Hi All,
This article was originally published May 27, 2009 on Blog Diyiin Bi, and is being moved to Christian Internet Resources in keeping with the new ministry-only orientation of Blog Diyiin Bi. It will cover a few of the many free e-Sword resources and modules that are available on the Internet. It is not an in-depth review of any module or website. The e-Sword website (and some of the other websites listed in this article) have some links to premium resources that you may purchase. I am not endorsing any premium resources in this article, primarily because I do not own any of them yet.
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First of all, for those of you who, like me, prefer to use Ubuntu Linux rather than Microsoft Windows, here is a how-to for installing e-Sword in Ubuntu. The thread has updates for installing e-Sword 9.x. For those who may not know, Ubuntu is a completely free Linux-based operating system for your computer that you can download and install. Ubuntu is probably the most popular distribution of Linux. For more information, check out the Ubuntu website. There, you will find links to numerous resources about Linux in general and Ubuntu in particular.
Now, about e-Sword and its modules…
…as of May 27, 2009, the latest version of e-Sword is 9.03. If you have a version older than 9.x already installed, be sure to heed the warning on e-Sword’s website about updating modules! Older modules may not work with the new version.
One of the most comprehensive list of e-Sword resources and information to be found on the Internet is David Cox’s website. Rev. Cox has information on how to create your own modules, as well as links to find modules by other third-party providers. He has an article about version 9 in which he advises NOT to upgrade if you are using an older version. Read it for yourself here. He also said that he is migrating to a new free Bible study program, THEWORD. This program will be the topic of a future article, when time permits a thorough tryout of the program.
Another very comprehensive e-Sword resource is http://e-sword-users.org/users/. They have tons of modules, including both free and premium.
If Rev. Cox’s assessment of e-Sword and THEWORD are correct, I probably will follow his lead and migrate to http://www.theword.gr/en/, even though e-Sword is a great program, and is the one I presently teach in the basic computer class at Southwest Indian Ministry.
God bless you,
Pastor Marv
Links in this article:
e-Sword
e-Sword in Ubuntu
Ubuntu
David Cox’s website
D. Cox on upgrading to e-Sword 9.x
http://e-sword-users.org/users/
http://www.theword.gr/en/
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