A beginner’s guide to Mastodon
A beginner’s guide to Mastodon cherrybomb Fri, 01/27/2023 – 03:00 Since my previous article about Mastodon, I noticed a lot of people joined but absolutely no one understood the mechanics of getting their feeds together or why they couldn’t see what they wanted. Now that you’re on Mastodon, you need to know how to use Mastodon. I’m going to cover the mechanics of how to see what you want, and how to...
Packaging Python modules with wheels
Packaging Python modules with wheels hANSIc99 Fri, 01/27/2023 – 03:00 Everyone who has been working with Python for a while might already have come around packages. In Python terminology, packages (or distribution packages) are collections of one or more Python modules that provide specific functionality. The general concept is comparable to libraries in other languages. Some peculiarities with Python packages make dealing with...
How to add margin notes to a LibreOffice document
How to add margin notes to a LibreOffice document Jim Hall Thu, 01/26/2023 – 03:00 I use LibreOffice Writer on Linux to write my documentation, including client proposals, training materials, and books. Sometimes when I work on a very technical document, I might need to add a margin note to a document, to provide extra context or to make some other note about the text. LibreOffice Writer doesn’t have a “margin...
Celebrating the 2023 Opensource.com Community Choice authors
Celebrating the 2023 Opensource.com Community Choice authors AmyJune Wed, 01/25/2023 – 03:00 Often our first interaction with open source is through community knowledge bases. This past year, I have had the fantastic opportunity to work with the many authors here at Opensource.com (and bring in some new ones!). I am fortunate enough to meet with our Correspondents program authors weekly and see some authors at in-person and...
Count magical bunnies with LibreOffice Calc
Count magical bunnies with LibreOffice Calc Jim Hall Wed, 01/25/2023 – 03:00 I love working with spreadsheets, and my favorite spreadsheet application is LibreOffice Calc. A spreadsheet is a grid of cells where each column is represented by letters and rows are numbered. You can perform all kinds of calculations using a spreadsheet. If you can perform a calculation based on other values, you can do that in a spreadsheet. Here I...
Why sysadmins should license their code for open source
Why sysadmins should license their code for open source dboth Wed, 01/25/2023 – 03:00 As a Linux system administrator, I write a fair amount of code. Does that surprise you? Well, I strive to be the “lazy” sysadmin, and I do this, in part, by reducing the number of repetitive tasks I need to do by automating them. Most of my automation started as little command-line programs. I store those in executable scripts for...
