Aleksandr Prokudin

@prokoudine
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Founder of Libre Arts (formerly Libre Graphics World), former contributor to GIMP and more libre projects than a sane person would admit
Websitehttps://librearts.org
YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/@LibreArts
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State of Kdenlive - from new features to community growth, check out what happened in Kdenlive this past year and what lies ahead.

https://kdenlive.org/news/2026/state-2026/

#kdenlive #kde #floss #videoediting #news

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.

https://librearts.org/2026/04/introducing-open-apollo/

Meet Open Apollo, UAD Apollo drivers for Linux

This project brings Linux drivers to Thunderbolt and USB audio interfaces by Universal Audio

Libre Arts
Ultramaster KR-106: an open-source Roland Juno-106 Synthesizer emulation

Ultramaster KR-106 is a new open-source free Roland Juno-106 Synthesizer emulation for macOS, Linux, and Windows.

SYNTH ANATOMY

Qucs-S 26.1.0 is out, features an RF circuits synthesizer, integrates RxCalc for the analysis of multi-stage receivers, brings support for SPDT switches and relays, and more changes.

Full changelog and downloads: https://github.com/ra3xdh/qucs_s/releases/tag/26.1.0

Today I learned about Pork Johnson, a puppet who is starring in high quality short videos, occasionally about GIMP. The videos pop under the #gimp hashtag sometimes, but I think the team behind the puppet and their work deserves more recognition on the fediverse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD7NnCzXpdY

He Caught Her Cheating | GIMP: The Movie | Official Clip | Starring Pork Johnson

YouTube
We've just released Krita 5.3.1, a bug fix release that mainly fixes a slowdown on Windows caused by Microsoft Powertoys, Google Drive and a bug in Qt 5... https://krita.org/en/posts/2026/krita-5.3.1-released/
Krita 5.3.1 Released!

Today we're releasing Krita 5.3.1 and 6.0.1. This release mainly fixes an issue for Windows users: some applications, like Microsoft Windows Powertoys' Fancy Zones or the Google Drive plugin cause problems for Krita. These applications query all running applications for their accessibility abilities.

Krita
Krita 5.3.0 Released!

Today is the simultaneous release of Krita 5.3.0 and Krita 6.0.0! Depending which version of Qt and KDE Frameworks you build, the same source will result in one of the other. Both versions are almost functionally identical, with 6.0.0 having more Wayland functionality.

Krita

KiCad 10.0 is out with a bunch of improvements

https://www.kicad.org/blog/2026/03/Version-10.0.0-Released/

Version 10.0.0 Released

It’s the turning of the seasons today, and to celebrate, the KiCad project is proud to announce the release of Version 10! This release is packed with new features, improvements, and hundreds of bug fixes. We hope you enjoy it! Head to the KiCad download page to get your copy (note that some packages may still be in the process of being released at the time this announcement is published). Our thanks go out to everyone who contributed to KiCad this past year. Whether your contribution was large or small, writing code, submitting bug reports, improving our libraries and documentation, or just supporting us financially: your help made a difference. Read on to see some of the highlights of the new version!

During production of Finding Nemo, we started using Linux boxes in addition to SGIs.
Why?

3D painting software we wrote for laying out coral was written in C++ using templates, and the debug info was too large for IRIX, but was debuggable on Linux.

Was this a 32 bit vs. 64 bit issue?

No.

IRIX reserved half the address space for the kernel, while Linux only did a quarter.

So on Linux, we had 3GB, and the symbols fit.

It was a 32 bit show, both machines had 4GB max.

Plenty for Finding Nemo.

I guess this is grub-coding then 🤣

Source: https://www.threads.com/@lucamarchicaa/post/DVzsgLiEcl0