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Problems updating QT5 on Fedora 43

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Electric nonsense

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Reviving an Old Laptop with Linux Mint

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Fedora 43 — A Second Look

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Linux Mint: Better Privacy, Cost, and Performance for Your Old Windows Computer

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Read and write data in C

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KDE Plasma Linux Moving to Linux Open Source

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...

Don Watkins
June 17, 2025June 17, 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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Linux Moving to Linux

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...

Don Watkins
May 15, 2025May 9, 2025
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Linux Moving to Linux Open Source Software Software

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....

David Both
April 30, 2025April 30, 2025
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Linux Moving to Linux

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...

Don Watkins
April 4, 2025March 31, 2025
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Environment Linux Moving to Linux Sustainability

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...

Don Watkins
July 23, 2024September 23, 2025
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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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