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Q&A with Krita Project Lead Boudewijn Rempt

 Spring is in the air, taxes are done, and it’s time to focus on fun stuff—like digital painting! Krita is attempting a second stab at success with another Kickstarter that started earlier last week. For 2015, Krita has Photoshop in their crosshairs with the anticipation of making Krita as fast or faster than Photoshop. I was able to speak to Krita’s lead developer, Boudewijn Rempt, about the 2015 Kickstarter campaign and upcoming year…

How did you get involved with Krita?

Well, I was writing a novel… And I needed to draw a map, because it was a fantasy novel, so I tried to do that with Gimp. I was already a Linux user back then! I didn’t really understand the way Gimp worked, so I started writing my own drawing application. That wasn’t a big success either, since I was completely ignorant of how to do that! Then I looked around for existing projects to help out with, and Krita caught my attention. Mainly because it didn’t do anything much, but seemed to have a thorough foundation. 

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Distribution Release: Black Lab Linux 6.5 SR 1

The Black Lab project has released its first service release to Black Lab Linux 6.5. The new service release completes the project’s migrating to using one standard desktop environment (KDE), but the project reports community members are working on alternative spins, including a spin for the legacy CDE….

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NoobsLab Offers Amazing Mac OS X Transformation Pack Tutorial for Ubuntu 15.04

Making Linux distros look like other operating systems is one of the favorite pastimes for some of the users, and a new transformation pack named MBuntu Y has been published.

The guys from NoobsLab have put together a tutorial that presents a semi-automatic procedure that can help the user get an experience very similar to what Mac OS X is … (read more)

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One Of Intel’s Newest Linux Graphics Developers Is A Former Ubuntu Dev

Intel’s Open-Source Technology Center continues to hire new developers for working on their Linux graphics stack. Back in 2013, Intel had 20~30 full-time Linux graphics driver developers and since then that number has only risen…

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Ubuntu Core Drone Is the First Drone That Has Apps

The world is changing, and it looks like everything will soon be powered by operating systems and apps, and that includes drones, as unlikely as it might sound.

The Erle-Copter was presented a couple of weeks ago, but now its makers have returned with more details about this amazing piece of technology. This is not t… (read more)

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USB Support For Wine Is Being Discussed Again

Per the latest World Wine News (WWN), USB support for Wine is being discussed yet again but as of right now it’s not clear if any new work will materialize as a result of the latest discussions…

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​Facebook to Release Its Own Search Engine

It seems that Facebook is taking an aim at Google by experimenting with its own search engine which will prevent users from leaving the platform.

It all began as a rumor when several iOS users started noticing some changes, but the company has already confirmed that the in-app feature will be made available soon enough.

“We’re piloting a new way to add a link that’s been shared on Facebook to your posts and comments,” a Facebook spokesperson told read more)

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Intel Continues Its OpenGL ES 3.1 Mesa Enablement

Intel as of late seems quite set on seeing OpenGL ES 3.1 becoming a reality for Mesa in the near-term…

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4 Ways to Install Ubuntu Linux on a Windows Computer

You want to install Ubuntu on your Windows computer, don’t you? The thing is, you’re not 100% certain, yet. What if it goes wrong?

Fortunately, there are many ways in which you can try Ubuntu Linux and see whether you really like it, from running a Live CD to installing the OS in a virtual machine, before going all the way and installing it alongside Windows to dual boot.

You might even abandon Windows altogether, converting your device into a 100% Ubuntu computer!

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LLVM Clang FInally Has Complete OpenMP 3.1 Support!

In our routine compiler benchmarks looking at LLVM/Clang vs. GCC, the performance has certainly gotten tight over the years but one of the areas where there’s still been a large difference are in workloads that can make use of OpenMP for multi-threading. Fortunately, Clang has finally finished up its OpenMP 3.1 support…

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