Features

Figure 8: The Darktable color tools are good for smooth, realistic operations. They were used for colorful effects in this playful demonstration.

Mixed Vegetables

Photo editing with Darktable 1.6

Mar 26, 2015

Hardly anything affects the quality of photos more than play of light and shadow, or the brilliance of colors. Darktable fixes incorrect exposure, conceals unfavorable lighting conditions, and ensures harmonious colors.

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Figure 1: Almost every aspect of headers in Writer can be customized.

Setting Type in LibreOffice

Typography of LibreOffice Writer

May 19, 2015

LibreOffice Writer is a serviceable desktop publisher with more typography features than most users imagine.

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Figure 1: The Firefox browser contains the WebIDE and demo projects for developing Firefox OS apps.

Hello Firefox

Developing apps for Firefox OS

Apr 28, 2015

The ZTE Open C Firefox phone costs less than $70. The integrated developer environment in Firefox makes Firefox OS ideal for users who always wanted to develop their very own apps.

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Figure 4: Before synchronizing the data, a small window again displays a quantitative summary.

In Sync

Keeping databases in sync

Mar 26, 2015

As your data volume grows on your home computer, you can quickly and easily create a reliable backup using FreeFileSync.

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How ls Works

Anatomy of a simple Linux utility

Mar 26, 2015

A simple Linux utility program such as ls might look simple, but many steps happen behind the scenes from the time you type "ls" to the time you see the directory listing. In this article, we look at these behind-the-scene details.

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Figure 6: You can take a look at each detail of the transmission by pressing just a few buttons.

Terminal Analyzer

Analyzing network traffic with Tshark

Mar 26, 2015

The simple and practical Tshark packet analyzer gives precise information about the data streams on the network.

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Figure 1: Despite being reduced to the essentials, the application menu in MakuluLinux Cinnamon 2.0 reveals a wealth of software.

News from Africa

MakuluLinux MCDE 2.0 and Xfce 7.1

Mar 26, 2015

Two desktop environments and two different distributions as a base – introducing MakuluLinux.

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Building LibreOffice Online

LOOL brings online document editing and viewing

Apr 08, 2015

Collabora and Ice Warp team up to create LibreOffice Online (LOOL) for online and collaborative document creation and viewing.

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Figure 7: A tool like ownCloud lets you provide network access to the KeePassX database file.

Secret Stash

Secure your passwords and personal data with KeePassX

Mar 05, 2015

KeePassX is an open source personal data management tool that lets you keep your passwords, URLs, attachments, and peace of mind

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Figure 4: The API key on Weather Underground consists of an 18-digit hexadecimal number.

Rain Check

Perl checks for rain and issues umbrella warning

Jan 28, 2015

A Perl script that retrieves the current weather forecast at dawn helps the Perlmeister decide whether to run the risk or take an umbrella just in case.

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