[ad_1] I fell in love with technology when I went to my first open source convention in 2012. After spending years in recruiting, I decided to take a job specializing in big data at Greythorn. I had been trying to learn the ropes for a few months leading up to OSCON, but going to the…

[ad_1] This year, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) was selected as a host location for the NASA Space Apps Challenge, an annual event where NASA gives a series of prompts and challenges for programmers around the world to complete. Using multiple sets of existing open data, attendees are provided the resources to develop creative and…

[ad_1] Are you interested in keeping track of what is happening in the open source cloud? Opensource.com is your source for news in OpenStack, the open source cloud infrastructure project. OpenStack around the web There is a lot of interesting stuff being written about OpenStack. Here’s a sampling from some of our favorites: read more [ad_2]…

[ad_1] Hello, open gaming fans! In this week’s edition, we take a look at Civilization VI for Linux, Dungeons & Robots release, and new games out for Linux. Open gaming roundup for May 7 – 13, 2016 Civilization VI announced Civilization V was a hugely popular, turn-based strategy game where each player represents the leader of…

[ad_1] In this week’s edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at Automotive Linux, Social 8-Bit, Deep Learning with neural networks, and more! Open source news roundup for May 7 – 14, 2016 Linux for autos equals rapid innovation for major car makers Linux already powers many in-car systems such as heads up…

[ad_1] In this week’s Top 5, we highlight community-owned router Pittmesh, password manager KeePassX, results of the 2016 Open Source Jobs Report, a look at what an open source program office is and why it matters, and a Linux Story from new writer Rene Raggl. Top 5 articles of the week 5. Aspiring sys admin…

[ad_1] I’m getting ready to hit the road—mentally ready, anyway. In less than 48 hours, I’ll be back on the first of two legs heading from Vancouver to Santiago, Chile, my “home away from home.” This month, I’ll share thoughts on open music and traveling. For those of you who haven’t visited Chile, I highly…

[ad_1] When I saw the Opensource.com April preview call for articles about Impostor Syndrome my first reaction was: “Oh wow, I’d love to write a post for that. Too bad I don’t have anything worth saying.” I wouldn’t say I struggle with Impostor Syndrome, but at least I’m self-aware enough to immediately recognize the irony. Now my online persona…

[ad_1] The focus of Node.js over the last year has been to increase the number of contributors working on the project. Node.js has seen sustained 100% year-over-year user growth for several years, but the number of contributors was, at one point, actually on the decline. After a year+ of community building and iteration we’re now…

[ad_1] The open source ecosystem grows every day, and with the proliferation of mobile devices around the globe, perhaps never has it been more important than now to make sure that phone and tablet users get access to the same high-quality open source software options that desktop users have long enjoyed. I want to take…