10 reasons to use Linux
Southern humorist, newspaper editor and columnist, comedian, and author, Lewis Grizzard once said that there are two kinds of naked in the south. There's naked...
Good Reasons for Linux as your daily driver
Linux stands out as a consumer operating system thanks to its unique blend of freedom, performance, and community-driven innovation. Whether you’re on a budget laptop,...
End of 10…
There’s an interesting new movement gearing up as Win10 nears the end of it’s supported lifecycle. It’s called, “End of 10…” and can help keep 400 million computers out of the recycling stream — or worse, landfills.
How to choose a computer store
I’ve never purchased a computer or components from a big box store like Best Buy. And I’ve never had one repaired there either.
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...
Three surprising reasons I like the Cinnamon desktop
I wrote about my five reasons to like Cinnamon back in April, and in the time since, I've found even more reasons to like and...
Breaking Free from Windows 10: KDE Plasma Is Your Upgrade to Freedom
October 14, 2025, is a big day if you’re a Microsoft Windows user. That’s the day that support for Windows 10 ends. But what if...
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...
Upgrading a Lenovo V15 to Fedora KDE Plasma
I’ve been looking for a new laptop for a couple of months because the one I’ve been using is missing a ‘P’ key. Replacing the...
How to get started with Linux
Many of the messages I see in the #Linux feeds on BlueSky and mastodon are Windows users lamenting the end of Support for Windows 10. Many are unable to upgrade to Win11 because their hardware won’t support it. Others are fed up with Windows in general and their efforts to force user to upgrade with suggestions like donating their old computers to purchase a new Win11 one.
How to find Open Source Software to replace your Windows software
Author's note: This article is based on Chapter 6 of my book, "Linux for Small Business Owners," with my coauthor and yoga teacher Cyndi Bulka....
A Fresh Start with Linux Mint
A few weeks ago, someone at the faith community I attend asked for my help logging into their computer. I suspected it might have been...
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...
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...
Linux: The Sustainable Choice for Computing and Environmental Responsibility
Sustainability is an increasingly important problem in computing. Reduce, reuse, and recycle is a famous motto for environmentally responsible consumption, but applying it to computer...