Here is a "video", or is it screencast, I made with byzanz desktop recorder and Ubuntu GNU/Linux. It's a short clip of me demoing some Open Office.org spreadsheet tips for a friend of mine.
Byzanz is so handy because it installs as a panel applet and records your desktop session to an animated GIF. You don't have to worry about video formats and browser add-ons/compatibility with GIF's. No sir, just add and image to your page and go on with living. :=)
Just when you think Free and Open Source Software can't be any more cool or useful, BAM!, you discover another nifty tool. What will apt-cache search turn up next?
It's hard to express how thrilled I am to have found byzanz. Now Free and Priceless can become a kind of show and tell for our FOSS exploration.
While I'm feverishly reworking potential blog post to include this wonderful technology, I'd love to get comments on your Linux/free software questions. Just post a comment on a screencast you'd like to see and I'll try to work it in.
3 comments:
I like it, and I went ahead and installed the app myself. I look forward to reading your blog more often!!
-brennydoogles from Ubuntuforums
Hello, thank's for the info. I have installed it and it works great.
One question, how did you upload the gif animated image to blogger ?
I tried but the picture is not animated in the blog page.
heri
Ubuntu user.
I just uploaded another byzanz "video" and it also lost its animation. I think Blogger is automatically converting larger GIF files into PNG format to save drive space.
Perhaps linking to an image on Flickr or a personal webspace would be a way around this.
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