Quick Fixes

A view of the Plasma desktop with the lustrous Shades of Purple them applied.

Julius Enriquez 28/11/202328/11/2023 2 Comments design, free software, KDE, Plasma, themes

Off-Theme Presents: Shades of Purple

In the third installment of Off-Theme, we cover Shades of Purple, a global theme with a rather striking set of shades that sets it apart from many other flat themes.

Animated WebP image showing off the different variants of the Graphite global theme series Graphite Light, Graphite Dark, Graphite Nord Light, and Graphite Nord Dark are shown side-by-side and in order

Linux Inside pling.it Reviews Software Tutorials

Julius Enriquez 14/11/202314/11/2023 design, free software, KDE, Plasma, themes

Off-Theme Presents: Graphite

Grsphite is a global theme that boldly goes for a starkly monochromatic aesthetic and sharp window borders.

Linux Inside pling.it Software Tutorials

Julius Enriquez 07/11/202307/11/2023 design, free software, KDE, Plasma, themes

Off-Theme Presents: Nostrum

Let’s take a look at a global theme that plays both with the old and new to create a rather striking aesthetic.

Screenshot of a highly customised Plasma desktop in violet and orange. It looks better than it sounds, I swear.

pling.it Tutorials

Julius Enriquez 26/10/202330/10/2023 free software, KDE, Plasma, software, themes

Going Off-Theme: The Prologue

KDE has a long and storied history of customisation, allowing people to express themselves freely through the desktop and truly

Software

Paul 08/09/202308/09/2023 donations, end users, KDE, open source

“Bring Back [obscure feature]!”

Did a feature you love disappear from your Free Software project of choice? Before kicking up a fuss on Reddit, read this.

General view of the KDE booth at Akademy-es/OpenSOurthCode 2023. On the left, there is table loaded with screens, tablets, phones and consoles, on the right we have merch, such as t-shirts, mugs, caps, etc.

Events

Paul 16/06/202322/07/2023 Akademy-es, KDE

The Booth at Akademy-es/OpenSouthCode

There’s no better measure of success than having a diminutive eight-year-old girl demand to know the name of the painting program she has been using for the last 20 minutes.

Free Culture Social Media Software

Paul 20/01/202320/01/2023 arseholes, big tech, email, mastodon, oligopoly, tech bros

Un escandaloso oligopolio del que nadie habla: Lo que pasa con el correo electrónico

A pesar de un protocolo abierto y libre, y una red pública y federada, el correo electrónico se ha convertido en un oligopolio. ¿Correrán la misma suerte Mastodon y el resto del Fediverso?

Abstract photo of a network of cables and hooks.

Free Culture Opinion Social Media Software

Paul 05/11/202214/11/2022 culture, free software, open source, social media, technology

With the Muskquake leading to a tsunami of users flooding Mastodon, and even mainstream praising the platform as “interesting”, should you too migrate away from Twitter? (TL;DR: Yes. You can carry on with your day now).

rant Software

Paul 21/03/202222/03/2022 node-ipc, sabotageware

Breaking: Open Source not to Blame in node-ipc Debacle

All the reasons that lay the blame for the node-ipc debacle at the feet of “open source” are, surprise, surprise, bullshit.

Opinion rant Software

Paul 02/01/202203/01/2022 accessibility, free software, KDE, linux, open source

Who’s Important

I am not about to start a flamewar, but how pointless is it we fret about what a couple of YouTubers and their sidekicks have to say about Linux desktops?