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  • KDE Plasma 5.21 preview

    Steve WoodsLinux, Open Source, Tech

    Ever since I first starting using Linux seriously 16 years ago, KDE has always been my preferred desktop environment.

    I’ve dabbled with GNOME and other desktops, but always come back to KDE for usability, customisability and good looks.

    Now known as Plasma, the KDE desktop will soon be reaching the release of its 5.21 version.

    Below is a sneak preview of what can be expected when the new version is released, together with a tribute at the end to Gustavo Carneiro. a KDE developer who unfortunately passed away from Covid-19 in January and whose work concentrated on KDE’s Konsole terminal emulator.

    This 5.21 release of Plasma is dedicated to Gustavo’s memory.

  • TDF is 9 years old

    Steve WoodsLinux, Open Source, Open Standards, Tech

    TDF logoToday The Document Foundation (TDF), the organisation behind the free and open source LibreOffice productivity suite, celebrates its 9th birthday.

    On 17th February 2012 The Document Foundation was registered in Berlin as a German charitable foundation (Stiftung).

    TDF had been created by members of the OpenOffice.org community to manage and develop LibreOffice, partially out of fears that Oracle Corporation would cease development of OpenOffice.org after its takeover of Sun Microsystems, the custodians of the OpenOffice.org project. The original OpenOffice.org project is now curated by the Apache Software Foundation.

    The TDF’s goal is to produce a vendor-independent office suite with ODF support in a development environment free from control by an individual company.

    This goal has been achieved too. LibreOffice is now on release version 7.1, is included as the standard office suite in many GNU/Linux distributions and been downloaded millions of times.

    Many happy returns, TDF!

  • How to make a speech bubble in GIMP

    Steve WoodsLinux, Open Source, Tech

    GIMP, also known as the GNU Image Manipulation Program, is a great free and open source graphics creation and editing suite suite, which comes as part of the standard software installation package for many GNU/Linux distributions, although it is also available for other operating systems.

    My main use for GIMP is for dealing with graphics containing text in files submitted for translation, as well as tweaking digital photographs.

    Nevertheless, every now and again the urge strikes me to learn a bit more to make the most of the software installed on my systems.

    If, like me, you have ever wondered how to add a speech bubble to an image using GIMP, help is at hand in the form of the handy video tutorial below.

    Now you too know how to put words into other people’s mouths . 😀

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