I use technology to make the world more open. Linux desktop enthusiast. Map/geospatial nerd. Raspberry Pi tinkerer. Data analysis and visualization geek. Occasional coder. Cloud nativist. Civic tech and open government booster.

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Top 7 open source terminal emulators for Linux

Do you spend a good amount of your time at the command line? These terminal emulators will help make it a better experience.
Jason Baker (Red Hat) 18 Mar 2021 95 comments
Locks on a bridge in Paris

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
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6 open source alternatives for Google Calendar

Need to keep your schedule straight? Learn how to do it using open source with these free...
Jason Baker (Red Hat) Seth Kenlon (Red Hat) 02 May 2020 11 comments
A path through nature

How to set your $PATH variable in Linux

Telling your Linux shell where to look for executable files is easy, and something everyone should be able to do.
Jason Baker (Red Hat) Seth Kenlon (Red Hat) 06 Apr 2020 4 comments
open source button on keyboard

7 open source alternatives to Skype

Communicate without compromising your open source ethos with these alternatives to proprietary web conferencing software.
Opensource.com (Red Hat) Jason Baker (Red Hat) Seth Kenlon (Red Hat) 02 Mar 2020 3 comments
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A confusing business organization chart

Top 9 open source ERP systems to consider

There are a number of flexible, feature-rich, and cost-effective open source ERP systems out there. Here are nine to check out.
Opensource.com (Red Hat) 07 Feb 2020 8 comments
A confusing business organization chart

Top 7 open source project management tools for agile teams

In this roundup of open source project management tools, we look at software that helps support Scrum, Kanban, and other agile methods.
Opensource.com (Red Hat) 13 Jan 2020 8 comments
Flags in celebration

Happy birthday, Opensource.com: 9 years

The place for helpful information about open source and Linux tools.
Jen Wike Huger (Red Hat) 25 Jan 2019
Vote now for awards

2019 People's Choice Awards: Cast your vote

Celebrate the Opensource.com 9-year anniversary by voting in our community awards.
Jason Hibbets (Red Hat) Jen Wike Huger (Red Hat) 21 Jan 2019 1 comment
Three buckets with people in them

Happy birthday, KDE: 11 applications you never knew existed

Which fun or quirky app do you need today?
Opensource.com (Red Hat) 12 Oct 2018 3 comments
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Commented on 8 Apr 2020
What is good documentation for software projects?
I just started showing my wife how to get started with QGIS this afternoon. She works for a conservation nonprofit doing land acquisition, and dealing with porting ESRI licenses and getting access to what she needed with...
Commented on 14 Nov 2019
How to cohost GitHub and GitLab with Ansible
But would that work for allowing me to keep a mirrored copy of a repo hosted on GitHub that I don't own? That's really the use case I see this being helpful for in my workflow.
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