Best Xfce distro of 2017

One more. After exploring the ups and downs of the Gnome and KDE/Plasma crop of this year, we now focus on what Xfce…

Best KDE/Plasma distro of 2017

Plasma me, Plasma you, a-ha, there was nothing we could do. But wait! Yes we can. Let us glimpse back upon Year 2017,…

Best Gnome distro of 2017

Following in the best of traditions, it is that time of the year, when we wrap up the previous twelve months of hard…

Open 3D Worlds

26th October 2015 by Paul Brown 1 comment

Ever wanted to create a game in which you race speedbikes full tilt through the narrow streets of London without worrying about the…

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LibreOffice officially made available for all UK Government agencies nationwide

20th October 2015 by Paul Brown 1 comment

The Collabora flavour of LibreOffice aimed at the public sector, officially rebranded GovOffice, will allow agencies to deploy the free office suite, leading…

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JPEG is Dead… Long Live BPG!

11th December 2014 by Paul Brown No comments.

Fabrice Bellard has just introduced the BPG (Better Portable Graphics) format to the world, an image format that achieves amazing quality at a…

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Popular Electronics, All Issues Online, for Free

27th November 2014 by Paul Brown No comments.

Over at RadioHistory.com they have scanned and put online an enormous collections of radio-related yearbooks and magazines. Amongst them, the full run of…

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