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…

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…

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 3 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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