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
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Author: Paul
Do 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
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Snap! — Beyond teaching coding to would-be programmers
Following on from our prior article and one more step in my lifelong (?) quest to rectify all the sillines
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Dump Scratch — Use Blockly or Snap! instead
The people who make Scratch have migrated it to Flash. This is the most bonkers, hare-brained, backward idea they could
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Free Software Artists and their Tools — Part III: Tom Carlos & Inkscape
In the final installment of this series we shift our focus away from FLOSS applications for creating bitmap graphics (in
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Free Software Artists and their Tools — Part II: Evelyne Schulz & GIMP
When a Free Software evangelist is asked whether there is a free graphics program that can rival with the proprietary
Read moreFree Software Artists and their Tools — Part I: David Revoy & Krita
The idea that Free Software has no decent design programs, and that it is impossible to produce quality art without
Read moreBuild Interactive Stories with Ren’Py
Storytelling is the cultural cornerstone of human civilization. If I were even more pedantic than I already am, I would
Read moreTailor-made Distros with SUSE Studio
One of the things about Linux is it’s super-customisable. If you would like to go deeper than picking your desktop
Read moreKDE Neon out now – An Interview with Jonathan Riddell
Is KDE’s Neon a new Linux distribution? Is it a showcase? Is it a test bed? Neon (“tech preview”) User
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