In this week’s Top 5, we highlight open source alternatives to Evernote, a my Linux story from Brazil, thoughts on and a list of graphic design tools, part 5 of Seth Kenlon’s Git series, and a guide to bug fixes that goes beyond triage.

Top 5 articles of the week

5. How to fix a bug in open source software

A guide to bug fixes in open source projects, from triage to reading bug reports to pull requests, by Richard Schneeman who maintains CodeTriage.com.

4. 3 graphical tools for Git

We continue Seth Kenlon’s Git series with Part 5 on convenient add-ons to help you integrate Git comfortably into your everyday workflow.

3. Expensive tools aren’t the only option for graphic design (and never were)

Jeff Macharyas tells us about life as a graphic designer who turned to open source and never looked back. He also shares 10 not-to-miss open source tools for designers.

2. The revenge of Linux

Daniel Carvalho tells his story of learning about Linux in college in Brazil, to his career in IT today.

1. 4 open source alternatives to Evernote

Scott Nesbitt brings us four open source tools to collect interesting snippets of information, links, recipes, and more.