Single-sourcing in LibreOffice
LibreOffice may seem like just another word processor, but looks can deceive. A case in point is the ability to single-source, using features…
Continue reading →A couple of weeks ago, we talked about KDE apps. I went through the default stack of programs available in the desktop environment,…
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…
LibreOffice may seem like just another word processor, but looks can deceive. A case in point is the ability to single-source, using features…
Continue reading →If the Bibliography Database in LibreOffice were not so cumbersome and restrictive, then connections to an application like Zotero would be unnecessary. As…
Continue reading →I’ve used Calibre to organize my ebooks for years. Despite an awkward and eccentric interface, it’s a comprehensive tool, which has every feature…
Continue reading →Renaming files in batches is a rare task. Probably, that is why, with the exception of Xfce’s Thunar, desktop file managers can only…
Continue reading →Richard M. Stallman, the founder of the Free Software Foundation, is famously fond of distinguishing between “free as in freedom” and “free as…
Continue reading →Last month, I reviewed Kile, a KDE editor for LaTeX. This month, I am going to show the basics of formatting a document…
Continue reading →Ever since Plasma Active was released in 2012, I’ve been waiting for KDE to release another desktop environment for mobile devices. Last week,…
Continue reading →Purism, the company that has delivered free laptops, is now hoping to do the same for phones. As I write, the fundraising campaign…
Continue reading →To modern newcomers, Linux means Linux Mint or Ubuntu — a polished desktop with a few advanced details to differentiate it from any…
Continue reading →What is the role of programmers in software development? The question is never far away in free and open source software (FOSS). Last…
Continue reading →The Document Foundation released version 5.0 of the LibreOffice suite last week. Usually a whole jump in an application’s version comes with significant…
Continue reading →Stephen Cameron, creator of our favourite spaceship bridge simulator, has just added mining to Space Nerds in Space.
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