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

20/01/202320/01/2023 Paul 0 Comments arseholes, big tech, email, mastodon, oligopoly, tech bros

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?

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Why Mastodon is Better

05/11/202214/11/2022 Paul 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).

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The Three Laws of FLOSS Projects

14/08/202114/08/2021 Paul free software, KDE, principles

A relatively easy way to decide what communication activities are appropriate for your Free Software project.

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Public Money! Public Code? Campaign Launched

13/09/201729/09/2017 Paul free software, paul, public administration, public code, taxes

Your taxes are being used to pay for closed source software and this is a terrible idea. Closed source software

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Free Software Artists and their Tools — Part I: David Revoy & Krita

28/05/2016 Paul cartoon, krita, pepper&carrot, webcomic

The idea that Free Software has no decent design programs, and that it is impossible to produce quality art without

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Build Interactive Stories with Ren’Py

21/05/2016 Paul education, interactive novels, manga, presentations, ren'py

Storytelling is the cultural cornerstone of human civilization. If I were even more pedantic than I already am, I would

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Opinion: Game Nearly Over

06/03/2016 Paul epic, industry, monopoly, PC gaming, windows

So here’s the news: Microsoft is forcing game developers and game developing companies through the hoop of their app store,

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Bruce Byfield Interview: Designing With LibreOffice

01/03/2016 Paul book, design, LibreOffice, styles

Our colleague Bruce has a book coming out! It’s called Designing with LibreOffice. It tackles the subject of how to

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The Video Editing Challenge – Part III: Blender

21/01/2016 Paul 3D, blender, creativity, kdenlive, natron, premier, sony vegas, video editing

Blender is best known for being a feature-rich, 3D editing and rendering application and a huge open source success story.

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Glass Half – Brilliant and Hilarious short from the Blender Institute.

30/12/2015 Paul 3D, animation, blender

You must see Glass Half, a superb and very, very funny animated short about to art critics with extreme opposite

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