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What about Gnome apps then?

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?

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…

Plasma 5.14 – Phasers on stun

Plasma 5.14 – Phasers on stun

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

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Say not Goodbye, say Sayonara

26th September 2016 by dedoimedo 3 comments

Music goes beyond the sum of all notes and lyrics. There’s also the presentation layer, and when you are working on a desktop,…

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Free Software Artists and their Tools — Part I: David Revoy & Krita

28th May 2016 by Paul Brown 1 comment

The idea that Free Software has no decent design programs, and that it is impossible to produce quality art without proprietary apps is…

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Build Interactive Stories with Ren’Py

21st May 2016 by Paul Brown 1 comment

Storytelling is the cultural cornerstone of human civilization. If I were even more pedantic than I already am, I would tell you about…

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Opinion: Game Nearly Over

6th March 2016 by Paul Brown 8 comments

So here’s the news: Microsoft is forcing game developers and game developing companies through the hoop of their app store, encroaching on their…

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Bruce Byfield Interview: Designing With LibreOffice

1st March 2016 by Paul Brown 3 comments

Our colleague Bruce has a book coming out! It’s called Designing with LibreOffice. It tackles the subject of how to make documents look…

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The Video Editing Challenge – Part III: Blender

21st January 2016 by Paul Brown 1 comment

Blender is best known for being a feature-rich, 3D editing and rendering application and a huge open source success story. What is less…

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Glass Half – Brilliant and Hilarious short from the Blender Institute.

30th December 2015 by Paul Brown No comments.

You must see Glass Half, a superb and very, very funny animated short about to art critics with extreme opposite world views. Directed…

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Codes of Conduct

29th December 2015 by Bruce Byfield 1 comment

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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Nine Top Free Fonts and How to Use Them

24th October 2015 by Bruce Byfield No comments.

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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2017 – Year of the Linux Desktop

18th September 2015 by Paul Brown 3 comments

In a recent post Steve Burge reflects on how Free Software has managed to spread into tech companies in a big way, but…

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It’s Synfig crowdfunding time! Again!

27th August 2015 by Paul Brown 2 comments

Synfig, our favourite 2D animation suite, is looking for donations to keep development rolling.

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Vi Hart, the Mathemusician, explains Net Neutrality

18th March 2015 by Paul Brown No comments.

Vi Hart, the immensely entertaining mathematician/piano player and vlogger, has put out a video that, in classic Hartish fashion, explains the cause and…

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