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Fedora 43 Released

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Why I love Cool Retro Term

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Fedora 43 set for release October 28, 2025

October 27, 2025
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Setting up OBS Studio to record videos

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Free Office Software That Works

October 24, 2025October 23, 2025
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Empowering Communities with WordPress:

October 23, 2025October 21, 2025
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Why Linux Is the Hidden Engine Behind Modern Tech

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AWS Agony

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How I write with Linux — My complete toolchain

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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...

Don Watkins
January 30, 2025January 29, 2025
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Linux Open Source Social Media

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...

Don Watkins
November 17, 2024November 15, 2024
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Linux Social Media

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...

Don Watkins
November 2, 2024October 24, 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.

2nd Edition now Available

All three volumes of this best-selling second edition of my Linux Self-Study course are now available from Apress and Amazon. See the details of this 3-volume self-study course.

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