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Announcing the 3rd Edition of “Using and Administering Linux”

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Fresh KDE Innovation Meets Ubuntu Stability

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Make your first contribution to open source

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The Fedora “Everything” 43 Image Changes Everything

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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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There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home.

— Ken Olson

Why I’ve Never Used Windows

On February 12 I gave a presentation at the Triangle Linux Users Group (TriLUG) about why I use Linux and why I’ve never used Windows.

Here’s the link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/live/uCK_haOXPFM 

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)“.

“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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