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Getting Started Linux Moving to Linux Open Source Software Philosophy

Begin the Journey: Finding a practical starting point with Free Open Source Software

Editor’s note: This article was originally published on 2025-07-20 at https://beardystarstuff.net/ and is reproduced here with the author’s permission. As I’m writing this post it’s...

Denny Henke
August 13, 2025August 19, 2025
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Getting Started Linux Security SELinux SysAdmin System Administration

Getting Started with SELinux

SELinux was developed by the NSA to provide a highly secure computing environment. True to the GPL, they have made this code available to the rest of the Linux community and it is included as part of nearly every mainstream distribution.

David Both
July 15, 2025July 13, 2025
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Getting Started Linux Moving to Linux My Linux Story

Cyndi: My open source story — Linux, the loyal friend

Editor's note: Cyndi is my yoga teacher and the coauthor of our book, "Linux for Small Business Owners." This article is collected from her many...

David Both
June 13, 2025August 26, 2025
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Getting Started Open Source

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....

Don Watkins
January 23, 2025January 22, 2025
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Our community wants to read about your experience and how you use your favorite open source application.

Jim Hall
September 1, 2024August 11, 2024
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Getting Started Linux

Getting started with Linux

I recently became a member of several Linux groups on Facebook because I was interested to see what they were all about. Many of the...

David Both
August 4, 2024August 4, 2024
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“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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