Don Watkins

Franklinville, New York

Educator, education technology specialist, entrepreneur, open source advocate. M.A. in Educational Psychology, MSED in Educational Leadership, Linux system administrator, CCNA, virtualization using Virtual Box. Follow me at @Don_Watkins .

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Authored Content

12 open source resources for kids and young adults

Explore new technologies with Opensource.com's top 12 articles from 2019 about learning an open source technology.

Don Watkins (Correspondent) 25 Dec 2019 35 votes

What's your favorite Linux package manager?

Package managers have greatly simplified the process of installing software on Linux. Let us know your favorite in our new poll.

Don Watkins (Correspondent) 16 Dec 2019 22 votes

My Linux story: Covering open source in Spanish

Meet Lorenzo Carbonell, who brings GNU/Linux and open source to the Spanish-speaking community through his blog site, El Atareao, and applications.

Chris Hermansen (Correspondent) Don Watkins (Correspondent) 29 Nov 2019 36 votes 2 comments

Three-course professional specialization aims to close the gap between the use and understanding of open source in business

Quickly climb the learning curve of open source with lessons distilled from experienced practitioners.

Don Watkins (Correspondent) 21 Nov 2019 54 votes

8 great podcasts for open source enthusiasts

Expand your knowledge about Linux, Python, and open source generally while you're doing other things.

Don Watkins (Correspondent) 12 Nov 2019 34 votes 3 comments

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Contributed Content

Announcing the Opensource.com Correspondent program

Top authors on Opensource.com have new levels of access, support, and exclusive opportunities.

Matthew Broberg (Red Hat) 25 Nov 2019 70 votes 4 comments

2019 Opensource.com summer reading list

13 books to inform and entertain you during the long, lazy days of summer.

Joshua Allen Holm (Correspondent) 28 Jun 2019 85 votes 1 comment

Authored Comments

Commented on 11 Jan 2020

5 ops hacks for sysadmins

Great article. I've used all those tools and they're great. I hope you'll consider writing about nmap. I'd like to learn how to use it better.

Commented on 8 Jan 2020

How piwheels will save Raspberry Pi users time in 2020

Cool! I'll be working with a class of children using Raspberry Pi's and Python and this will come in handy.