Open Source on macOS: Exploring Free Software on My M3 MacBook
Lead Image by Tom's Hardware Guide Open-source software is not restricted to Linux. While I spend most of my time reading, writing, and developing on...
Signal Messenger: Privacy, Simplified with Open Source
Messaging apps have revolutionized communication, reshaping our daily lives and relationships. It’s hard to imagine a time without SMS paving the way for near-instant connectivity....
Openclipart.org: A Treasure Trove of Free Vector Images
I am not a talented artist, but I enjoy using graphics for greeting cards, posters, and occasionally hoodies or t-shirts. When I need an image...
Text fun with Inkscape
Inkscape is one of my favorite open-source graphic design tools. It has an intuitive interface that is relatively easy to master. As I learned to...
Resurrecting a Windows laptop
Recently, a friend gave me a recent model of a Hewlett-Packard Pavilion laptop. He said, “It turns on but goes off almost immediately. Maybe you...
Linux tools for network administrators
My initial reaction to Linux was that I did not fully understand its range of tools. At that time, I was the technology director for...
Open source Tools for Everyday Use
Many people don’t realize the abundance of free and open-source resources available online. Here are some of my favorite open-source tools across different categories, designed...
Ventoy: The Ultimate Multi-Boot USB Tool
Giving friends and neighbors a bootable USB drive containing your favorite Linux distribution is a great way to introduce neophyte Linux users to the experience...
Top Five KDE Apps
I’ve been using Fedora 41 KDE Plasma for awhile now and I’ve already discovered some of the great available apps that I use daily. My...
How ActivityPub is Reshaping Social Networking
I have been a Mastodon user for nearly six years. I started on Fosstodon and have since moved to Mastodon. social but that’s unimportant because both Mastodon instances are...
My Go-To Podcasts for Linux and Open Source
I spend much time on the road or walking around my village and enjoy listening to podcasts about various topics. One of my interests is...
How to get started in open source?
Linux, LibreOffice, GnuCash, and Audacity are all open-source projects, meaning the folks who write the code and/or the documentation are usually not paid for it....
A Journey Towards Ad-Free Photography Sharing
I’ve been interested in photography since I co-opted my father’s Kodak 620 camera as a young boy. I used it to take pictures of the...
Empowering Everyone: Accessibility Features in LibreOffice
LibreOffice.org is my preferred productivity suite, and I've covered how I use it both as a graphical office suite and a terminal command in the past. In this article,...
How Kiwix Is Revolutionizing Offline Access to Global Information
Emmanuel Engelhart and Renaud Gaudin wanted everyone to have access to Wikipedia, and in 2007, the dream became a reality with the creation of Kiwix. The project aimed at...
Etherpad: Revolutionizing Real-Time Collaboration
A conversation with a friend today led me to remember Etherpad. In an age of digital collaboration, finding the right tool to facilitate effective teamwork is...