Calibre: el mas versátil gestor, conversor y visualizador de eBooks September 27, 2010
Posted by galigio in Computers & Internet, ebook, GNU/Linux, Linux, Linux & OpenSource, multiplatform freeware, Multiplatform software, Tech, Technology, Technology and Software, Technology News, Tecnologia, windows.Tags: ebook, ebook reader, epub, Kindle, Linux, Mac, MOBI, Nook, oeb, Papyre, pdb, pdf, Sony, windows
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Los E-books están ganando cada vez mas espacio a los libro de papel y seguramente en un futuro no muy lejano llagaran a tener el mismo mercado que los libros de papel. Entre las varias aplicaciones para gestionar vuestra biblioteca digital y vuestros E-reader, he encontrado Calibre, que me parece una de las aplicaciones mejores al momento y es disponible para diferentes SO (Windows, Linux y Mac). Yo la he instalada en mi Kubuntu y tengo que decir que funciona a la perfección; tiene una interfaz gráfica muy intuitiva y aunque sea la primera vez que uso un gestor de E-book no le encuentro ninguna dificultad en moverme en las diferentes opciones que ofrece. Con Calibre es posible administrar nuestros libros en diferentes categorías: Fecha, Autor, Titulo, Editor, Tamaño… y también permite la conversión a diferentes formatos: ePub, PDF, MOBI, oeb, pdb y mas. Es posible también la sincronización con diferentes dispositivos: Kindle, Nook, Papyre, Sony. En el caso que algún libro tenga mas de un formato disponible, el mismo Calibre elige cual el mejor formato para nuestro lector. Calibre es disponible también para Iphone, Ipad e Android. Otra preciosa opción que ofrece es la configuración como lector de noticias y RRS pasándolas a formato de libro electrónico, Para concluir, os aconsejo de probar esta aplicación porque seguro que os puede ayudar mucho en gestionar vuestra Biblioteca Digital. 
How to convert pdf to html on Ubuntu 9.04 October 25, 2009
Posted by galigio in Computers & Internet, GNU/Linux, Linux, Linux & OpenSource, Linux OS, linux problem, Linux Tips, Tech, Technology, Technology and Software, Technology News, Tecnologia.Tags: converter, html, Linux, pdf, pdf to html, Ubuntu
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This week, in our Linux Page (in Spanish), we tried to find how to freely convert pdf to html files. Unfortunately we have not been able to discover a satisfying solution. In fact, first of all (1) we upload our complex pdf file (text, color drawing and pictures) on Gmail email and we sent it to ourself. When we opened the email we click on “view as html” option and we were able to read the text (unfortunately too tiny) without drawings and pictures. It was not bad but we were really far from what we were looking for. As second experiment (2) we tried to use Kword and we had (as html) text and pictures but there were many incongruences between the texts and the borders and we missed some phrases. In few words, we had a better look but a worse result. Then (3) we installed pdftohtml using Synaptic Package Manager but unfortunately we were not satisfied from the html file we obtained. At this point we concentrated our researches on a free online solution and in order we tried: “Online conversion tools for Adobe PDF documents“, “convertpdftohtml“, “pdftextonline“, and “pdf-search-engine” but the results were not good. Unfortunately, we dismissed and I confess we could not find a solution to solve the task but we think that the “Kword solution”, if improved, is not far from a good solution in converting the file from pdf to html. Please, if you have suggestions about this topic, feel free to add a comment. Thank you.
How to free some hard disk space and substitute Acrobat Reader without giving up any features August 30, 2009
Posted by galigio in Computers & Internet, free software, free software download, Free Software Magazine, Freeware, freeware blog, Freeware Reviews, freeware tip, freeware tips, hardware, Tech, Technology, Technology and Software, Technology News, Tecnologia, windows.Tags: Acrobat, Acrobat Reader, CCleaner, clean HD, compress, foxit, Foxit Reader, hard disk, HD, pdf, pdf reader, substitute Acrobat
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This week, in our Freeware Page, we posted some thoughts on pdf readers. Some days ago I had some problems with my office Windows XP PC because the hard disk space was ending. As usual, I cleaned up the disk using CCleaner and I earned ca. 200MB of space and proceed to compress the hard disk. Unfortunately, this strategy did not solve my problems so I decided to have a deep look into the numbers of Kb each program occupied on the HD and I was surprised in noticing that Acrobat Reader needs more than 200MB of HD space to work. Then I focus my attention on Foxit Reader and I discovered that it occupied more or less 7MB of HD space. Obviously I disinstall Acrobat Reader and earned ca. 190MB of hard disk. Today, I am not able to affirm that I solved all my problems with my PC but I am confident that, with an intelligent use of CCleaner, I will able to go ahead for another couple of months without contacting the administrator for a new HD and stop my work for (sic) at least a couple of days. Something to think about….
Three interesting extensions to enjoy a real Web 2.0 experience with OpenOffice 3.0 November 2, 2008
Posted by galigio in add-on, Computadoras, Computers & Internet, extension, Favorites - Freeware, free software, free software download, Free Software Magazine, Freeware, freeware blog, Freeware Reviews, freeware tip, freeware tips, GNU/Linux, Linux, Linux & OpenSource, Linux Tips, Noticias, Office, Oficina, openoffice, OpenOffice.org, Software News, Tech, Technology, Technology and Software, Technology News, Tecnologia, windows.Tags: download, extensions, Freeware, Google Documents, import PDF, Linux, Mac OS X, minimizer, Open Office, openoffice, OpenOffice extension, OS X, pdf, pdf editor, PowerPoint, presentation, text editor, upload, windows, Zoho
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After more or less a month from its release, the new OpenOffice 3.0 is receiving tons of positive comments. Anyway, this week, in our Freeware page, we have posted some brief notes abut three different extensions which are able to improve your effectivenss in office routines. First of all we have ooo2gd a simple menu bar which allows you to directly upload or download all kind of documents from Google Documents and Zoho. The second one is the Sun PDF Import Extension which has been created to allow minimal but useful changes to PDF documents. After few minutes we were able to make some interesting changes to a complex PDF documents with just a couple of clicks and export the result “into a hybrid PDF file, which is a PDF with the embedded source file asODF “. Last but not least we tested Sun Presentation Minimizer: an effective extensions which cuts the size of presentations reducing, for example, the image sizes. Using Sun Presentation Minimizer you will be able to simply and freely decide what kind of changes you want to make to your multimedia files contained in the presentations. To conclude it is necessary to focus your attention on the feature that also allows Sun Presentation Minimizer to work on Microsoft PowerPoint presentations. In few words we think that these extensions are guaranteed to be 100% satisfactory!!
How to freely annotate, typewrite and draw your pdf files: Foxit Reader 2.3! June 8, 2008
Posted by galigio in Computers & Internet, Free Software Magazine, Freeware, freeware blog, Freeware Reviews, freeware tip, freeware tips, Linux, Linux & OpenSource, pdf, pdf creator, system tools, system utility, Tech, Technology, Technology and Software, Technology News, Tecnologia, windows.Tags: access, affordable, collection, command, console tools, convertor, editor, foxit, foxit software, organizer, pdf, pdf editor, remote, serial, Software, system, system tools, system utility, text viewer, toolkit, utility, viewer, windows
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More or less two years ago, at the very beginning stage of this blog, we wrote a post about Foxit Reader, a freeware software which allows you to read pdf files without using Acrobat reader or other proprietary programs. Today, in our Freeware Page, we have written a simple but effective post about the new features contained in Foxit Reader 2.3, the new updated version of this wonderful software. First of all it is necessary to focus on the new features contained in the Tools menu which allow you to typewrite, draw or commenting your pdf files even if they are locked by their authors. Using Foxit Reader you can actually personalize your pdf documents adding notes and -de facto- improving their value for your own goals. Please, do not forgive to save an extra copy of your original pdf files if you do not want to delete all the comments/drawings you have added. Moreover, the new version of Foxit Reader includes also a player to watch or listen the multimedia elements coming with pdf files. Last but not least, in my experience Foxit Reader 2.3 contains more features and it is simpler to use than its Ubuntu competitor PDF Editor. A freeware to try!
