Opinion – Quick Fixes

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Free Software, Writing and other Stuff

A street kitchen maybe in China, where a man and a womadn are making delicious looking bread and pizza-like pies.

Free Culture Linux Inside Opinion Writing

10/04/2024 Paul

So this person, let’s call them Jo, was hungry and had no money. Walking the streets, they come across a square where a group of people are working in a communal open kitchen, serving delicious hot meals free of charge.

Abstract photo of a network of cables and hooks.

Free Culture Opinion Social Media Software

05/11/2022 Paul

Why Mastodon is Better

With the Muskquake leading to a tsunami of users flooding Mastodon, and even mainstream praising the platform as “interesting”, should you too migrate away from Twitter? (TL;DR: Yes. You can carry on with your day now).

Opinion rant Software

02/01/2022 Paul

Who’s Important

I am not about to start a flamewar, but how pointless is it we fret about what a couple of YouTubers and their sidekicks have to say about Linux desktops?

Free Culture Opinion

14/08/2021 Paul

The Three Laws of FLOSS Projects

A relatively easy way to decide what communication activities are appropriate for your Free Software project.

Opinion Talks Tutorials Videos Writing

21/10/2020 Paul

The Baseline

Technical writers are not always required to write exclusively for engineers. Sometimes they also have to write for their bosses, their bosses’ bosses, investors, buyers and end users. These readers may or may not come from technical background. In this article we will look at ways you can ensure your message gets across. (You can also just watch the video).