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…
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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Krita – Ars longa, vita brevis?
Krita? GIMP? Darmok and Jelad at Tanagra. So, if you are into any kind of image manipulation, you probably have heard of GIMP,…
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The Magnificent Seven unique Linux projects
While the technology landscape feels big, complex and colorful, the actual variation in creativity and uniqueness isn’t that huge. Often, ideas build upon…
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Keyboardio Hits a High Point in Open Hardware
My expectations for Keyboardio’s Model 01 were high. I pre-ordered the keyboard during its 2015 crowdfunding campaign, and waited for over two years with…
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IU not UI – Want a great desktop? Use the brain.
Our friend William Shakespeare once wrote: To be or not to be, we must rejoice, for our GUI is so well-designed, the user…
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Plasma – The road to perfection is paved with bugs
Call it bias, call it taste, I like the Plasma desktop environment. After many years, I feel KDE is finally regaining some of…
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Plasma Mobile: So far, so adequate
Ever since Plasma Active was released in 2012, I’ve been waiting for KDE to release another desktop environment for mobile devices. Last week,…
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Plasma 5.12 – Long Term Sweetness?
Roughly a year ago, I wrote my fairly lengthy State of Plasma article, which examined the KDE’s fifth major desktop environment incarnation in…
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Best Xfce distro of 2017
One more. After exploring the ups and downs of the Gnome and KDE/Plasma crop of this year, we now focus on what Xfce…
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Cataloging Collections with Tellico
KDE has such a rich ecosystem of applications that I am constantly discovering new ones. The best of these applications are simple and…
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Best KDE/Plasma distro of 2017
Plasma me, Plasma you, a-ha, there was nothing we could do. But wait! Yes we can. Let us glimpse back upon Year 2017,…
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Best Gnome distro of 2017
Following in the best of traditions, it is that time of the year, when we wrap up the previous twelve months of hard…
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