James Mawson

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Melbourne, Australia

By day, James Mawson develops marketing materials for technology companies. He's a computer, business and internet nerd, inveterate retro gamer and Raspberry Pi hacker, and a passionate promoter of desktop Linux.

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Authored Content

There has never been a better time to play games on Linux

Linux gaming hasn’t just improved, it’s evolved.

3 emerging open source projects to keep an eye on

Check out these early-stage open source projects that show real promise.

Automate password resets with PWM

PWM puts responsibility for password resets in users' hands, freeing IT for more pressing tasks.

web development and design, desktop and browser

Getting started with the Geany text editor

Geany is a light and swift text editor with IDE features.

5 ways to play old-school games on a Raspberry Pi

Relive the golden age of gaming with these open source platforms for Raspberry Pi.

Manage your workstation with Ansible: Automating configuration

A single-user, lightweight OS for your next home project

Five reasons hobbyists should take a look at RISC OS.

Authored Comments

DXMJames

21 Apr 2020

An introduction to writing your own HTML web pages

Nice one Jim. For a really small website, I think that a handcoded HTML/CSS website is actually a lot easier than a CMS or a static site generator. Especially if you have a good open source template to work from :) For the bigger gear you want a bit more automation.

DXMJames

9 Nov 2019

My first contribution to open source: Impostor Syndrome

In every area of IT, just about anything that you know how to do is "easy".

Up until you figure it out though, it's impossible :p