GIMP 3.0 finally has a release schedule
by Alexandre ProkoudineThe team is targeting May 2024, but it's going to be tough, and here is why

Weekly Recaps
A mostly weekly look at what's new in the world of Libre Arts.

Weekly recap — 7 November 2023
Audacity 3.4 comes with musical time and easy audio stretching

Weekly recap — 30 October 2023
GIMP is getting pen pressure smoothing, FreeCAD's sketching is undergoing a revamp

Weekly-ish recap — 22 October 2023
New releases of OSPRay and Ardour, the FPA is surveying FreeCAD educators
Podcast
Conversations with developers and users of free software for creative professionals.
Podcast ep. 003 - Paul Davis on fixing big Linux audio issues
This is a the second part of the interview with Paul Davis. It's time to talk about some big stuff that is relevant to virtually every user of Linux audio applications for music-making.

Previously...
Podcast ep. 002 - Paul Davis on the deep rewrite of Ardour
This is the first part of a long interview with Paul Davis, founder and lead developer of Ardour, free/libre digital audio workstation.
Podcast ep. 001 - Interview with Krita developers
Krita team on funding the development and bringing in new contributors
Tutorials
How to use free/libre software for good honest work

How to use math input in GIMP
How to do simple calculations in the spinbox widgets where you input numeric values

Mastering Inkscape in 2018
What’s best among books, courses, and tutorials on the free/libre vector graphics editor

How to view reference images in GIMP
GIMP has no reference image viewer. Fortunately, there a simple way to work around this.
Showcases
Great works of art made with free/libre software

Halloween art 2021
Spooky and fun!

Revolutionizing garment-making in Italy with Valentina
Here is a tailor shop in Sicily actively using Valentina for pattern design

The art of Evelyne Schulz
Growing with Linux and GIMP to become a pro
Reviews
Hands-on reviews of free/libre software

New in GIMP: paint tools can autoexpand layers now
It's one more step to an infinite canvas in GIMP

Audacity 3.3.0 released
Musical time ruler makes the entrance

Introducing Mayo
Meet the open-source 3D CAD files viewer
Posts
Other posts about the Libre Arts community.
Streamlining Inkscape for the masses
by Alexandre ProkoudineAn interview with the Inkscape team on better development process and UX improvements
Going above and beyond with Inkscape 1.0
by Alexandre ProkoudineInterview with Inkscape developers
You'd have to be crazy to rewrite GIMP in anything — Interview with Ell
by Alexandre ProkoudineInterview with Ell, core team developer of GIMP
Introducing enve, free/libre 2D animation tool
by Alexandre ProkoudineNew 2D animation tool enve is shaping up nicely