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Reading the tea leaves with Canonical's financial statement

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

27.01.2014
Canonical's latest financial statement gives new insight into the odds of the company turning a profit.
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9 KDE widgets that add functionality

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

16.01.2014
With over 100 widgets to choose from, KDE has something extra for everyone.
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Letting off Steam

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

08.01.2014
Steam may bring Linux new popularity, but will it be the right kind of popularity?
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2013 on the Desktop

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

29.12.2013
What happened with the major desktops in 2013?
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Gluglug Laptops Get FSF Respect Your Freedom Certification

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

18.12.2013
Gluglug is selling refurbished computers that are free-licensed from their firmware to their operating system and drivers.
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Free software's lack of women leaders

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

11.12.2013
Want proof that women are under-represented in free software? Then look at the leaders.
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Free fonts for the working day

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

30.11.2013
In the last decade, free fonts have thrived to the point that you hardly need ones with restrictive licenses.
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The Typography Toolbar Extension for LibreOffice

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

22.11.2013
The Typography Toolbar takes LibreOffice to its natural conclusion.
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Which desktop will be the default for the next Debian release?

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

13.11.2013
Debian is considering Xfce or GNOME as the default desktop for its next release. But when you conisder the criteria involved, the choice seems obvious.
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The Linux-libre Project

Freeing the Linux Kernel

04.11.2013

The Linux kernel and its penguin mascot are widely viewed as the symbol of free and open source software. The truth, however, is that the Linux kernel is only partly free.

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