PIMP My GIMP – Season 2 Episode 10

15th June 2018 by dedoimedo 1 comment

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

6th June 2018 by dedoimedo 7 comments

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

26th May 2018 by dedoimedo 55 comments

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

14th May 2018 by dedoimedo 12 comments

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

28th April 2018 by dedoimedo 5 comments

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

23rd April 2018 by dedoimedo 1 comment

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?

28th March 2018 by dedoimedo 14 comments

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

21st March 2018 by dedoimedo 11 comments

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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