Monthly Archives: February 2011

Sneak peek: Executing commands in the command line

Below, a little look at a sidebar running in issue 1.2, next to Pierre Marchand’s piece about his first time setting a book in Scribus. Executing commands in the command line No matter what operating system you’re using, you’ve got … Continue reading

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Best of SVG

You may have guessed already that we at Libre Graphics magazine are crazy in love with the Scalable Vector Graphics format (read more about it from Wikipedia and the W3C). Well, to that end, we’re adding in a new section, … Continue reading

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Sponsored donations

We’ve come up with a new and exciting way to get copies of Libre Graphics magazine to students on the cheap. Basically, we’re letting you, the paying public, decide which schools should be getting freeebies. We’re doing that by offering … Continue reading

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Like cheap magazines? Of course you do.

I’ve got some good news, and some bad news that’ll hopefully turn into good news. The bad news is that in the next week, we need to sell upwards of 400 copies of Libre Graphics magazine 1.1 and also get … Continue reading

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FOSDEM talk video? Yes.

Thanks to the marvels of modern videography, there’s a quite nice video up of the Libre Graphics magazine talk I gave at FOSDEM. You can download it here, and see some exciting sneak peeks at issue 1.2.

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Pro bono ad time!

It’s that time again. It’s that time when, if you’re a F/LOSS graphics project with no money and a pressing desire to get some attention, you should talk to us about getting a pro bono ad. Yes, you should. This … Continue reading

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Like press releases? Of course you do!

I figured it was high time for a more fun and detailed press release about Libre Graphics magazine. So I wrote one. Read it below and feel free to pass it on to all your favourite people, news outlets, pirate … Continue reading

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I love you about $35 000 dollars worth

That’s my best guess at just how much free labour has gone into Libre Graphics magazine since the end of August. Why the math? Because right now, I’m working on our application for the Canada Council for the Arts Literary … Continue reading

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The heritage of our pixels

Eric Schrijver has come up with what is quite possibly my favourite headline yet: “The heritage of our pixels.” Look out for his latest column, by that name, in issue 1.2 of Libre Graphics magazine. In the mean time, here’s … Continue reading

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Libre Graphics magazine on Linux Outlaws

Guess what? At FOSDEM, I sat down (or, more accurately, leaned against a wall) for an interview with Fab and Dan, the Linux Outlaws. Now, the FOSDEM edition of the Linux Outlaws podcast is out! It’s got a couple pretty … Continue reading

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