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Figure 1: Simple documents can be converted to EPUB directly from Writer.

Designing Ebooks with Free Software

Custom Publishing

03.03.2020

With LibreOffice Writer and Calibre, you can publish your own ebooks with better results than most online conversion tools.

Calibre , Desktop Publishing , LibreOffice , libreoffice , Tools
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Figure 1: Even the first sign of life from openSUSE, the GRUB menu, is green.

Adapt the appearance of the GRUB boot menu, boot screen, and KDE splash screen

LINUX VOICE: Variations on a Theme

Power users can adjust the look of their desktops in openSUSE with just a few clicks. We'll show you how to customize the GRUB boot menu, the boot splash screen, and the KDE start screen.

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A digital picture frame with weather forecast

NEWS: Reuse and Recycle

A digital picture frame displays photographs and a current weather forecast with just a few hundred lines of Bash and a Raspberry Pi.

Photos , Raspberry Pi
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Figure 1: On the first launch, you will need to create a new Jami account, but you do not need to prove your identity to the service with an email address or a mobile phone number.

Jami

LINUX VOICE: Private Conversations

The messenger app Jami offers clients for all popular operating systems and promises maximum anonymity for chats, as well as voice and video calls, by dispensing with central servers.

Video
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Figure 1: After arranging MyPaint's panels for brushes, layers, and settings, you're ready to draw or paint.

Draw and paint in Linux

LINUX VOICE: Sketch Artist

If you are looking for an open source drawing program, Krita and MyPaint both offer graphic tablet support and brushes. Deciding which one works best depends on your specific needs.

graphics , images
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Official Evernote Client Coming to Linux

30.01.2020

The most widely-used note-taking app is coming to Linux.

Desktop , Linux , Tools
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Bonsai Promises to Make Syncing Gnome Devices Easier

02.01.2020

Red Hat developer, Christian Hergert has been working on a GNOME desktop syncing project with lots of promise.

Gnome , Red Hat , Red Hat Linux
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Figure 1: If you launch Geeqie from a terminal window, the program automatically displays the photos from the current directory.

LINUX VOICE: Organize your photo collection with Geeqie Art Sorted

The image viewer Geeqie is used to view and sort image collections. The tool supports numerous formats, reads metadata, and – among other things – displays the location where you took the picture on a map.

images , Mobile , mobile , Tools
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Video surveillance with the Raspberry Pi

NEWS: Eye in the Pi

Set up a professional video surveillance system armed with motionEyeOS and a Raspberry Pi.

Raspberry Pi , Security , Video
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Figure 1: Amarok’s context pane in the center of the window is awkward when creating playlists.

Clementine

A New Music Player in Debian 10

10.12.2019

Transitioning from Amarok to Clementine in Debian 10 is relatively painless, thanks to Clementine's straightforward interface and improved features.

audio , Music
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