What about Gnome apps then?

A couple of weeks ago, we talked about KDE apps. I went through the default stack of programs available in the desktop environment,…

KDE apps – Any good?

What is the one big advantage that Linux distributions have over Windows? If you ask me, that would be the fact that distributions…

Linux is much like the stock market. Moments of happiness broken by crises. Or is the other way around? Never mind. Today shall…

24th October 2014 by Paul Brown No comments.

NASA has just put online a huge number of sound clips for free download and use. Ideal for mixing into music, or for…

20th October 2014 by Paul Brown No comments.

The Folger Shakespeare Library is sharing tens of thousands of high resolution images on their site covering book covers, inside pages from original…

8th September 2014 by Paul Brown No comments.

Always on the look out for new resources, we came upon the Internet Archive’s Book Images account on Flickr. The account contains well…

10th August 2014 by Paul Brown 1 comment

Using nearly exclusively the free Blender 3D and compositing software and a lot of talent, the Karma Pirates crew have created DYNAMO –…

28th May 2014 by Paul Brown No comments.

Admittedly, to write a novel all you need is a pen and paper, and to paint a picture all you need is a…