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Jason van Gumster

Atlanta, GA

Jason van Gumster mostly makes stuff up. He writes, animates, and occasionally teaches, all using open source tools. He's run a small, independent animation studio, wrote Blender For Dummies and GIMP Bible, and continues to blurt out his experiences during a [sometimes] weekly podcast, the Open Source Creative Podcast. Adventures (and lies) at @monsterjavaguns.

Follow me at @monsterjavaguns

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Authored Content

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Celebrating National Superhero Day with Tux, BSD, and more

Download a free desktop wallpaper image of the Open Force.

Jason van Gumster 28 Apr 2019 76 votes 3 comments

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Get the Inkscape cheat sheet for advanced graphics editing

Download our free Inkscape cheat sheet for quick use of this open source tool.

Jason van Gumster 09 Jan 2019 122 votes

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Learn the 37 most frequently used shortcuts in GIMP

Download this free, GIMP cheat sheet.

Jason van Gumster 25 Sep 2018 175 votes 1 comment

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Getting started with openmediavault: A home NAS solution

This network-attached file server offers a solid array of features and is easy to install and configure.

Jason van Gumster 17 Sep 2018 158 votes

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Hollywood formalizes support for open source in filmmaking

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences teams with the Linux Foundation to launch the Academy Software Foundation.

Jason van Gumster 03 Sep 2018 220 votes

Contributed Content

Working from home at a laptop

Our favorite open source writing tools

Opensource.com correspondents share their favorite tools for churning out words.

Opensource.com (Red Hat) 13 Aug 2020 32 votes 4 comments

Open Lego CAD

Create LEGO designs in Blender with this plugin

Convert your 3D digital models into LEGO designs with Bricker

Seth Kenlon (Red Hat) 03 Jul 2020 28 votes 5 comments

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Announcing the Opensource.com Correspondent program

Top authors on Opensource.com have new levels of access, support, and exclusive opportunities.

Matthew Broberg (Red Hat) 25 Nov 2019 174 votes 4 comments

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Top 5: No-nos for JavaScript frameworks and Python coding, and more

In this week's Top 5, we highlight Python, JavaScript, and more.

Ben Cotton (Red Hat) 30 Jun 2017 211 votes

Authored Comments

Commented on 7 Sep 2018

6 open source tools for writing a book

Another application worth the mention for ebooks is Calibre. It's billed as an ebook management program, but it's especially handy for conversions and previews.

Commented on 31 Aug 2018

6 places to host your git repository

Oooh. That's a handy looking little device. A tad expensive for my tastes, though. If I'm rolling my own, I'd personally lean towards using something I already have on hand.