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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My favorite LibreOffice productivity tips

Here are some LibreOffice keyboard shortcuts and formatting tips that might save you valuable time.
Don Watkins (Correspondent) 22 Sep 2021 2 comments
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Use this Linux command-line tool to learn more about your NVMe drives

The nvme-cli command has lots of useful options, and it's a great way to take control of how you manage your data.
Don Watkins (Correspondent) 20 Sep 2021 3 comments
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Why my public library chooses Linux and open source

My library's IT Director shares her community's Linux journey.
Don Watkins (Correspondent) 18 Sep 2021
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Access your iPhone on Linux with this open source tool

Communicate with iOS devices from Linux by using Libimobiledevice.
Don Watkins (Correspondent) 23 Aug 2021 5 comments
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What do we call post-modern system administrators?

Our community discusses the responsibilities, possible titles, and potential skills of today's sysadmins.
Joshua Allen Holm (Correspondent) Alan Formy-Duval (Correspondent) Chris Hermansen (Correspondent) Don Watkins (Correspondent) Jen Wike Huger (Red Hat) Moshe Zadka (Correspondent) 30 Jul 2021
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3 open source password managers

Keep your data and accounts safe by using a secure open source password manager to store unique, complex passwords.
Jason Baker (Red Hat) 04 Mar 2021 11 comments
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.
Lauren Pritchett (Red Hat) 16 Jul 2020 2 comments
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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 4 comments
Summer reading list

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 1 comment

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Commented on 23 Sep 2021
5 reasons to switch to Firefox right now
I use FireFox some of the time and I like the reason you cite for supporting it more fully. There was a time ten years ago when it was my 'go to' browser.
Commented on 20 Sep 2021
Use this Linux command-line tool to learn more about your NVMe drives
Glad you found it useful. I"ve got two Linux computers with NVMe drives. My laptop from System76 has a Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB the other computer is an Intel NUC which has a Crucial 1 TB NVMe drive. I've learned...
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