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Technology is personal. We don’t think of it that way, because it’s comprised of impersonal things, like hardware and programming code, but if you think about it, our relationship to our technology is downright intimate. People type their secrets into computers and sleep next to phones and tablets. But too often, we don’t treat technology as something personal. Too often, it’s treated as something inevitable over which we have no control.

An interview with the project team behind India's DigiLocker project, which is built on ownCloud. It also goes into India's other plans to support free and open source software.

An interview with the project lead of elementary OS about his favorite software.

Tilde Clubs (shared server space where members can create web pages, send and receive email from pine) are also a great way to learn Linux. This tutorial will get you started.

An ode to the flexibility of Linux desktop environments. If you've ever had to decide between working at home or at a coffee shop, you know the idea of choosing a work space is important. Linux desktops give that same kind of choice and flexibility to your operating system.

An interview with Elio Qoshi of ura, a design studio dedicated to improving design in free and open source projects. In this interview, Elio talks about why design is an essential, and frequently overlooked, part of the free software movement.

A rundown of apps and services worth paying for -- for Linux and for Android.

People learn by doing, but they also learn by reflecting. Technical books tend to focus on the former, but not necessarily on the latter. Reflection is an important part of learning any technical framework, but it’s especially important with desktop Linux which might be used in a much more personal way than a programming language.

A review of the Nylas N1 email client. While it is ostensibly extensible, there still aren't many plugins for it and the default behavior is fairly limited. Thunderbird, though nowhere as nice looking, is probably a better option for those serious about their email client.

The Guake terminal, based upon the Quake game interface, is a fun way to interact with the command line. It's a vacation from your usual terminal!

The i3 tiling window manager is minimalist, but also represents a great way to get a solid experience out of older, sluggish hardware. It's the desktop for times you don't actually want one.

An article about Asciidoc, the simple markup that produces book-like pages with absolutely no effort. It's cross-platform, but Linux users will love its simplicity.

The Red Hat President/CEO discusses his use of Fedora, his appreciation for GNOME, and how Linux helped him to move up through Delta Airlines. Plus, he takes us under the hood of his laptop at the driver level!

Linux is for non-technical users, but how do you find them? As desktop interfaces get more restricted, Linux becomes more of a viable option for knowledge workers. The challenge is how to get them to learn about Linux. And the answer? More people talking about it.

An interview with Debian Project Leader Neil McGovern about his GNOME-based setup. Neil also discusses his love of IRC.

An interview with the Fedora Project Leader about his GNOME setup and his appreciation of the Linux community.

A short review of FocusWriter, a nice distraction-free word processor.

An interview with Eric Hameleers, one of Slackware's core developers. He discusses his love of KDE and why Slackware puts users first by trusting in their intelligence.

An interview with three-time Debian project leader Stefano Zacchiroli. He discusses life with Debian testing and spotlights the software he uses, with an emphasis on Emacs and mutt integrations.

The Asus 1015E isn't great hardware...at all. But Linux makes it workable for a great price. The larger question is, why didn't netbooks catch on?