Free Culture in Evolution: Openclipart and The Open Font Library Openclipart and The Open Font Library
Nov 19, 2013Compared with free software, free culture is often overlooked; however, once you start looking around the Openclipart and Open Font Library sites – two of the oldest and most successful free culture sites – you soon start to realize that free culture has evolved right alongside free software, providing free content to use with free tools.
more »2D Animation Tools Simply Moving
Nov 19, 2013With the right tool and a bit of artistic talent, you can create two-dimensional cartoons, even without Flash. In this article, we present four animation programs and look at how well they perform in practice.
more »Canonical: Mir Isn't Quite Ready
Oct 07, 2013Ubuntu's replacement for the X graphics system will have to wait for a later release.
more »Canonical Ditches Wayland for Mir
Jul 15, 2013Canonical ditches Wayland for a brand new graphics stack.
more »3D Molecular Visualizer Four 3D molecular visualizers compared
May 31, 2013Modern chemistry and biochemistry are hard to understand without 3D models. In this article, we look at programs that bring order to the chaos of connected atoms by arranging them in functional sections and in three dimensions.
more »Fine Art HDR Processing Luminance HDR offers top-notch high dynamic range imaging
May 31, 2013Processing images with a high dynamic range – that is, an image with a wide range of values between its bright and dark areas – is possible with open source Luminance HDR.
more »Workspace – Gallery Apps Lightweight web-based gallery applications
Apr 30, 2013Sometimes full-blown photo sharing solutions are more than you need. We look at some lightweight alternatives that still get the job done.
more »Flam3 and Fractal Fr0st Generate unusual fractals with Fr0st and Flam3
Apr 30, 2013Few fractal algorithms create as beautiful and ethereal structures as Flam3. The Fr0st GUI helps you master the complex software.
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Another New Linux Laptop has Arrived
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Deepin 20.1 has Arrived
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CloudLinux Commits Over 1 Million Dollars to CentOS Replacement
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Linux Mint 20.1 Beta has Been Released
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Patreon Project Looks to Bring Linux to Apple Silicon
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A New Chrome OS-Like Ubuntu Remix is Now Available
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System76 Refreshes the Galago Pro Laptop
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