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GIMP is the n1 open source image editor and raster graphics manipulator that offers an array of special effects and filters out of the box. Although the software's default capabilities will be more than enough for most people out there, there isn't any reason why you couldn't expand them if you wished for it. While there are many ways to do exactly that, I will focus on how to enrich your GIMP filters and effects sets with the use of G'MIC.

When Jason Hibbets asked me to lead this week's discussion for the Open Organization book club, I wasn't sure what I could contribute. My own experiences as a leader weren't disastrous, but they weren't all that successful. Still, I was willing to give it a shot. read more

The Apricity OS Team is happy to announce the release of Apricity OS 09.2015 Beta. This release brings several improvements, including improved automated hardware configuration, support for a greater range of hardware, improved default dock functionality, support for Firefox in ICE, improved UEFI support, Google Chrome 45--bringing a much needed decrease in system resource usage, support for transparency in terminal window backgrounds, improved filesystem permissions, smaller default desktop icons, and several other bugfixes. As usual, we hope you will find this release easy and enjoyable to use.

Back in the days when the PC and the Internet were starting to change how work is done in Latin America, I was a project manager in small business finance. Even though I’m an industrial engineer by training, because I’m tech oriented I was asked questions about network security, wireless, storage, what sort of program we could use at the office…stuff like that. My conclusion? We were either going to have to buy expensive software licenses and new hardware or find another way.

The Russian heirs to IBM's Windows alternative fire up hardware time Warp eComStation, the Russian company that offers a PC operating system base don IBM's OS/2 , has floated the idea of a USB-bootable version of the OS.…

The Chinese market is adjusting itself after Windows XP reached end of life, but it's not all that keen to get hooked on another Windows OS, so it's looking for alternatives. The Ubuntu Kylin OS is having a real impact, and Dell is just one of the mediums used to propagate this operating system.

Back in 2001 EXT3 entered the Linux landscape and became the default filesystem

Here are some tips on how to make the school life easier with the help of the commonly used open source software.

Deluge is one of the most used torrent downloaders. It's stable and easier to use like any other torrent client but the team makes it more stable by providing fix updates. The current stable version of Deluge is 1.3.x which has just got another update Deluge 1.3.12 with some fixes and enhancements. You can install or update to this latest Deluge update in Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Linux Lite, etc.

The deal created a river of money flowing into Mozilla’s coffers — $138 million in 2011 alone — allowing rapid development of Firefox, proper maintenance of Thunderbird and Bugzilla, and the creation of Firefox OS. Although there was a bit of grumbling from some FOSSers who would’ve preferred a default search engine that was more respectful of user privacy rights, the deal was generally seen as a good thing for the free and open source community.

The death of Linux has been proclaimed many times, and that's something that will probably go on for quite some time. The problem is that Windows either can't kill the Linux desktop or Microsoft is not doing its job properly. So, here is a short tutorial for Microsoft that will help it get rid of that pesky Linux, once and for all.

Despite all the flashy headlines from Musk and Hawking on the impending doom to be visited on us mere mortals by killer robots from the skies, machine learning and artificial intelligence are here to stay. More importantly, machine learning (ML) is quickly becoming a critical skill for developers to enhance their applications and their careers, better understand data, and to help users be more effective. read more

Dennis Gilmore from the Fedora Project informed all Fedora Linux developers and package maintainers that the Beta Freeze for the upcoming Fedora 23 Beta build is in effect, starting September 10, 2015.

Pedro Dias Vicente, a senior XDA member, posted news on the Ubuntu Touch mailing list informing developers and users alike about his attempt of porting Canonical's mobile operating system to the Sony Xperia Z Ultra smartphone.

In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Koken on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS with MariaDB, PHP-FPM and Nginx. Koken a free system designed for publishing independent web sites of creative work.

Earlier today, September 13, Greg Kroah-Hartman, a renowned kernel maintainer, had the pleasure of announcing the immediate availability for download of the seventh point release of the Linux 4.1 LTS kernel series.

phpList is very popular and simple to use open source newsletter system which is designed for the dissemination of information, such as newsletters, news, advertising to list of subscribers.

Canonical's Alan Pope announced earlier today, September 13, the official dates for the next UOS (Ubuntu Online Summit) event, which will take place online, on the Ubuntu On Air YouTube channel.

For years, even as many markets turned toward mobile devices, those seeking low-cost computing alternatives could obtain PCs running Linux or other non-proprietary operating systems and achieve many of the same goals that those in the developed world spend much more on iOS or Windows-based products to achieve.

KDE Frameworks 5.14.0 has just been announced by the KDE Community. The new version is now out and expected to hit repositories from all over the world very soon. Like many of the versions before it, the new Frameworks update is an important one, and it will have repercussions from now on.