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: Open Source Musings, The Monday Kickoff, Weekly Musings. and The Plain Text Project.

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Authored Content

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5 productivity apps for Linux

Get organized and accomplish more with these five productivity apps for the Elementary Linux desktop.

Revive your RSS feed with Newsboat in the Linux terminal

Newsboat is an excellent RSS reader, whether you need a basic set of features or want your application to do a whole lot more.

Computer browser with books on the screen

3 eBook readers for the Linux desktop

Any of these open source eBook applications will make it easy to read your books on a larger screen.

ProtonVPN adopts GPLv3, Mozilla Thunderbird gets new home, and more news

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

Open source fights cancer, Tesla adopts Coreboot, Uber and Lyft release open source machine learning

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

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10 open source software alternatives for the new year

Open source software can help you become better organized, more productive, more secure, and even healthier.

Authored Comments

ScottNesbitt

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.

ScottNesbitt

10 Feb 2022

6 Linux metacharacters I love to use on the command line

Shouldn't the name of the last metacharacter be spelled "Caret"?