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What about Gnome apps then?

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?

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

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…

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Plasma Mobile: So far, so adequate

30th January 2018 by Bruce Byfield 1 comment

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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Krita Brush Basics

5th August 2015 by Bruce Byfield 3 comments

Brushes are a central concept in Krita. Unfortunately, Krita’s documentation is incomplete and outdated, so here is a summary of how they work.

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Battle for Wesnoth doesn’t want your money

28th July 2015 by Paul Brown No comments.

It’s sink or swim time for Battle for Wesnoth. The fantasy turn-based tactical game has been so long in every distro’s repository that…

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Loading brushes into Krita

23rd July 2015 by Bruce Byfield 3 comments

Krita, KDE’s answer to Photoshop and GIMP, comes with over 120 brushes. These brushes imitate media ranging from pens and pencils to water…

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Make Hot Music with Ardour

21st July 2015 by Paul Brown No comments.

Ardour brings sophistication, stability and a metric ton load of cool features to the Open Source audio editing world.

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Httpredir: a Cloud for Package Installation

29th June 2015 by Bruce Byfield No comments.

For years, netselect-apt was the main Debian tool for choosing the fastest mirror for downloads. Two months ago, however, httpredir become hosted by…

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LibreOffice Tip: Automating Notes

4th June 2015 by Bruce Byfield No comments.

Using recurring images can be difficult in LibreOffice. Of course, you can always add the image manually each time, but that can be…

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Inkscape Tips: Episode II – Clone Wars

3rd June 2015 by Paul Brown No comments.

We have already established that Inkscape is the best thing since sliced-bread elsewhere on this site. But you’d be surprised at how useful…

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Space Nerds in Space – The Interview

31st May 2015 by Paul Brown No comments.

We met up with Stephen Cameron and Jeremy Van Grinsven, creators of Space Nerds in Space on FreeNode to talk about space simulators,…

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Can Gnumeric excel over Calc?

30th May 2015 by dedoimedo 2 comments

See what I did there? I dropped a name bomb on you. But what I’m trying to say is, there’s this niche little…

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Free animation software Synfig Studio hits 1.0

21st May 2015 by Paul Brown No comments.

Synfig Studio is a program for creating animations and rendering them to film. It allows you to create anything, from animated banners (does…

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Calligra Flow is a work in progress

18th May 2015 by Bruce Byfield No comments.

For those looking for a replacement for Microsoft Visio, Calligra Flow is may be what you need, despite having a few shortcomings and…

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