A blog where I share my passion for Linux and open source, with a decidedly non-techie slant.
2023
Welcome to the New Home of Open Source Musings
Managing Your Personal Projects with Focalboard
Getting Organized with Planner
A Trio of Markdown Editors for the Linux Desktop
Yet Another 3 Useful Desktop Utilities
My Ideal FOSS Note Taking Tool
2 Desktop Password Management Tools
Create Presentation Slides with Spice-Up
4 Lightweight Email Clients for the Linux Desktop
Taking Notes on the Linux Desktop with Paper
Another 3 Useful Desktop Utilities
2 Open Source Markdown Editors
3 Multi-factor Authentication Apps for the Linux Desktop
Where to Buy a Linux-Powered Computer
3 Password Management Tools for the Linux Desktop
2022
Taking Aim at Some elementary OS Myths and Misconceptions
Taking a Quick Peek at Zorin Connect
Mix in Some Cream to Make Vim a Bit Friendlier
Check Your Spelling at the Command Line with Aspell
Taking a Look at the GNOME Text Editor
Another 3 Simple Utilities for elementary OS
Using more to View Text Files at the Command Line
On the Power User Fallacy (Again)
Taking Your Calendar to the Command Line
4 Open Source Tools for Personal Publishing
Writing in Markdown with Mark Text
Taking Screen Captures from the CLI with Scrot
Managing Your Tasks with Nextcloud Tasks
Quickly Scanning Documents with Document Scanner
2021
An Introduction to TiddlyWiki: A Wiki You Can Take Anywhere
Three Utilities for the elementary OS Desktop
3 Web Browsers for the Linux Command Line
Taking Notes with Nextcloud Notes
Checking the Weather Forecast at the Command Line
Read Your RSS Feeds with Communique
Writing in Markdown with Ghostwriter
A Quick Introduction to EtherCalc
Three Alternatives to LibreOffice Writer
Taking a Look at Nextcloud Calendar
Getting (Re)Acquainted with Gnote
Quick Tip: Moving Around the Command Line
Check Your Spelling at the Command Line with Ispell
Three Useful Utilities for the Linux Desktop
8 Tips to Help Non-Techies Move to Linux
Creating an ebook Chapter Template in LibreOffice Writer
Two Keyboard-Driven Note Taking Apps for the Linux Desktop
4 Markdown-Powered Slide Generators
A Trio of Useful Apps for elementary OS
Two Scratchpads for the Linux Desktop
Managing Your Todo List with Tasks for Android
3 Linux Command Line Music Players
Writing in Markdown with Apostrophe
Managing Your Online Passwords with Bitwarden
Playing Music (and a Bit More) with Byte
2020
Managing Your Work with Nextcloud Deck
3 Password Managers for the Linux Command Line
The Year of Linux on My Desktop
Creating Outlines in elementary OS with Outliner
Making the Switch to elementary OS
Taking a Look at a Pair of Alternatives to Emacs and vim
Collaborating with others, in real time, with EtherPad
How to Create a LibreOffice Calc Spreadsheet to Track Your Monthly Expenses
How to Quickly Combine PDFs at the Linux Command Line
Editing HTML (and More) with Bluefish
Quickly Creating Documents Using Templates in GNOME
Creating EPUB Files with wallabag
Two Tools for Manipulating PDFs on the Linux Desktop
Taking a Look at Learn Linux in a Month of Lunches
Another Way to Convert Files at the Command Line with LibreOffice
Converting Word Processor Files at the Command Line with LibreOffice Writer
Quickly Creating Screencasts with Peek
Organizing Your Information with Joplin
Open Source on Closed Platforms
3 Desktop Wikis to Help Organize Your Information
Using Nextcloud as a Personal Hub
Browsing the Web with GNOME Web
5 Productivity Apps for the Elementary OS Desktop
Getting Organized at the Command Line with WTF
3 Lightweight Text Editors for the Linux Desktop
Taking Notes Securely with Turtl
Taking Screenshots with The GIMP
A Non-Techie's Introduction to SSH and SCP
Reading RSS feeds at the Command Line with Newsboat
A Quick and Dirty Guide to Creating an EPUB with Pandoc
Keeping a Journal at the Command Line with jrnl
Taking (Another) Look at Elementary OS
2019
Three eBook Readers for the Linux Desktop
Listening to Music on the Linux Desktop with Clementine
Taking Aim at 6 Myths and Whines Surrounding Linux
A Few Useful Linux Command Line Tips
Writing in Markdown with ReText
3 To-do List Managers for the Linux Command Line
Managing Your ebooks with calibre
Taking a Peek at Seven Command Line Tools for Writers
Why I Write About the Command Line
Taking a Peek at Some Open Source Software for Writers
Organizing Your Ideas (and more) with Calculist
Launching Your Applications with Kupfer