Don Watkins (He/Him/His)

16902 points

Franklinville, New York

Educator, entrepreneur, open source advocate, life long learner, Python teacher. M.A. in Educational Psychology, M.S. Ed. in Educational Leadership, Linux system administrator.

Open Source Star People's Choice Award Social Sharer Award 2014 Conversation Starter Award 2015 Best Interview Award 2016 Best Interview Award 2017 Moderator's Choice Award 2018 Moderator's Choice Award 2019 Contributor Club Author Comment Gardener Open education 100+ Contributions Club

Authored Content

How to do open research: 5 basic principles

How I teach Python with open source tools

Teaching Python to others is easy with these open source tools and techniques.

Edit your photos with open source artificial intelligence

Upscayl is a free and open source program that uses open source artificial intelligence to upscale low-resolution images.

Remove the background from an image with this Linux command

The power of Python makes image editing easy on Linux.

Getting started with 4 practical Python libraries: Prompt Toolkit, Click, Pygments, and Fuzzy Finder

A search engine for Creative Commons

Find images and audio with open licenses.

Use this open source accounting app to run your small business

Keep track of customers and invoices with GnuCash.

My favorite open source tools for personal finance

Try one of these open source apps to keep your budget in check.

Contributed Content

9 holiday gift ideas for open source enthusiasts in 2022

Our community contributors share their gift ideas for fellow fans of open source.

How to upgrade your Fedora Linux system with DNF

Happy birthday, Linux! Here are 6 Linux origin stories

Our contributors share their first Linux experience on the 31st anniversary of the Linux kernel.

Why the operating system matters even more in 2017

7 pieces of Linux advice for beginners

We asked our community of writers for the best advice they got when they first started using Linux.

3 open source password managers

Keep your data and accounts safe by using a secure open source password manager to store unique, complex passwords.

Education is essential to being a sysadmin, developer, or any type of IT professional

The ultimate back to school guide to open source for teachers

Learn how to incorporate open source principles and technology into the classroom.

Announcing the Opensource.com Correspondent program

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

Authored Comments

Don Watkins

9 Jun 2023

New developments at Opensource.com

I agree with Bryan! Glad for the opportunity to grow this community and appreciative of your efforts.

Don Watkins

21 Apr 2023

How I teach Python with open source tools

That's been one of the ways I've learned more about Python is taking other people's scripts and iterating with them.