In Open Hardware, “Free as in Beer” Matters
Richard M. Stallman, the founder of the Free Software Foundation, is famously fond of distinguishing between “free as in freedom” and “free as…
Kdenlive 18.08 Beta – Film Noir
Kdenlive is my video editor de jour since the dawn of civilization, or rather, as far back as my video editing attempts go.…
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Writing LaTeX Using Kile
Last month, I reviewed Kile, a KDE editor for LaTeX. This month, I am going to show the basics of formatting a document…
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Winepak – Abstraction done (almost) right
The concept of running Windows software on top of Linux is a tricky one. First, it defies the intended usage. Second, it requires some…
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PIMP My GIMP – Season 2 Episode 10
Tonight, on PIMP My GIMP: Tuxy McGnu, the infamous explorer of all things free and open, goes about testing the latest edition of…
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Plasma Got Tricks – I like big tricks and I cannot lie
I like being surprised. I like being impressed. I like seeing quality, forethought, vision, and innovation embedded in software products. I like seeing…
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Semi-Automatic LaTeX: KDE’s Kile
One reason that I appreciate KDE is that I am always discovering new applications. In fact, I make a point of regularly searching…
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Plasma 5.13 – Amazing Tux, How Sweet Plasma
Two years ago, the Plasma desktop was just another offering in the Linux pool, with a modern but overly complicated interface, bereft of…
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The Nifty Dozen: 12 cool features in Ubuntu MATE
I have to admit, I wasn’t too pleased with my experience with Ubuntu MATE 18.04 so far. I mean, it was all right and…
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KDE’s Plasma has been my chief desktop for over a decade. My work-flow depends on Activities, and I appreciate how much I can…
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Elisa music player – Fur Elise
A bunch of days ago, the first stable version of Elisa, a new KDE-oriented music player, was released unto the wild. The program…
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Plasma widgets – Beltway Bandit Unlimited
The concept of addons is an interesting one. At some point over the past decade or two, companies developing (successful) software realized that…
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Nine Plugins for the Keyboardio Programmable Keyboard
Once I reposition a few keys, what else could I want from a re-programmable keyboard? Not much, I used to think. Then I…
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