Tue, 06 Jun 2006
favicon.ico Creation and Screen Captures on Linux
posted by Chip Witt
There are several tools and processes I've been wanting to make the subject of Weblog posts, but keep I forgetting about them until something comes up that makes me wish I wasn't so lazy about such things. Two popped-up again yesterday.
Last night, the sometimes mystical process of creating favicon.ico files for websites without the use of commercial tools came up as I was helping my wife put together a site for an organization with which she works. I often forget this process, as there is no built-in way to do this using my favorite image editor, The GIMP, directly. So, this post is primarily a breadcrumb for myself, but doubles as a useful tech tip for anyone else searching for ways to create these files easily.
Earlier yesterday, I happened to notice someone entered the search engine keyword phrase, "linux ppc screen capture", which is an almost monthly phenomenon, and results in a link to my (very) old Gentoo Linux PPC Screen Capture page. While this is pretty and all, it probably isn't particularly useful for someone looking for ways to create screen captures (a.k.a. screenshots) on Linux. I always hate to be disappointed upon visiting a search engine result myself, so I endeavor to minimize that disappointment in others as they navigate to our site.
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