Remove Background from Photos for Holiday Card Creation with Python
You can use open-source tools to produce holiday cards this year. Suppose you have a great photo of your family or grandchildren, but it was...
Embracing the Festive Spirit: Celebrating Holidays Open Source Style!
The holiday season is upon us once again, and this year, I decided to celebrate in an open-source way. Like a particular famous holiday busybody,...
Your Guide to Making a Difference in Open Source
You don’t have to be a developer to give back to the open source community.
Embracing Open-Source Solutions in the Age of AI: A Path to Digital Independence
Everywhere you look, whether in print or on the web, the rage is AI. I’m part of the group that sees potential in machine learning...
How Markdown empowers technical writers
I've long been a writer, but writing and publishing have been challenging. Pencil or pen and paper and then endless sheets of paper for rewrites....
Joplin: The Ultimate Note-Taking App
I spend much of my day on the go, whether walking around my village or traveling nearby. During those walks and drives, I often listen...
BlueSky and Its Open Source Vision for Social Networking
Social networks have proliferated and they are at the center of much of our modern discourse. They can provide a level of sharing and learning...
Colorful disk management with dfc
The dfc command in Linux is a powerful tool that provides users with information on file system space usage. It is a tool similar to df, which provides a...
Creating photo collages with Linux
Open source software is amazing and it seems like there are always solutions that come in handy when I look hard enough. Today was one...
Securely erasing your data on Linux
Many people choose to encrypt their disk drives because it ensures that their data stays secure and safe from the prying eyes of others. I...
Essential steps for creating a USB boot drive for Linux
I usually keep a bootable Linux USB drive with me because I never know when I will need to use one to rescue a crashed...
From web to client: The Mastodon experience
Mastodon is an open-source social networking platform for microblogging. While it has a web-based interface, many users prefer to use a client to access Mastodon. Clients...
Open WebUI: A Powerful, Open Source Interface for LLM
OpenWebUI offers a robust, feature-packed, and intuitive self-Hosted interface that operates seamlessly offline. It supports various large language models like Ollama and OpenAI-compatible APIs, Open...
Fastfetch: system information tool
Recently, I wrote about Neofetch, which is a tool that I have used in the past on Linux systems I owned. It was an easy way to...
Simplifying AI Interaction: A Deep Dive into Hollama’s Minimalist Web Interface for Ollama
I’ve continued the large language model learning experience with my introduction to Hollama. Until now, my experience with locally hosted Ollama has been querying models...
How to share your system configuration visually
Many individuals find it beneficial to disseminate their tailored Linux setup. This could be out of a desire for troubleshooting assistance, or because they wish...