[ad_1] When I was pitching The Open Organization, publishers always asked me the same question: “Is this a book about management or leadership?” And my answer was always the same: “The Open Organization is a book about management.” After all, it’s about the ways Red Hat, the open organization I lead, uses a networked organizational…

[ad_1] In 2015 there were a variety of legal issues of importance to the FOSS (free and open source) community. Continuing the tradition of looking back over the top ten legal developments in FOSS, my selection of the top ten issues for 2015 is as follows: 1. Settlement of Versata cases interpreting General Public License version 2…

[ad_1] Your Linux distribution of choice says a lot about you. Of course, one of the many great things about Linux is the diversity of options you have to choose between. Maybe you like a slimmed down minimalist option. Maybe having all of the bells and whistles is important to you. Or maybe you just prefer…

[ad_1] In this article, I am going to focus on the hardware, software, and configuration issues that we need to resolve to set up a Linux-based music server as part of the home music system. Specifically, I’ll look at the Raspberry Pi, Cubox-i, and Fit-PC as options for hosting your digital home music system. Some…

[ad_1] At the 2016 Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE 14x), long-time tech writer and editor Bob Reselman will give a talk called The 7 Rules for Creating World Class Technical Documentation, v.2016, which is based on an article he wrote more than six years ago. In this interview, he offers an update to the rules,…

[ad_1] In 2015, Opensource.com racked up more than 7,900,000 page views and more than 4,600,000 unique visits. Those numbers are due to a fantastic community of contributors, readers, and sharers. Join us in celebration of our 6th year anniversary on January 25 by voting in our 2016 Opensource.com Community Awards. read more [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] The first major open source conference of 2016 happens January 21–24 at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, CA, USA. It’s the 14th annual Southern California Linux Expo, more commonly called SCaLE 14x. To get you fired up for the event, Opensource.com will host two Twitter chats featuring several SCaLE 14x speakers and organizers.…

[ad_1] 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. read more [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Hello, open gaming fans! In this week’s edition, we take a look at a hack on PlayStation 4, the itch.io store app, another record for Steam, and more. Open gaming news for January 2 – 8, 2016 PlayStation 4 running Linux ExtremeTech and The Var Guy reported that during the Chaos Communication Congress in Germany a hack team called “failOverflow,” used…

[ad_1] In this week’s edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at Linux coming to more cars, open source firmware on Linksys routers, the push for open access journals in Europe, and more. Open source news for January 2 – 8, 2016 Open source is coming to a car near you The Ford…