FOSS – Free Open-Source Computer Software

I never buy computer software.

I use FOSS, Free Open Source Software, for everything.

Including, anti-malware security, word processing, writing and publishing my ebooks and PDFs, doing emails, blogs, spreadsheets, editing photos, internet ...

I use the Ubuntu Operating System, which is free from: https://ubuntu.com 

Ubuntu comes with all the free software, you might ever need, already installed.

Such as Free Security, LibreOffice, Firefox Web Browser, ...

I just add GIMP Graphics and Foliate Ebook Reader.

After Installing.

Click on Software Updater, every time you connect to the internet.

And, Software Updater can update everything, including your security and operating system, as well as programs that came with Ubuntu.

Avoiding Problems With Ubuntu.

1: Download the latest LTS Desktop version, from https://ubuntu.com, currently Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, even if you have a notebook computer.

2: Disable Windows Fast Startup

3: Do an OEM Install. Do not do a Dual Boot.

4: Click on Software Updater, every time you connect to the internet, as soon as you connect to the internet.

5: Always have at least 1 GB of free space on your hard disc.

6: Only install extra software from the official Ubuntu repositories.

And, only after Clicking on Software Updater, to Update everything in the official Ubuntu repositories.

To install extra software, I use any 1 of the following 3 ways.

By,

a) clicking on the Ubuntu Software Icon, and searching for what I want;

b) pressing Control+Alt+t to open a Terminal; then typing, sudo snap install Name-Of-Program, in the command line;

c) pressing Control+Alt+t to open a Terminal; then typing sudo apt install Name-Of-Program, in the command line;

For example, to install both GIMP Graphics and Foliate Ebook Reader, you do not have to go to their websites.

Just press Control+Alt+t to, open a Terminal, and then type: sudo apt install GIMP; sudo snap install foliate

Internet and Telephone

I use prepaid.

More expensive but no bill-shock.

Disclaimer

Everything I write is my personal opinion.

My personal opinion is not to be taken as professional advice.

Or, as a substitute for professional advice.

People seeking professional advice should do so from appropriate professional people.

Goddess Christianity - The Holy Spirit Is Female

You can download my, "Goddess Christianity - The Holy Spirit Is Female", PDF from:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kz9OF6s3CzRD4ZyBGgfzpoakcSVKZbEF/view

My, “How Jesus Healed People – And How You Can Too – A Scientific Explanation”, PDF from:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EOwdUgAZuyGQi6ZfiZlYL-BxA9xfOtz2/view

My Free Ebook, to Download or Read Online, “How Jesus Healed People A Scientific Explanation”, from:

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/503785

And, my Vegetarian Information Center PDFs from:

https://VegetarianInformation.com

Including, “Humane, Sustainable, Healthy Commercial Cow’s Milk, Sheep’s Wool, And Hen’s Eggs; From Free-Range, Cattle, Sheep, And Poultry, Treated As Pets”.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pQRjqK7Df5f9NGRQA81M_W5w_hQXJvDP/view

A Note For People With Credit Cards

Every dollar, you spend on interest; is 1 less dollar, you can spend on what you want.

Credit Cards often come with extremely high interest rates.

And, retailers often charge you an extra fee when you use a Credit Card.

I Do Not Have Any Credit Cards

You could save a lot of money, on interest and fees, by paying off and replacing your Credit Cards with Debit Cards.

You might keep one low-fee Credit Card, to use only for a short-term emergency, and pay off as quickly as possible.

I Have Debit Cards

Retailers, at least in Australia, have no right to charge you extra on a Debit Card.

If someone tries to charge you extra with your Debit Card.

Tell them, your card is a Debit Card.

If they still want to charge you an extra fee on your Debit Card, do not buy from them, go somewhere else.

Internet Security

For security on the internet, I have a separate Debit Card, to pay for things, such as URLs, on the internet.

I only keep a few hundred dollars, on this Debit Card, in case it gets hacked.

Disclaimer

Everything I write is my personal opinion.

My personal opinion is not to be taken as professional advice.

Or, as a substitute for professional advice.

People seeking professional advice should do so from appropriate professional people.

Saving Money Without Reducing Quality: Food, Clothes, Shoes, Housing, And Other Necessities

https://goddess-christianity.blogspot.com/2023/06/saving-money-without-reducing-quality.html

Goddess Christianity - The Holy Spirit Is Female

You can download my, "Goddess Christianity - The Holy Spirit Is Female", PDF from:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kz9OF6s3CzRD4ZyBGgfzpoakcSVKZbEF/view

My, “How Jesus Healed People – And How You Can Too – A Scientific Explanation”, PDF from:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EOwdUgAZuyGQi6ZfiZlYL-BxA9xfOtz2/view

My Free Ebook, to Download or Read Online, “How Jesus Healed People A Scientific Explanation”, from:

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/503785

And, my Vegetarian Information Center PDFs from:

https://VegetarianInformation.com

Including, “Humane, Sustainable, Healthy Commercial Cow’s Milk, Sheep’s Wool, And Hen’s Eggs; From Free-Range, Cattle, Sheep, And Poultry, Treated As Pets”.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pQRjqK7Df5f9NGRQA81M_W5w_hQXJvDP/view

 

A Natural Death

Death

[I wrote this about 40 years ago. With some editing now.]

I have not died yet so I cannot speak from personal experience.

However, I have seen others die.

And, there was one time when I thought that I might die.

Towards the end of a run I noticed that my heart was beating loudly and irregularly.

I only had another 100 metres to go to the finish so I continued on.

[I was young then – now, I would stop immediately.]

When I pulled up I noticed that my heart had stopped beating.

I was very relaxed and laid down on a park bench that was near me.

That was when I stopped breathing!

I wondered if I was going to die but I was so relaxed that it did not seem to matter.

[I was so relaxed, with no heart beat, with no breathing, so totally relaxed, that I thought, if this is death, death does not seem so bad.]

Then I thought that maybe I should do something, so I pushed gently with my fingers of both hands into my solar plexus, towards my heart, to try to start my heart and get myself breathing again.

15 seconds after I had laid down of the bench my heart gave one beat, 5 seconds after that a second beat and then my heart continued to beat slowly and strongly.

A couple of minutes after that I got up and walked home.

That was in about 1970 and it has never happened again.

Natural Death

I have seen my own dog die, peacefully, naturally, of old age, on my bed with me.

[Only, a few hours earlier, she had invited me to go for a walk with her. We did not go far, less than half a mile, when she wanted us to go home again.]

I have also seen the dreadful, prolonged, deaths, in modern hospitals.

I may not want to live 100% naturally – but I am 100% sure that I want to die naturally.

Death And Grieving

[I wrote this in about 2009.]

Death

Natural death need not be painful.

Especially, if you die in the arms of a loved one.

In a natural death, your body runs out of energy over about three days.

Even on the final day, you might go for a walk, and talk, and enjoy pleasant company.

Then lie down and go to sleep.

Cough.

Stretch out relaxed.

Your spirit leaves its material shell.

Grieving

Grieving might be tearful but it need not be painful.

All your loved ones, human and other species, are still with you in spirit.

Pain and Suffering

Simple Ways To Self-Manage And Avoid The Normal Pains Of Life

Vegan Pain

Almost all my pain stopped when I added low-fat (1.2%) Cow’s Milk, and Cow’s Milk Yoghurt, to my Vegan Diet.

And, women who drink 4 servings or more per day of skim or low-fat milk, are 46% less likely to get PMS. (RR 0.54)

“Whole milk intake was associated with a modest increase in risk, while women who frequently consumed skim or low-fat milk had a significantly lower risk of developing PMS; the RR for women consuming 4 servings or more per day of skim or low-fat milk compared with those reporting 1 serving or less per week was 0.54.”

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/486599

You can download my Pain Is No Reason To Suffer PDF from:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13X_z0fk_0Inmx-N_1rxcolklSH7dtITX/view

And, my free Pain Is No Reason To Suffer Ebook from:

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/675923

Goddess Christianity - The Holy Spirit Is Female

You can download my, "Goddess Christianity - The Holy Spirit Is Female", PDF from:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kz9OF6s3CzRD4ZyBGgfzpoakcSVKZbEF/view

My, “How Jesus Healed People – And How You Can Too – A Scientific Explanation”, PDF from:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EOwdUgAZuyGQi6ZfiZlYL-BxA9xfOtz2/view

My free ebook, “How Jesus Healed People A Scientific Explanation”, from:

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/503785

And, my Vegetarian Information Center PDFs from:

https://VegetarianInformation.com

Including, “Humane, Sustainable, Healthy Commercial Cow’s Milk, Sheep’s Wool, And Hen’s Eggs; From Free-Range, Cattle, Sheep, And Poultry, Treated As Pets”.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pQRjqK7Df5f9NGRQA81M_W5w_hQXJvDP/view

 

How Jesus Prayed

Jesus went off alone to pray.

Matthew14:23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.

Not making a big public show of praying.

Matthew 6:5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy room, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

Jesus had sensible conversations with his father.

Not mindless repetitions and chanting.

Matthew 6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

6:8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

When his disciples asked Jesus for a more formal pray, Jesus gave his disciples the Our Father.

Matthew 6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

6:10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.

6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

You will be judged as you judge other people.

Matthew 6:14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

6:15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Similarly, Luke 11:1-4

Luke 11:1 And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

11:2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.

11:3 Give us day by day our daily bread.

11:4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

Goddess Christianity - The Holy Spirit Is Female

You can download my, "Goddess Christianity - The Holy Spirit Is Female", PDF from:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kz9OF6s3CzRD4ZyBGgfzpoakcSVKZbEF/view

My, “How Jesus Healed People – And How You Can Too – A Scientific Explanation”, PDF from:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EOwdUgAZuyGQi6ZfiZlYL-BxA9xfOtz2/view

My Free Ebook, to Download or Read Online, “How Jesus Healed People A Scientific Explanation”, from:

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/503785

And, my Vegetarian Information Center PDFs from:

https://VegetarianInformation.com

Including, “Humane, Sustainable, Healthy Commercial Cow’s Milk, Sheep’s Wool, And Hen’s Eggs; From Free-Range, Cattle, Sheep, And Poultry, Treated As Pets”.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pQRjqK7Df5f9NGRQA81M_W5w_hQXJvDP/view