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Beauty Elegance Linux Opinion Philosophy

Why beauty matters in computing

Why we should care about beauty as it applies to computing? And how do we define beauty in this context?

David Both
September 1, 2025August 30, 2025
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Getting Started Linux 101 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, 2025February 4, 2026
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Linux Open Source Software Opinion Philosophy

Begin the journey: Why your ethics might require adoption of Free and Open Source Software

My own journey into free software began with my ethics. It was, and is, deeply personal but simultaneously connected to my understanding of the larger world I am a part of.

Denny Henke
August 8, 2025August 8, 2025
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Most of the good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.

— Linus Torvalds

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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