LibreOffice Logic
When you switch to LibreOffice, you can usually assume that all the features available in other office suites are available. They might have…
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Inkscape’s Hidden Little Feature: Mesh Gradients
Inkscape has a secret, something that is literally hidden away. There is no icon for it in the toolbar and no option in…
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Build your own YouTube-like platform in 45 minutes or less
Reddit is full of YouTube drama these days: users are accusing each other of plagiarism, and things have even moved beyond legal sabre-rattling…
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Video: Installing Coreboot — HOWTO & WHYTO
That the UEFI firmware should die in a fire and that its instigators for its adoption should hang their collective heads in shame…
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The Video Editing Challenge – Part III: Blender
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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The Video Editing Challenge – Part II: Natron
Can you use Free Software editors for more than applying a pretty effects and adding an Adele song to your video of your…
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The Video Editing Challenge – Part I: Kdenlive
How easy is it to edit video on a GNU/Linux system using free software? Can the likes of Kdenlive, or more specialised tools…
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Stream Like a Pro with Open Broadcaster Software
Open Broadcaster Software, or OBS for short, is a pretty amazing project. Used extensively within the Gaming/Youtubing/Twitching community, OBS allows you to set…
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Layout According to Scribus (II): Using Styles to Improve your Workflow
Styles bring consistency to a layout. They help the person doing layout to maintain the look you want for your publication, avoid errors,…
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The Art of Layout according to Scribus (I): Master Pages
Scribus is the free software community’s answer to Indesign, Adobe’s program for layout. Along with the likes of Inkscape, GIMP/Krita, Synfig and Blender…
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Nine Top Free Fonts and How to Use Them
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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3 Days of Networking Troubleshooting – Day 3: Polling and configuring WiFi from the command line
Having Linux’s hardware detection software configure your network devices, including your WiFi, is the usual thing. But you may come across a botched…
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