Scott Nesbitt

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I'm a long-time user of free/open source software, and write various things for both fun and profit. I don't take myself all that seriously and I do all of my own stunts.

You can find me at these fine establishments on the web: The Plain Text Project, Open Source Musings, The Monday Kickoff, and Weekly Musings.

Open Source Star People's Choice Award Social Sharer Award 2013 Moderator's Choice Award 2015 100+ Contributions Club Awesome Article Award 2017 Author Comment Gardener Top Contributor Contributor Club

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Top 5 open source alternatives to Google Analytics

These four versatile web analytics tools provide valuable insights on your customers and site visitors while keeping you in control.

The rebirth of Mapzen, new projects bolster PyTorch, faster AI object detection, and other open source news

Catch up on the biggest open source headlines from the past two weeks.

3 lightweight text editors for Linux

Improve your productivity with these plain text editors.

Open source fights against COVID-19, Google's new security tool written in Python, and more open source news

Catch up on the biggest open source headlines from the past two weeks.

A graduate degree could springboard you into an open source job

4 Markdown tools for the Linux command line

Command-line Markdown tools are fast, powerful, and flexible. Here are four utilities to try.

Linux Foundation prepares for disaster, new anti-tracking data set, Mozilla goes back to mobile OSes, and more open source news

Catch up on the biggest open source headlines from the past two weeks.

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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.

Announcing the Opensource.com Correspondent program

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

How did you get started with Linux?

Celebrating Penguin Awareness Day with stories about the moment we learned about Linux.

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Scott Nesbitt

23 Jun 2022

7 summer book recommendations from open source enthusiasts

Great! More books to read! Thank you oh so very much, Opensource.com :-)

Scott Nesbitt

1 Jun 2022

Linux desktops: KDE vs GNOME

There's plenty to choose from, so you don't have to justify what you do or don't like about one desktop or another. If you try one and can't get used to it, you can always switch to the other.

It's always refreshing to read a sentiment like that. Couldn't agree more.

Scott Nesbitt

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