The Libre Graphics Meeting brings together developers and users of free software graphics applications, such as the GIMP, Inkscape, Scribus, Blender, Krita, the Open Clip Art Library and more. This year the conference is in Wroclaw, Poland and we need to raise money to support travel for all these (often unpaid) Open Source developers to attend.

"...The Libre Graphics Meeting brings together developers and users of free software graphics applications, such as GIMP, Inkscape, Scribus, Blender, Krita, the Open Clipart Library and more: http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org/2008 [...] To make a donation, please follow this link: http://pledgie.com/campaigns/613 ..."

The fifth annual Libre Graphics Meeting 2010, was held in Brussels earlier this year. Developers and users of Free, Libre and Open Source graphics software gathered to discuss the wonderful topic: – “Cutting edge graphics software meets free culture” Libre Graphics Magazine #0 was launched. Finally I have my mouse on a copy.

"Next spring, the fifth Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM) will take place in Brussels, Belgium. In May 2010, users and developers of free software graphics gather in the European capital for the collective sharing of creativity, innovation and ideas..."

Nathive is a libre software image editor, similar to Adobe Photoshop, Corel Photo-Paint or The GIMP, but focused on usability, logic and providing a smooth learning curve for everyone. The project run in the Gnome desktop environment and anyone is welcome to collaborate on it with code, translations or ideas.

"I had the pleasure of meeting Kim Tucker at the OpenLearn conference last week. Kim has long campaigned on the concept of free/libre knowledge as the most effective way to bridge the knowledge divide. I highly recommend his essay,'Say "Libre" for Knowledge and Learning Resources', something of a manifesto calling for wider access to freedom of access to information and knowledge..."

"The 11th Libre Software Meeting (aka. RMLL) began this Tuesday, July 6th, in Bordeaux, France. A small group of GNU hackers will be present and a GNU developers room will be available for discussions and lightning talks..."

Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator and CorelDraw, using Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. This wallpaper collection is a pictorial illustration on what Inkscape can do in terms of creating art that stands out.

"Participate in Trophees du Libre, an award for Free Software projects in various categories, focused on unknown and innovative projects. The deadline for registrations is October 1st."