No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
Joe Bloggs sat himself in front of his brand new laptop, pressed the On button and waited.
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Quick Fixes
Free Software, Writing and other Stuff
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Struggling to install Whisper models for Kdenlive’s smart transcription plugin? Try this…
First, credit where credit is due: the following solution was cobbled together combining both advice from Kdenlive developers and a
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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?
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The new and subtle Microsoft
Deep, deep, very deep inside me, I just hope all of this will turn out not to be true. Hopefully
Read moreDo not get excited about Microsoft joining the Linux Foundation
Let’s not get too excited about this. Firstly, Microsoft does not <3 Linux to any degree. Microsoft wants to contain
Read more2017 – Year of the Linux Desktop
In a recent post Steve Burge reflects on how Free Software has managed to spread into tech companies in a
Read moreSpace Miners in Space
Stephen Cameron, creator of our favourite spaceship bridge simulator, has just added mining to Space Nerds in Space.
Read moreScript-Fu: (Image)Magickal Powers
ImageMagick is the Swiss army knife of the command-line image-processing world. The array of tools it provides, combined with the
Read moreSpace Nerds in Space
Space Nerds in Space (or SNiS for short) is a collaborative space exploration game with a twist: Each player is
Read morePoisoned Apple: Microsoft’s Visual Code Studio for Linux
Microsoft announced yesterday they were publishing an IDE dubbed Visual Studio Code that works on MacOS X and, surprise, Linux.
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