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Online magazine on free/libre software for creative professionals. Responsible reporting over clickbait and drama.

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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
New ALSA Scarlett GUI release from Geoffrey D. Bennett: DSP controls for Vocaster One/Two, configuration for setting up IO and custom port names, routing and mixer updates, and more librearts.org/2026/05/alsa...
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ALSA Scarlett GUI 1.0beta9
DSP control for Vocaster One and Two, routing and mixer updates
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
In a new instance of "the shit Linux users have to fix for themselves because vendors couldn't be bothered", Rolando Trevino now has initial support for Universal Audio's Apollo line of audio interfaces. librearts.org/2026/04/intr...
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Meet Open Apollo, UAD Apollo drivers for Linux
This project brings Linux drivers to Thunderbolt and USB audio interfaces by Universal Audio
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
New version of the @friction.graphics animation editor is out with transform gizmos, snapping, and grids (among major new features) Release notes: friction.graphics/releases/fri... Here is a quick demo of gizmos
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
I guess the recent Steinberg news needed some coverage after all, so here you are ;) librearts.org/2025/11/stei...
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VST3 becomes open-source, ASIO goes GPL-compatible
Let's talk about what VST3 and ASIO relicensing by Steinberg really mean
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Week highlights: new releases of GIMP and RapidRAW; a quick first look at the AgX tonemapper in darktable; new features in Ardour librearts.org/2025/10/week...
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Weekly recap — 12 October 2025
New releases of GIMP and RapidRAW, new features in darktable and Ardour
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
The week recap is really brief this time: @krita.org got a bugfix release, RapidRAW and Gradia got releases with new features; Ardour got very basic MIDI note strumming librearts.org/2025/09/week...
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Weekly recap — 28 September 2025
New releases of Krita, RapidRAW, and Gradia; MIDI strumming in Ardour
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Week highlights: @gimpofficial.bsky.social is getting an SVG exporter; Ton Roosendaal is stepping down as executive director of @blender3d.bsky.social Foundation; @kdenlive.bsky.social is planning exciting new features; @freecad.org is launching a bug hunt for v1.1 librearts.org/2025/09/week...
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Weekly recap — 21 September 2025
Ton Roosendaal is stepping down as executive director of Blender Foundation
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Weekly recap: new releases of Gradia, RapidRAW, and displaycal; @gimpofficial.bsky.social is getting SVG exporting and in-app notifications, @krita.org is getting color management support on Wayland, @blender3d.bsky.social just got another major corporate sponsor librearts.org/2025/09/week...
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Weekly recap — 14 September 2025
Mew releases of Gradia, RapidRAW, and displaycal; Blender gets new major sponsor
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Week highlights: new releases of ShineStacker, Mixxx, and LSP plugins; new version of OurPaint has pigment canvas and spectral blending, @inkscape.org is getting artwork recoloring, and @freecad.org just got on-view gizmos for PartDesign commands such as Pad and Fillet librearts.org/2025/09/week...
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Weekly recap — 7 September 2025
New releases of OurPaint and LSP plugins; new features in Inkscape and FreeCAD
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Back to recaps after a summer break. What’s new recently: Wacom upgrades its @blender3d.bsky.social support; new releases of @gimpofficial.bsky.social, RapidRAW, @kdenlive.bsky.social, and Shotcut; new features in @inkscape.org and Ardour See here for details: librearts.org/2025/08/week...
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Weekly recap — 31 August 2025
Wacom brings €240K/year to Blender Foundation, GIMP gets vector and link layers
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Quick test of newly added AI sky masks in RapidRAW: works, but not amazing. Doesn't handle well mountain ridges, as well as bits of sky between tree branches and leaves
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Week highlights: new releases of RapidRaw, Gradia, @friction.graphics, and Handbrake; new features in @gimpofficial.bsky.social librearts.org/2025/08/week...
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Weekly recap — 10 August 2025
New releases of RapidRaw, Gradia, Friction, and Handbrake; new features in GIMP
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Weekly recap: new major releases of PixiEditor and Flameshot, new features coming to @gimpofficial.bsky.social, @freecad.org, @openscad.bsky.social, and Ardour librearts.org/2025/08/week...
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Weekly recap — 3 August 2025
New major releases of PixiEditor and Flameshot; new features in GIMP, FreeCAD, and Ardour
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Belated weekly update: new releases of Shotcut and Qtractor, the Blender team starts working on an iPad port librearts.org/2025/07/week...
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Weekly recap — 27 July 2025
New releases of Shotcut and Qtractor, Blender team starts working on an iPad port
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Week highlights: new Blender, RapidRAW, Gradia, Sigil, and Hydrogen releases; new darktable UI prototypes. There were, in fact, four releases of RapidRAW, all with new features, this past week See here for the full post: librearts.org/2025/07/week...
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Weekly recap — 20 July 2025
New Blender, RapidRAW, Gradia, Sigil, and Hydrogen releases; new darktable UI prototypes
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Week highlights: new releases of @krita.org, Bonsai, OBS Studio, and @kdenlive.bsky.social; @gimpofficial.bsky.social is getting support for Sketchbook's TIFF extensions, FontForge is being ported to HarfBuzz, and Ardour is getting further automation improvements librearts.org/2025/07/week...
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Weekly recap — 13 July 2025
New releases of Krita, Bonsai, OBS Studio, and Kdenlive; new features in GIMP and Ardour
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Week highlights: new digiKam release, new features coming to GIMP, Inkscape, and Ardour librearts.org/2025/07/week...
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Weekly recap — 6 July 2025
New digiKam release, new features coming to GIMP, Inkscape, and Ardour
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
(Double-) week highlights: new releases of @gimpofficial.bsky.social, darktable, Cardinal; new features in @freecad.org and Ardour librearts.org/2025/06/week...
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Weekly recap — 29 June 2025
New releases of GIMP, darktable, and Cardinal; new features in FreeCAD and Ardour
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Week highlights: new releases of Audacity and Kdenlive, new features in @gimpofficial.bsky.social, Inkscape, and Ardour librearts.org/2025/06/week...
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Weekly recap — 15 June 2025
New release of Audacity and Kdenlive, new features in GIMP, Inkscape, and Ardour.
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Somewhat belatedly, week highlights: new release of RawTherapee, new features in @gimpofficial.bsky.social, new apps for screenshot annotation (Gradia) and film photography (Filmbook) librearts.org/2025/06/week...
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Weekly recap — 8 June 2025
New release of RawTherapee, new GIMP features, and various new apps (Gradia, Filmbook)
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Week highlights: new features in @gimpofficial.bsky.social, new versions of PDF Arranger, Odin 2, and Tumult; new VAMP plugins by @chriscannam.bsky.social Read here for more information: librearts.org/2025/06/week...
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Weekly recap — 1 June 2025
New features in GIMP, new versions of PDF Arranger, Odin 2, and Tumult; new VAMP plugins.
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
TheWaveWarden released a long-time-coming update of Odin 2, a free/libre virtual synth librearts.org/2025/05/odin...
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Odin 2 synth gets a UI revamp
The new version of the virtual synth ships with improved scaling and updated graphics
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Week highlights: new releases of Sigil (EPUB editor), @pipewire.org, Qtractor, and Millisecond; new features in @gimpofficial.bsky.social (text outline direction choice, options for theme-dependent brush previews) See here for details: librearts.org/2025/05/week...
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Weekly recap — 25 May 2025
New releases of Sigil, PipeWire, Qtractor, and Millisecond; new features in GIMP.
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Week highlights: new releases of @gimpofficial.bsky.social, @inkscape, and @freecad.bsky.social; 3rd-party GIMP2 plugins are getting ported to GIMP3; @kde.org Plasma is getting an HDR calibration wizard See here for details: librearts.org/2025/05/week...
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Weekly recap — 18 May 2025
New releases of GIMP, Inkscape and FreeCAD; Plasma is getting an HDR calibration wizard
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Week highlights: new version of Shotcut, CMYK PDF exporting has landed in Inkscape, Google Summer of Code 2025 has announced students/projects librearts.org/2025/05/week...
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Weekly recap — 11 May 2025
New version of Shotcut; CMYK PDF in Inkscape; GSoC2025 announces students/projects
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Wondering what interesting projects @gimpofficial.bsky.social, Inkscape, @blender3d.bsky.social, @freecad.bsky.social, and others got this year for Google Summer of Code? I went ahead and made a complete list so you don't have to :) librearts.org/2025/05/gsoc...
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Google Summer of Code 2025 projects announced
Here is what students around the world will be contributing to GIMP, Inkscape, Blender, FreeCAD, and other projects
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Week recap: new releases of Kdenlive, Mixxx, and Giada; new features in @gimpofficial.bsky.social and @freecad.bsky.social See here for more: librearts.org/2025/05/week...
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Weekly recap — 4 May 2025
New releases of Kdenlive, Mixxx, and Giada; new features in GIMP and FreeCAD.
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Week highlights: new releases of Helio sequencer and ZLEqualizer, new features coming to @gimpofficial.bsky.social and @freecad.bsky.social, Darkglass Electronics releases a Linux-powered multi-effects processor for the bass See here for details: librearts.org/2025/04/week...
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Weekly recap — 27 April 2025
New releases of Helio sequencer and ZLEqualizer, new features in GIMP and FreeCAD
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Darkglass Electronics announced Anagram, a multi-FX processor for the bass. It runs embedded Linux, uses open-source neural modeling tech, and relies on an LV2 plugins host and some FOSS plugins librearts.org/2025/04/meet...
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Meet Anagram, a Linux-powered bass FX processor
Darkglass Electronics makes their first multi-effects pedal running Linux and neural amps
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Week highlights: great new features coming to @gimpofficial.bsky.social, Inkscape, and Ardour in the works; new releases of @scribus.bsky.social and Bonsai BIM Check out the full post: librearts.org/2025/04/week... Featured #b3d artwork by Rene Gorecki
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Weekly recap — 20 April 2025
New features coming to GIMP, Inkscape, and Ardour; new releases of Scribus and Bonsai
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Inkscape is getting on-canvas controls for the text-on-path offset. Not even in a development branch yet, coming likely in v1.5/1.6
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Week highlights: new releases of Pinta and Elektroid, @freecad.bsky.social Project Association announces new grants See here for details: librearts.org/2025/04/week... Featured #b3d art by Yota Tasaki
This artwork by Yota Tasaki depicts a lush, futuristic utopia where towering trees and floating islands intertwine with sleek, advanced architecture. Waterfalls cascade into misty valleys, and a radiant city rises at the center, blending technology and nature in perfect harmony. The scene feels dreamy and otherworldly, like a vision of a sustainable, high-tech paradise.
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
The Pinta team announced the v3.0 release yesterday. Here's a quick look at what’s changed and what still needs to change librearts.org/2025/04/pint...
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Pinta 3.0 released
The new version of the image editor arrives with a handful of new features and improvements
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Week highlights: @gimpofficial.bsky.social team started planning v3.2 development, new releases of Inkscape, jc303, Qtractor, and KnobKraft-orm See here for details: librearts.org/2025/04/week... Featured #b3d artwork by Shiro 2049
This atmospheric artwork depicts a mysterious, abandoned city reclaimed by nature. A solitary figure stands in a small boat on an emerald-green pool of water, surrounded by moss-covered ruins and lush vegetation. Dominating the scene is a colossal stone statue or sculpture partially covered in vegetation, its humanoid form with a distinctive round head rising eerily from the overgrowth. The composition is shrouded in misty light that filters through the scene, creating a moody, dreamlike quality with dramatic contrast between shadows and illuminated areas.

The image evokes themes of lost civilization, the inevitable reclamation of human structures by nature, and the smallness of humanity against monumental remains of the past. The aesthetic combines elements of fantasy art with post-apocalyptic imagery, suggesting an ancient or forgotten world where nature and massive architectural remnants create a hauntingly beautiful landscape.
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Multibody dynamics + FEM, former Ondsel project, lives on www.youtube.com/watch?v=kggy...
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MbDFEM of Simple Pendulum
YouTube video by Jose Gabriel Egas Ortuño
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Week highlights: new releases of @gimpofficial.bsky.social, PhotoGIMP, Shotcut, Flowblade, and Calf LV2 plugins See here for more: librearts.org/2025/03/week... Featured #krita artwork by Philipp Urlich
This artwork depicts a majestic, towering mountain with sharp peaks, surrounded by mist and dramatic cloud formations. At the mountain's base, a castle or fortress is nestled within the landscape, illuminated by warm sunlight. A river flows through the foreground, winding through lush greenery and rocky outcrops.

The painting has a fantasy or dreamlike quality, reminiscent of classic fantasy landscapes. The lighting and atmosphere suggest a dramatic, almost mystical setting, with a strong contrast between the bright, sunlit areas and the darker, shadowed regions. The brushstrokes and soft textures give the piece a painterly, semi-realistic style with an emphasis on mood and grandeur.
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Week highlights: new releases of @gimpofficial.bsky.social, @blender3d.bsky.social, PDF4QT, libwacom, and LosslessCut See here for details: librearts.org/2025/03/week... Featured #krita artwork by Sachin Chauhan
This digital painting presents a mystical forest scene with a glowing golden light piercing through the dense canopy. The artwork contrasts dark, shadowy trees in the foreground with a warm, ethereal radiance in the background. A majestic stag, standing atop a fallen log, is bathed in the light, giving it a divine or mythical presence.

The composition draws the viewer’s eye toward the stag, which serves as the focal point, surrounded by lush vegetation and a gently flowing stream. The interplay of darkness and light enhances the sense of mystery and depth. The color palette primarily consists of deep greens, blacks, and warm golden hues, creating an enchanting and almost dreamlike atmosphere.
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
GIMP 3.0 is out, and while you are probably already aware of all the changes in the release, there's much more to discuss: what's coming next, what's up with its funding, and whether the name will ever change librearts.org/2025/03/gimp...
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GIMP 3.0 released
Real talk about GIMP 3.0, caveats, future plans, project funding, and the name change
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Week highlights: new versions of digiKam, @musescorestudio.bsky.social, and Audacity See here for details: librearts.org/2025/03/week... Featured #b3d art by Oleksandra Havrylina
This digital painting or 3D-rendered artwork showcases a dark, futuristic, and possibly sci-fi horror scene set in an industrial or research facility. The focal point is a massive, organic, and grotesque entity attached to an overhead mechanical structure. The creature appears to be growing or being extracted, with its fleshy, glowing orange mass stretching upwards toward a circular, illuminated opening.

The environment is filled with metallic platforms, pipes, and machinery, indicating a high-tech setting. The lighting is dramatic, with strong beams of light cutting through the dim atmosphere, emphasizing the eerie nature of the creature and its surroundings. Some of the pipes and structures appear to be contaminated with the same organic material, suggesting the creature might be spreading or overtaking the facility.

The overall mood of the piece is ominous, evoking themes of scientific experimentation gone wrong, alien infestations, or bio-engineered horrors. The blend of detailed textures, lighting, and composition creates a compelling visual narrative of mystery and terror.
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Muse Group announced the release of @musescorestudio.bsky.social 4.5 featuring easy dynamics insertion, a brand-new percussion palette, and new engraving features. Here's a quick look at the new features librearts.org/2025/03/muse...
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MuseScore Studio 4.5 released
Easy dynamics insertion, brand-new percussion palette, and new engraving features
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Week highlights: @blender3d.bsky.social made Flow gets an Oscar, @pipewire.org gets MIDI 2.0 support, @kdenlive.bsky.social is getting better OTIO support Read here for details: librearts.org/2025/03/week... Featured #b3d artwork by Nekozarou
This image appears to depict a large-scale excavation site inside a massive cavern. The atmosphere is dark and moody, with light streaming in from an unseen source, illuminating a central area where workers are actively engaged in uncovering what looks like an ancient fossilized structure or artifact.
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Tantacrul @tantacrul.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
If you run or manage a FOSS project, I'd love to chat. Specifically, I'm interested in how you approach large-scale organisation. How do you maintain code quality & consistency? How do you attract new contributors? etc. If interested, please contact me: info.tantacrul@gmail.com
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
New version of ALSA Scarlett Control Panel aka "alsa-scarlett-gui" brings support for eight more 1st gen and 4th gen audio interfaces by Focusrite. librearts.org/2025/03/alsa...
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ALSA Scarlett Control Panel 0.5
The Focusrite control panel for Linux gets support for 8 more audio interfaces
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Week highlights: CMYK image mode is WIP in @gimpofficial.bsky.social, new release of LSP plugins, great changes in Inkscape, @friction.graphics, and @freecad.bsky.social. More information: librearts.org/2025/03/week... Featured #b3d artwork by Lionel Schramm
This image depicts a dark and fiery cavernous environment, possibly a dungeon or a fortress built into a volcanic landscape. The scene is illuminated by molten lava below, casting an ominous glow on the jagged rock formations, crumbling bridges, and ancient, fortress-like structures embedded into the cavern walls. A series of precarious bridges span the chasm, leading to an entrance flanked by glowing torches, hinting at a deeper, more sinister domain. In the foreground, shadowed figures with weapons, possibly warriors or raiders, observe the scene from a higher vantage point, giving a sense of tension and impending action. The composition and lighting create an intense, foreboding atmosphere, reminiscent of a fantasy setting with an emphasis on danger and adventure.
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Week recap: new releases of @tahoma2d.bsky.social, JupyterCAD, @kicad.org; first builds of Inkscape with CMYK-capable exporting are available; @freecad.bsky.social Project Association announces 2025 grant program. More info: librearts.org/2025/02/week... Featured #b3d artwork by Myan
This artwork depicts a fantasy landscape featuring a towering ancient fortress atop a lush green hill, surrounded by smaller structures with teal-colored roofs and windmills. The scene is framed by remnants of crumbling stone walls, overgrown with vegetation, hinting at a forgotten civilization. In the foreground, a cloaked traveler adorned with feathers and carrying a staff walks along a worn stone path, accompanied by a small turtle-like creature. The environment is rich with vibrant greenery, rolling fields, and scattered ruins, with mist-covered mountains in the distance. The painterly style, combined with a dynamic composition and soft lighting, evokes a sense of adventure and mystery.
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Week highlights: new releases of GIMP, LittleCMS, HDRView, FLAC, and Faircamp; AstoCAD replaces Ondsel ES as a sexier soft fork of FreeCAD. See here for more info: librearts.org/2025/02/week... Featured #krita art by Rodrigo Alvarez
This image is a vibrant, fantasy-inspired Pokémon fan art set in a lush, mystical jungle. A young Pokémon trainer, wearing a blue shirt and a yellow backpack, stands near a riverbank, accompanied by Bulbasaur, Growlithe, and Ralts. The environment is rich with towering trees, glowing flowers, and exotic plants, with additional Pokémon like Oddish and Sceptile camouflaged in the foliage. The ethereal lighting, with colorful sun rays filtering through the trees, gives the scene a magical and adventurous feel.
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Week highlights: new release of Bonsai (ex-BlenderBIM) and GCodeWorkShop, PDF import/export improvements in Inkscape, GNOME is getting HDR support. See here for more: librearts.org/2025/02/week... Featured #krita artwork by Lidia Goryachewa
This digital painting showcases a fantasy landscape blending sci-fi and magic. A silver-haired figure in dark armor, holding a futuristic weapon, stands in a lush valley, gazing at a glowing portal-like structure. The portal has towering spires with gold accents and a floating blue crystal emitting swirling energy.

In the background, mountains and a distant fortress add depth. The sky, painted with warm hues and soft clouds, suggests early morning or late afternoon. The art style is vibrant, with a mix of fantasy and sci-fi.
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Week highlights: new releases of Scribus and @krita.org, a beta release of Pinta See here for more info: librearts.org/2025/02/week... Featured #krita artwork by Viktoria Holmqvist
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Weekly recap — 2 February 2025
New releases of Scribus and Krita, a beta release of Pinta. A preliminary look at astroterm.
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Week highlights: new releases of Skyfill by @drsybren.bsky.social, Mayo, and Shotcut; great new features in Dune3D; the @freecad.bsky.social Project Association has part-time job openings. See here for more: librearts.org/2025/01/week... Featured #b3d artwork by RAINMAN PAGE
Fantasy city on the edge of a huge cliff above a valley with forests and waterfalls
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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Some new features in Dune3D: constraint menu (press 'z'), live update of a constraint as you adjust the value. Not in a release yet #cad
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