Free Software’s Radical Past
Something is absurd about the idea that free and open source software (FOSS) is apolitical. How could a movement that changes the way…
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…
Something is absurd about the idea that free and open source software (FOSS) is apolitical. How could a movement that changes the way…
Continue reading →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 →I have been following the development of Purism‘s Librem 13 and 15 laptops for several years. Like many Linux users, I am attracted…
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 →One trouble with software and hardware reviews is that they are usually based on a few days of testing. If any long term…
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 →One reason that I appreciate KDE is that I am always discovering new applications. In fact, I make a point of regularly searching…
Continue reading →Once I reposition a few keys, what else could I want from a re-programmable keyboard? Not much, I used to think. Then I…
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,…
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