Bruce Byfield (born May 13, 1958) is a Canadian journalist who specializes in writing about

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. He has been a contributing editor at

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, and his articles have appeared on the Datamation, LWN,

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, and

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sites. He also writes a monthly blog for the Linux Journal website, which provides introductions to popular free software such as

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, and

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, and a weekly blog for Linux Pro Magazine about free software and the issues surrounding it. In addition to his online publications, he has published in such magazines as Maximum Linux,

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and

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, and writes a column about the command line for Linux Pro Magazine. His personal blog, ''Off the Wall'', is a collection of short personal essays. Before becoming a journalist, Byfield was marketing and communications director at

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, and product manager at Stormix Technologies. He also designs elearning courses and is a marketing and communications consultant. Byfield lives in

Burnaby Burnaby is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada. Located in the centre of the Burrard Peninsula, it neighbours the City of Vancouver to the west, the District of North Vancouver across the confluence of the Burrard I ...

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

. In addition to free and open source software, his interests include parrots, running, science fiction, collecting Northwest Coast Art and listening to punk-folk music. He is the co-founder of the Mature Student Award at the

Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art is a progressive art school focusing on the "Northern Style" of the Northwest Coast Art. The school is located on the Coast Mountain College Campus in Terrace, BC; Canada. This school is unique becaus ...

Northwest Community College Coast Mountain College (CMTN) is an accredited, publicly-funded post-secondary educational institution that serves the communities of British Columbia's northwest region. CMTN offers field schools, college access, trades, university credit, healt ...

, and currently serves on the board of the

YVR Art Foundation Vancouver International Airport is an international airport located on Sea Island, British Columbia, Sea Island in Richmond, British Columbia, Richmond, British Columbia, serving the city of Vancouver and the Lower Mainland region. It is loc ...

. He is unrelated to the conservative journalist, publisher and editor

Ted Byfield Edward Bartlett Byfield (10 July 1928 – 23 December 2021) was a Canadian conservatism in Canada, conservative journalist, publisher, and author. He founded the ''Alberta Report'', ''BC Report'' and ''Western Report'' newsmagazines. Early lif ...

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Books

* ''Witches of the Mind: A Critical Study of Fritz Leiber''. West Warwick: Necronomicon Press. . * ''Designing with

'', 2016, Friends of

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