[ad_1] Egle Sigler, Kavit Munshi, and Carol Barrett are organizers and active members of OpenStack’s Diversity Working Group. The OpenStack Foundation has a deep commitment to fostering the diversity and inclusivity of the OpenStack community. The foundation’s Board of Directors created the group to formulate, deliver, and monitor programs to help increase the diversity of…

[ad_1] Having lived and breathed computers and electronics since I first helped my dad run a card sorter at work as a child, I’ve never been afraid to try new things (or to break them). I’ve run every release of Windows except Vista over the years, but I had real fun with things like my…

[ad_1] Can one be “sold” on open source? Adelle Frank makes a case for that, claiming that she has not one but two favorite Linux distributions: Xubuntu and Lubuntu. She even used the latter to convert a family member from Windows XP, which should come as no surprise from someone who has CyanogenMod on her…

[ad_1] Imagine having a career at a company where you can bring your ideas to management or engage in discussions with the key developers and founders of the software with which you work. In many organizations with traditional hierarchies, being a newbie may mean you’ll be ignored in these circumstances or, at best, will receive…