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, 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 Author Comment Gardener Open education 100+ Contributions Club Contributor Club

Authored Content

Explore waterways with this open source nautical navigation tool

Whether you're sailing down a local river or setting out on the open seas, keep track of your nautical location with OpenCPN.

Identify flowers and trees with open source

PlantNet combines open source technology with crowdsourced knowledge to help you become an amateur botanist.

Puzzle pieces coming together to form a computer screen

How a college student founded a free and open source operating system

An interview with FreeDOS founder Jim Hall.

How I teach Python on the Raspberry Pi 400 at the public library

After a long year of putting plans on hold, declining COVID case numbers in the United States are bringing back community-based programming courses.

How Linux made a school pandemic-ready

By going all-in on Linux, teacher Robert Maynord ensured his school was ready for remote learning—even before it needed to be.

Keep multiple Linux distros on a USB with this open source tool

Create a multiboot USB drive with Ventoy, and you'll never be without your favorite Linux distros.

Authored Comments

Don Watkins

20 Aug 2022

What's your favorite screenshot tool on Linux?

Gnome screenshot is a great tool. I've used Scrot on Raspberry Pi. Linux Mint is my daily driver so my go to screen shot tool is Ksnip which I like very much. https://github.com/ksnip/ksnip

Don Watkins

27 Jul 2022

My honest review of the HP Dev One

Thanks Anderson for a great review. I have given a lot of thought to purchasing one of these laptops. I'm have a System76 Darter Pro which is a bit over three years old and is still working well. I've never owned an HP laptop but I'm attracted to its price and the hardware which seems like a bargain with the Ryzen 7 processor and 1 TB NVME drive. Screen size and font size is important to me as my eyes aren't what they used to be. Maybe gadget lust will get the best of me and I'll buy the HP DevOne too.