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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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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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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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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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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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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