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Free Software Artists and their Tools — Part II: Evelyne Schulz & GIMP

31/05/201629/08/2016 Paul fantasy, gimp, krita, painting

When a Free Software evangelist is asked whether there is a free graphics program that can rival with the proprietary

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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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Tailor-made Distros with SUSE Studio

11/05/2016 Paul customised, distributions, DIY, repositories, SUSE Studio

One of the things about Linux is it’s super-customisable. If you would like to go deeper than picking your desktop

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KDE Neon out now – An Interview with Jonathan Riddell

20/04/201629/09/2017 Paul APT, desktop environments, KDE, Neon, paul, Plasma, qt, ubuntu

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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Mining for Education

04/04/201619/05/2022 Paul CAL, computer assisted learning, education, Lua, minecraft, minetest, students

How would you feel if all the food in your child’s school canteen were provided by one manufacturer of packaged

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Inkscape’s Hidden Little Feature: Mesh Gradients

27/02/201606/09/2016 Paul inkscape, mesh gradients, photo-realistic, vector design

Inkscape has a secret, something that is literally hidden away. There is no icon for it in the toolbar and

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Build your own YouTube-like platform in 45 minutes or less

13/02/2016 Paul Facebook, mediacore, mediadrop, self-hosted, Videos, Vimeo, YouTube

Reddit is full of YouTube drama these days: users are accusing each other of plagiarism, and things have even moved

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Video: Installing Coreboot — HOWTO & WHYTO

03/02/2016 Paul bios, coreboot, firmware, libreboot, uefi

That the UEFI firmware should die in a fire and that its instigators for its adoption should hang their collective

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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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