Don Watkins (He/Him/His)

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Franklinville, New York

Educator, entrepreneur, open source advocate, life long learner, Python teacher. M.A. in Educational Psychology, MSED in Educational Leadership, Linux system administrator, Follow me at @Don_Watkins .

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Don Watkins
8 Jun 2022
How I gave my old laptop new life with the Linux Xfce desktop

Great review of XFCE. I learned some things from your article that I'm going to try. I also breathed new life into a laptop a couple of years ago using the XFCE desktop.

Don Watkins
23 Apr 2022
How Linux rescues slow computers (and the planet)

Excellent article David! I agree wholeheartedly. I've done many of the things that you have shared in repurposing older Windows computers that friends have given to me. I used many of them early in 2020 to get senior citizens connected to video conferencing so that they could stay in touch with their families. It was only in the last four years that I purchased a new laptop for myself to run Linux. That was from System 76.