Skip to content

Quick Fixes

Free Software, Writing and other Stuff

  • About

linux

Wheelchair sign in parking lot
Opinion rant Software 

Who’s Important

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

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?

Read more
Linux Inside Opinion Software 

The new and subtle Microsoft

19/11/201619/11/2016 Paul free software, linux, microsoft

Deep, deep, very deep inside me, I just hope all of this will turn out not to be true. Hopefully

Read more
Linux Inside Opinion Uncategorized 

Do not get excited about Microsoft joining the Linux Foundation

18/11/201618/11/2016 Paul free software, linux, microsoft, open source

Let’s not get too excited about this. Firstly, Microsoft does not <3 Linux to any degree. Microsoft wants to contain

Read more
Free Culture Opinion 

2017 – Year of the Linux Desktop

18/09/2015 Paul end users, linux, migrating, walled gardens, world domination

In a recent post Steve Burge reflects on how Free Software has managed to spread into tech companies in a

Read more
Games Reviews Videos 

Space Miners in Space

03/08/2015 Paul free software, games, linux, simulator, space

Stephen Cameron, creator of our favourite spaceship bridge simulator, has just added mining to Space Nerds in Space.

Read more
Artwork Linux Inside Tutorials 

Script-Fu: (Image)Magickal Powers

18/06/2015 Paul compositing, culture, design, ImageMagick, linux, open source

ImageMagick is the Swiss army knife of the command-line image-processing world. The array of tools it provides, combined with the

Read more
Games Software 

Space Nerds in Space

15/05/2015 Paul games, linux, simulator, software, space

Space Nerds in Space (or SNiS for short) is a collaborative space exploration game with a twist: Each player is

Read more
Linux Inside Software 

Poisoned Apple: Microsoft’s Visual Code Studio for Linux

30/04/2015 Paul linux, microsoft, open source

Microsoft announced yesterday they were publishing an IDE dubbed Visual Studio Code that works on MacOS X and, surprise, Linux.

Read more
Linux Inside Opinion Software 

Give me Support or Give me Death

21/04/2015 Paul linux, microsoft, open source, software, tech support

I guess I’m insecure like that, but I often find myself trying to rationalise my affinity for Free Software. How

Read more
Linux Inside Software 

New KDE5 – Now with Added Intelligence!

16/03/2015 Paul calligra, games, KDE, linux, software

Inge Wallin, a developer of KDE’s office productivity suite, Calligra, has just released the very first KDE-specific AI library. Wallin,

Read more
  • ← Previous

Recent Posts

  • Un escandaloso oligopolio del que nadie habla: Lo que pasa con el correo electrónico
  • Why Mastodon is Better
  • Breaking: Open Source not to Blame in node-ipc Debacle
  • Who’s Important
  • The Three Laws of FLOSS Projects

Archives

  • January 2023
  • November 2022
  • March 2022
  • January 2022
  • August 2021
  • June 2021
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • May 2020
  • July 2019
  • February 2019
  • July 2018
  • March 2018
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • November 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014
  • August 2014
  • July 2014
  • June 2014
  • May 2014
  • April 2014

Categories

  • Activity Report
  • Artwork
  • Books & Comics
  • Events
  • Free Culture
  • Games
  • Hardware
  • Interviews
  • Linux Inside
  • Music
  • News
  • Open Data
  • Opinion
  • People
  • pling.it
  • rant
  • Reviews
  • Social Media
  • Software
  • Talks
  • Tutorials
  • Uncategorized
  • Videos
  • Writing

RSS

  • RSS - Posts
  • RSS - Comments
  • Mastodon
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn
  • PeerTube
Copyright © 2023 Quick Fixes. All rights reserved.
Theme: ColorMag by ThemeGrill. Powered by WordPress.