 and has been developed ever since. It is undoubtedly one of the best tools of its kind. The 7zip …</p>

2015-06-09T00:00:00+01:002015-06-09T00:00:00+01:00João Alvestag:jpralves.net,2015-06-09:post/2015/06/09/notepad.html

<p><img alt="" src="https://jpralves.net/imgt/2015/06/OpenSource_notepadplusplus1_t.png" /></p><p>Notepad ++ is a text editor that replaces Notepad and supports several languages. Developed by Don Ho, it can be downloaded from this link. It is a tool based on the Scintilla editing component and was written in C ++. It is …</p>

2015-06-02T00:00:00+01:002015-06-02T00:00:00+01:00João Alvestag:jpralves.net,2015-06-02:post/2015/06/02/arduino-ide.html

<p><img alt="" src="https://jpralves.net/imgt/2015/06/OpenSource_ArduinoIDE_t.png" /></p><p>Arduino IDE is an application that exists for various environments - Linux, Windows and MAC and allows you to write programs, compile them and flash them in a micro-controller. This application was for a long time been in version 1.0 …</p>

2015-05-26T00:00:00+01:002015-05-26T00:00:00+01:00João Alvestag:jpralves.net,2015-05-26:post/2015/05/26/gimp-the-gnu-image-manipulation-program.html

<p><img alt="" src="https://jpralves.net/imgt/2015/05/OpenSource_GIMP_t.jpg" /></p><p>The name of the program refers to the acronym GNU Image Manipulation Program. As it is Open Source, its distribution is free which does not mean in any way that it has quality issues. The version that was analyzed is …</p>

2015-05-19T00:00:00+01:002015-05-19T00:00:00+01:00João Alvestag:jpralves.net,2015-05-19:post/2015/05/19/inkscape-a-powerful-free-design-tool.html

<p><img alt="" src="https://jpralves.net/imgt/2015/05/OpenSource_Inkscape_t.png" /></p><p>Being in its version 0.91, released in January of 2015, it is a tool that allows to make vectorial designs. Inkscape is professional vector graphics editing software that runs on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. It is used …</p>

2015-05-12T00:00:00+01:002015-05-12T00:00:00+01:00João Alvestag:jpralves.net,2015-05-12:post/2015/05/12/openscad-the-programmers-solid-3d-cad-modeller.html

<p><img alt="" src="https://jpralves.net/imgt/2015/05/OpenSource_openscad_t.png" /></p><p>OpenSCAD is an application that allows you to define parts in 3D based on programming. It is a very useful tool for anyone who designs and prints 3D parts and can be combined with other tools to make 3D models …</p>

2015-05-05T00:00:00+01:002015-05-05T00:00:00+01:00João Alvestag:jpralves.net,2015-05-05:post/2015/05/05/kicad.html

<p><img alt="" src="https://jpralves.net/imgt/2015/05/OpenSource_Kicad_t.png" /></p><p>Kicad is an open source software for designing PCB - Integrated Circuit Boards. t is a software that allows the design of PCB boards up to 32 layers. It is designed to run on Linux, Windows and OSX. The software consists …</p>