LibreOffice 6.2 – de oppresso liber officium
The world of documents, spreadsheets and presentations is roughly divided into two. There’s Microsoft Office, and then, there’s everything else. In the second…
Free Software’s Radical Past
Something is absurd about the idea that free and open source software (FOSS) is apolitical. How could a movement that changes the way…
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Xfce apps – In the land of Tux, where the shadows lie
Last year, I decided to do a thorough analysis of the KDE and Gnome application stacks, separately, to figure out how complete these…
Continue reading →Single-sourcing in LibreOffice
LibreOffice may seem like just another word processor, but looks can deceive. A case in point is the ability to single-source, using features…
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Flameshot – A shot in the dark
What’s your unicorn, someone asked. The answer is, a really nice screenshot tool, so that I can do my software reviews with speed,…
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Boxes for your Tuxes – Worth it?
A name was mentioned. An application was tested. In my Gnome apps review from several weeks back, one of the comments pointed out…
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PureOS and Purity
I have been following the development of Purism‘s Librem 13 and 15 laptops for several years. Like many Linux users, I am attracted…
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Best Gnome distro of 2018
We talked about Xfce. We talked about Plasma. ‘Twas a turbulent year, and yet, it didn’t really have any defining Linux moments. More…
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Best KDE/Plasma distro of 2018
Let us Plasma. A few days ago, we talked about the bestest Xfce distro of 2018. It was an interesting but also somewhat…
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Best Xfce distro of 2018
The current calendar year is slowly converging toward its end. That means one thing! Well, two things. Festivities and liver stress testing for…
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Replacing LibreOffice’s Bibliography Tool With Zotero
If the Bibliography Database in LibreOffice were not so cumbersome and restrictive, then connections to an application like Zotero would be unnecessary. As…
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What about Gnome apps then?
A couple of weeks ago, we talked about KDE apps. I went through the default stack of programs available in the desktop environment,…
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Editing With Calibre
I’ve used Calibre to organize my ebooks for years. Despite an awkward and eccentric interface, it’s a comprehensive tool, which has every feature…
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