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local technology service · Kirksville, Missouri
Switchboard Tech Services
Computer repair, web design, and practical tech help in Kirksville, Missouri.
Leo Blanchette
Practical tech help in Kirksville
I help with Linux systems, connectivity, practical tech setup, coaching, and websites.
Clear rates, fast service, and a local focus near the Kirksville courthouse square.
Latest from Switchboard
Updates
- How I write a blog post in 2026.
- Site Relaunched -- 2026. Django!
- A Change in Services
- Your OS Is a Moral Choice: right to repair, old hardware, and e-waste
- Windows 10 Updates Ended -- What Kirksville Should Know
- Industrial Dryer Repair: Replacing the Main Reservoir Capacitor (Early 2000s Models)
- How I Host Your Website in Kirksville
- I Am Kirksville’s Linux Guy
Guides
- From Underdog to World Standard: How Linux Earned Its Place on the Desktop
- The Windows 10 Deadline Moved. Your Decision Shouldn’t.
- When the Start Menu Becomes a Storefront: Who Controls Your Windows Desktop?
- 100 Reasons to Switch to Linux
- 50 Reasons to Switch to Proton Mail
- 50 Reasons to Switch to Brave Browser
- 50 Nostr Questions
- 50 Tor Questions
- 100 WordPress Security Alerts
- 100 Omarchy OS Questions
Contact Switchboard
- Kirksville, MO
- Mailing address: PO Box 594, Kirksville, MO 63501
- +1.660.956.1108 (text first) Call
- theswitchboard@protonmail.com
- https://switchboardtechservices.com
- Facebook Page
- Meetings: Adair County Courthouse, Kirksville, by arrangement
Computer diagnostics, troubleshooting, and repair are available again for desktop and laptop computers.