With the new year coming up and my old System 76 Oryx Pro from 2017 not keeping up with some GPU needs, I decided it was time to buy something new. I shopped around a bit, but in the U.S. we are in a situation that made my choices somewhat…
Open source Linux applications for clothing and fashion designers.
If you are into fashion design, sewing, quilting, embroidery, or tee-shirt logo design and are looking for Linux applications for fashion designers to assist in the creation of such things, something on this list may be of interest to you. I do not use these programs so I cannot speak…
The two best terminals in 2025
The two best terminals in 2025 are Tabby and Wave. The best part is that they are both open source and run on Linux, Mac, and Windows. Tabby is just perfect and has support for Vault and is great for SSH work. You get great themes and can split your…
Linux Authoring And Support Applications For Writers
Want to write a novel, short story, or script on Linux? If you are looking for Linux authoring and support applications for writers, here is a list of software to get you started. Most of these can be found in your Linux distributions package manager or Flatpak via FlatHub. Authoring…
Recommendations to help secure yourself from scammers, hackers, and data brokers.
Modern computing has made it easier than ever for hackers, scammers, and data brokers to access, share, or steal your data. A wise move is to secure yourself as much as possible to limit the impact of existing or future breaches and limit the amount of personal data as you…
My favorite open source apps of 2023 that you may not have seen.
Here are a few tools I have been using this year. I absolutely love these open source apps and I think you might too. Amberol Amberol is a music player with no delusions of grandeur. If you just want to play music available on your local system then Amberol is…
Install NovelWriter in an isolated Environment with Pipx
novelWriter is a Python GUI program used for authoring novels and short stories. Pipx will isolate all the various libraries and source code without the need to create a virtual environment or simply installing in the system’s Python environment. For this how-to I will be installing on Fedora 37 but…
Top Ten Open Source Software To Try In 2023
Bloggers like to write about the same open source software year in and year out. Most people already know about Blender, Gimp, and LibreOffice. I would like to introduce ten open source products I think deserve a mention. I actually use or test these on all my Linux machines. Most…
Linux Terminal Application list.
If you really love the terminal and can’t get enough here is a list of programs that should make you smile. Linux comes packed with so many command line tools already; you can do just about anything without the GUI, but what if you want more? Maybe some of these…
