My Linux Story column

Like many others in my generation, I started out using computers with names like Apple II and Commodore 64 before moving on to Windows. I can still remember the Windows 3.1…

The year was 2003. I was an underpaid accountant-turned-IT-professional, and father to two children under the age of four. The idea of using Linux was intriguing, but it wasn…

My introduction to open source was pure, geeky coincidence. In the late 90s I was ensconced in the Microsoft ecosystem. With the introduction of Windows, personal computer…

At the beginning of October I spent a week in Dublin sharing a room at a tiny bed and breakfast with two English students, each with really interesting stories to tell. Why…

This article details the circumstances behind my switch away from proprietary operating systems and my switch to Linux. Like many, I switched out of frustration with other…

In December 2007, I finally got my mother back on Linux for Christmas. The backstory My mom, who was then 87 and is now 95, had a computer for several years. It started before…