An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. Inkscape supports many advanced SVG features (markers, clones, alpha blending, etc.) and great care is taken … Continue reading →

GCstar is a free open source application for managing your collections. Detailed information on each item can be automatically retrieved from the internet and you can store additional data, such as the location or who you’ve lent it to. You … Continue reading →

Announced today the release of KDE 4.5, this version comes with many new features and improvements, for example the plasma Desktop received many usability refinements. The Notification and Job handling workflows have been streamlined. The KDE Applications have been improved … Continue reading →

“Reset setting“ is an important feature that will be added in the next version of Ubuntu Tweak. After every resettable option, there will be an reset button. The tooltip will tell you what is the default value, and you can reset the … Continue reading →

Almost all school children in Portugal are becoming familiar with using open source, including the Linux operating system, says Paulo Trezentos, founder of Caixa Mágica Software. By the end of this year, the company’s eponymous Linux-based operating system will have … Continue reading →

Kongoni GNU/Linux is a Slackware-based, desktop-oriented GNU/Linux distribution and live CD. Its main features include a graphical installer, a Kongoni Integrated Setup System (KISS), and an easy-to-use Ports Installation GUI (PIG). The distribution’s package management borrows its main concepts from … Continue reading →

OpenOffice.org 3.x is the leading open-source open software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more.  You can adjust openoffice to your needs by adding more functionality with the help of extensions. Find bellow five useful extensions for … Continue reading →

Pinta 0.4 is released, the new version comes with few new smaller features as well as fixes and enhancements for bugs and rough edges. Find in this link the complete liste of features of this release. If you diden`t hear … Continue reading →

KontrolPack is a cross-platform network controller. You can manage your computers and execute the same shell commands on them regardless of the operating system. On top of this, it provides an easy interface that can be used to view your … Continue reading →

Mozilla has released the version 3.1 of the Thunderbird mail client. This version comes with many improvements, the Message indexing is faster and provides users with faster search results, New Quick Filter Toolbar lets you filter against search terms, tags, … Continue reading →