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Getting Started With the cd Command

February 11, 2026February 10, 2026
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A Fresh Look at Manjaro KDE Plasma

February 10, 2026February 9, 2026
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Dipping My Toes into the Arch World with Manjaro Cinnamon

February 9, 2026February 6, 2026
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A look at Fedora 43 Server Edition

February 4, 2026February 3, 2026
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Reasons for Moving to Linux

February 2, 2026February 2, 2026
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Triangle Linux User Group (TriLUG) February Meeting

January 29, 2026February 10, 2026
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Update on my Oldest Computer

January 27, 2026January 28, 2026
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Why I Installed Fedora Server on My Primary Workstation — and How

January 26, 2026January 26, 2026
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Network Upgrades Completed — Sort of

January 24, 2026
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Applications Linux 101

Rhythmbox is a great music player for GNOME

I like Rhythmbox as my music player on Linux because it’s simple and stays out of my way.

Jim Hall
September 10, 2025February 3, 2026
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Applications KDE Plasma Linux 101 Open Source

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...

Don Watkins
February 10, 2025February 4, 2026
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Applications Open Source

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...

Don Watkins
November 23, 2024November 21, 2024
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Applications Linux 101 Moving to Linux

Streamline Your Small Business with This Open Source Accounting App

Using GnuCash puts you in control of your small business.

Don Watkins
May 23, 2024February 4, 2026
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Applications Multimedia Open Source

Open Source and Music Playback

For me at least, music is an indispensable part of my day; much more so than streaming video or television. I tend to be an...

Chris Hermansen
April 30, 2024February 4, 2026
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Applications Linux

Generate QR codes with this open source tool

Create QR codes the easy — FOSS — way.

Don Watkins
February 21, 2024February 15, 2024
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Applications Open Source

Millions of Openly Licensed Images and More at Your Fingertips

Openverse is an open-source search engine that contains over 700 million openly licensed images, audio clips, and more.

Don Watkins
January 27, 2024January 27, 2024
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Applications Linux Multimedia

Use Audacity to Edit Music Recordings on Linux

Image by: Internet Archive Book Images. Modified by Opensource.com. CC BY-SA 4.0 How COVID-19 caused me to learn Audacity on the fly and learn to...

David Both
December 18, 2023January 6, 2024
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Applications Email Linux

Use the Alpine email client in your Linux terminal

Configure Alpine to handle your email the way you like it. Email is an important communications medium and will remain so for the foreseeable future....

David Both
December 16, 2023December 17, 2023
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David Both ATO Interview

Last October at All Things Open (ATO) I was interviewed by Jason Hibbits of We Love Open Source. It’s posted in the article “Why today’s AI isn’t intelligent (yet)“.

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Profanity is the one language all programmers know best.

— Troutman’s Programming Postulates

Links: Moving to Linux

  • 7 Reasons Fedora Might Be a Better Windows Replacement Than Linux Mint
  • 7 Reasons Why Windows Users Avoid Linux (Which Aren’t True Anymore)
  • Best Linux distros to try before Windows 10 support ends
  • How to switch your Windows 10 PC to Linux Mint – for free
  • I replaced my entire Microsoft Office subscription with free open-source apps
  • Isn’t It Time to Switch to Linux? 12 Reasons to Abandon Windows
  • KDE for W10 Exiles
  • Linux: A true story
  • Why Denmark is dumping Microsoft Office and Windows for LibreOffice and Linux
  • Why I Switched to Linux From Windows

“systemd for SysAdmins” Now Available

May 13,2025

My latest book — a #1 New Release on Amazon — “systemd for Linux  SysAdmins” is now available from my publisher, Apress, and on Amazon.

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