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

Changing the world with open source: GNOME president shares her story

GitLab's new senior open source program manager and founding team member of Endless OS shares her vision for using open source to improve society.

Don Watkins (Correspondent) 16 Jun 2020 23 votes

Family learning and reading together at night in a room

Create interactive content in WordPress with the H5P plugin

Turn your WordPress site into an interactive learning management system with this open source plugin.

Don Watkins (Correspondent) 26 May 2020 36 votes 2 comments

8 must-have WordPress plugins for virtual classrooms

Gain the most benefit from WordPress for educational purposes by mastering its many add-on features.

Don Watkins (Correspondent) 18 May 2020 47 votes 1 comment

How to set up and run WordPress for your classroom

Follow these simple steps to customize WordPress for use in the classroom using free open source software.

Don Watkins (Correspondent) 17 Apr 2020 51 votes

How to create a bootable USB drive for Linux

Give an old desktop machine a Linux makeover with this simple set-up process.

Don Watkins (Correspondent) 02 Apr 2020 55 votes 1 comment

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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 163 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 161 votes 1 comment

Authored Comments

Commented on 15 Jun 2020

Introduction to Homebrew: the painless way to install anything on a Mac

Thanks Matt. I just installed it on a MacBook Pro I own. I'll have to explore it some more. This will be fun.

Commented on 25 May 2020

How Cloud-init can be used for your Raspberry Pi homelab

Interesting article Chris. I have to do some more reading and research. I:ve got several Raspberry Pi's just laying around.