Category: Blog

  • An OPNFV primer, using Ansible for CI, and more OpenStack news

    [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’s a lot of interesting stuff being written about OpenStack. Here’s a sampling: read more [ad_2] Source link

  • Under the hood of an open organization

    [ad_1] Our Open Organization community gathered for another lively Twitter chat on Thursday, March 17. This time, we discussed “open organizations under the hood”—the nitty-gritty details of daily life in an open organization. Check out the highlights below Q1: Challenge: Describe an open organization in a single tweet. #OpenOrgChat A1 Information is shared easily, openly…

  • New open source load balancer, US source code policy draft published, and more news

    [ad_1] In this week’s edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at open source news from Google and Microsoft, the US publishes a draft of new source code policy, and more. Open source news roundup for March 12 – 18, 2016 Google and Microsoft announce more open source Google announced this week they will…

  • Atomic Game Engine now open source, new games out for Linux, and more gaming news

    [ad_1] Hello, open gaming fans! In this week’s edition, we take a look at Ink scripting language and Atomic Game Engine going open source, GameWorks SDK 3.1 released by NVIDIA, and new games out for Linux.  Open gaming roundup for March 12 – 18, 2016 Now open source: Ink scripting language, Atomic Game Engine Inkle studio, the…

  • What science fiction technology should be open source?

    [ad_1] Opensource.com is a place where we share stories about how people around the world are exploring an open source universe. See how the principles of open source software and the open source way are being applied to different disciplines including business, education, government, health, law, and life. Follow us on Twitter @opensourceway. [ad_2] Source link

  • Top 5: Raspberry Pi Week, 15 podcasts for FOSS fans, and more

    [ad_1] In this week’s Top 5, we highlight… well, a lot of Raspberry Pi! Pi Day was on Monday this week, and we made it a week-long series, publishing a new Raspberry Pi project everyday. We also have an honorable mention this week because Jason van Gumster’s list of favorite FOSS-related podcasts also hit it…

  • How to produce electronic music with the Raspberry Pi

    [ad_1] The world of electronic music has traditionally been a fairly expensive venture, whether you’re paying for expensive hardware or software. Luckily, there are plenty of free apps and open source software to enable people to get creative on the devices that they mostly have anyway. But I wanted to see how far the famously…

  • Kicking the tires on Korora, a novice-friendly Linux distro

    [ad_1] Korora is Linux distribution that aims to make it easier to install and use for new Linux users, while still providing power-users with the tools and openness that they want. Originally, Korora was built on Gentoo, but in 2010, the team redid the whole thing as a Fedora Remix, with the goal of making…

  • NY bill would provide tax credit for open source contributors

    [ad_1] For many years, the open source software community has made the distinction between “free as in freedom” (the software can be used or modified as the user sees fit) and “free as in beer” (the software is available at no cost). Some have added a third type of free: “free as in puppy”. Like…

  • Simple LED control with the Raspberry Pi

    [ad_1] Last year, around Pi Day, I authored an article here on Opensource.com on how to set up a music light show with your Raspberry Pi. Before creating the light show, I encouraged the reader to learn about breadboards and the CanaKit as a way to do some prototyping controls with the Raspberry Pi and…