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Tux Paint 0.9.16 Released
New Breed Software announces the release of Tux Paint 0.9.16, the latest version of the award-winning Open Source drawing program for children.
Tux Paint 0.9.16 debuts exciting new features…
Munich Linux scales desktop management
The City of Munich has developed impressive systems for rolling out and maintaining Linux desktops for large numbers of users, according to a British developer who had a close-up view of the…
A funny Beryl demo video
Yeah, you think you've seen it all. Compiz, now Beryl, with XGL or AIGLX. But you haven't. My brother and I thought we'd show you the greatest things Beryl can do, greater, still, than the touch…
GIMP 2.3.12 Development Release
Version 2.3.12 is a snapshot of the development towards GIMP 2.4. We are mostly polishing things at this point, but a few features are still waiting to be added. The source code for this release…
Potential Photoshop killer Pixel
According to the results of a survey conducted early this year by Novell, Adobe Photoshop tops users' lists as the most critical application not available on Linux. While Adobe continues to only…
Dave Neary leaves Gimp project because of abusive members
Neary says: "I'm finally, and definitively, leaving the project. [...] The failure of the project to control the limits of acceptable behaviour of its participants has been a long-standing problem…
Is the future of desktop Linux going thin?
While the thin-client approach makes Linux PCs easier to manage, there are still kinks to iron out with desktop Linux operating system (OS), according to market analyst Gartner.
Last month…
How XGL Works
Xgl, Xegl, Xglx, Aiglx... ever wondered what all this stuff does? Here's the definitive layman's guide to understanding how this stuff actually works. Scroll to the end for some illustrative…
Why Desktop Linux Will Not Take off, and Why You Don't Want It to
You must remember the period where various electronic devices, from phones to radios, were available in transparent cases. You may have found them utterly cool. Yet the simple fact that you can't…
GIMP vs. Photoshop - What still needs to be done?
We all know that the GIMP is more or less the de-facto standard for image editing in Linux, where Adobe Photoshop is the standard on the Mac and Windows (and some Linux boxes using Crossover…