Calligra Suite: The Other Free Office Suite
Calligra Suite is a mature office suite, with a solid set of basic applications, as well as an integrated, often innovative set of…
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Codes of Conduct
What is the role of programmers in software development? The question is never far away in free and open source software (FOSS). Last…
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How the Raspberry Pi-based Pi-Top Laptop Computer came to be, as told by its creators
First came the Raspberry Pi, the single board computer the size of a wallet. Now, after a year of anticipation, the do-it-yourself community…
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A Survey of KDE Accessibility
Thanks mainly to Orca, Linux accessibility has always centered on GNOME. During the fourth release series, KDE has started to close the gap,…
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Nine Top Free Fonts and How to Use Them
Not too long ago, free fonts were either low-quality or utilitarian, designed to substitute for common proprietary fonts like Times Roman or Helvetica.…
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LibreOffice Tip: Making an A4/Letter Size Template
In most of the world, the standard paper size for printing is A4. However, in North America, the standard size is Letter. These…
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Brush Tip Tip: Stamps in Krita
Most graphics editors have a stamp or clone feature that allow you to repeat the same pattern with a click of the mouse.…
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Ad Blockers and the Naked Emperor
According to an old saying, half of advertising is useless — but no one knows which half. I was reminded of that saying…
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LibreOffice Tip: Creating marginalia and sideheads
Marginalia are to the sides of a document what headers and footers are to its top and bottom. Marginalia allow you to make…
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Discovering Dolphin Services
Services expand KDE’s Dolphin’s capabilities and allow you to create DVDs, run root commands, and convert audio and video files right from within…
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The Basic Principles of Security (and Why They Matter)
To many users, security begins and ends with anti-virus and malware protection and regular software updates. But there is much more to security,…
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LibreOffice Tips: Watermarks
Creating watermarks in LibreOffice is not hard and they can help you enhance your documents significantly, allowing you to include your companies logo…
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