Satirical Beatitudes for the Geopolitically Oblivious
🌍🛢️ “Satirical Beatitudes for the Geopolitically Oblivious,” original satirical text generated with ChatGPT, 2026.
Fresh KDE Innovation Meets Ubuntu Stability
Recently, I came across a blog post about the latest release of Plasma KDE Neon, and it piqued my curiosity. I decided to download the KDE user edition, which is approximately 3.2 GB. I created a live USB installation stick and inserted it into one of the USB ports on my Dell Latitude 7410 laptop. … Read more
From Mint to Manjaro: Discovering KDE Plasma on the Latitude 7410
Linux adventures come in many distributions, and Manjaro is no exception. I decided to download the KDE Plasma version of Manjaro and install it on my Latitude 7410 laptop. Last year, I installed the Fedora version of KDE Plasma and really enjoyed the experience.I got used to using KDE tools like Spectacle, which are invaluable … Read more
Trying Something New: My First Steps with Manjaro Cinnamon
I decided it was time to explore a distribution I had no experience with, so I downloaded Manjaro Cinnamon. I regularly listen to podcasts and read blogs where people discuss using Arch Linux. Since I have very little experience with Arch, my curiosity was piqued. Throughout my Linux journey, I have primarily used Red Hat, … Read more
Turning Aging Library Desktops Into Modern Learning Tools With Linux
I was volunteering at the local public library, where I find myself frequently these days. The library has some older Dell OptiPlex All-in-One desktops that have been in service for over 10 years. They came to the library as Windows 8 machines. The computers were delivered to the library in January 2015, and they have … Read more
Discovering Cosmic Atomic: The Immutable Desktop That Just Works
I started using Pop!_OS in 2017, then purchased a computer from System76 and used it, and I recommended it to my friends. For much of the last five years, I’ve been using Linux Mint Cinnamon on the desktop and tinkering with other distributions in VirtualBox or using a spare laptop. My daily driver is a … Read more
Tinkering with Immutable Linux: How Cosmic Atomic Won Me Over
I have been doing a lot of reading and listening to YouTube videos about immutable distributions and why they might offer the most flexibility for developers and tinkerers like me. I have been experimenting with Fedora Silverblue, NixOS, and traditional distributions like Linux Mint, Ubuntu 24.04, and Fedora 43. I was looking for ways to … Read more
How Immutable Linux Could Save Libraries Thousands
In our small public library, where I volunteer weekly, we have several ten-year-old all-in-one desktops with i5 CPUs and 8 GB of RAM. They’re currently running Windows 10, and the library needs to upgrade to Windows 11, according to the IT folks at the library system. Those of us who are regular Linux users know … Read more
Teilhard de Chardin’s Vision Meets Quantum Science
What if the universe isn’t just expanding — what if it’s remembering, connecting, and waking up? That was the bold conviction of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, the Jesuit priest and paleontologist who saw evolution not as a blind shuffle of matter, but as a spiraling ascent toward deeper consciousness and greater unity. Long before the … Read more
How Linux Mint, NTFSFix, and ClamAV Saved Microsoft Publisher
Recently, I was helping a Windows-using friend transition from her ten-year-old Windows 10 laptop to a new Windows 11 laptop. All of her important files had been backed up by Microsoft OneDrive, which was a great relief when we logged into the new computer. My friend is a Microsoft Publisher user, and you guessed it: … Read more