About Tavis J. Hampton

Tavis J. Hampton is a freelance writer from Indianapolis. He is an avid user of free and open source software and strongly believes that software and knowledge should be free and accessible to all people. He enjoys reading, writing, teaching, spending time with his family, and playing with gadgets.

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Articles by Tavis J. Hampton

5 More Intriguing KDE Apps

BY Tavis J. Hampton - March 30, 2011

M.A.R.S. – A Ridiculous Shooter, Indie Game Showcase

BY Tavis J. Hampton - March 23, 2011

Create To-do Lists and Organize Notes With myTinyTodo

BY Tavis J. Hampton - March 16, 2011

Sprinkle Some Eye Candy on your KDE Desktop

BY Tavis J. Hampton - March 9, 2011

Back to Basics with KDE 4

BY Tavis J. Hampton - March 2, 2011

How to Remotely Control KTorrent

BY Tavis J. Hampton - February 23, 2011

How to Format Your Book for the Kindle

BY Tavis J. Hampton - February 16, 2011

How to Use CSS3 Pie to Modernize Internet Explorer

BY Tavis J. Hampton - February 9, 2011

KDE 4.6 Review: It’s Full Of Awesomeness

BY Tavis J. Hampton - February 2, 2011

How to Encode WebM Videos for YouTube in Linux

BY Tavis J. Hampton - January 26, 2011

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