[ad_1] Happy New Year! And now for a look at what’s coming up on Opensource.com this month. Save the dates: #SCaLE14x Twitter chat Join us for a Twitter chat hosted by @Opensourceway to talk all things #SCaLE14x. Tune in during the following times to chat with event organizers and speakers before they gather in Los…

[ad_1] Happy New Year! Before we dive into 2016, let’s quickly look back on Opensource.com in 2015. 1,103 articles published (in 2014: 858) 305 articles by Community Moderators (in 2014: 162) 260 new writers (in 2014: 192) 7,908,214 total page views (in 2014: 4,698,198) And now for a closer look at December 2015: Opensource.com blew…

[ad_1] In this week’s Top 5 articles of the week, we highlight the best open source games of 2015, Linux music listening, 10 projects to fork in 2016, 10 cool tools for the Docker community, and one man’s story of rescuing older computers and rehabilitating them with Linux. Top 5 articles of the week 5. Best open…

[ad_1] As a student, getting involved in open source is a great way to improve your programming skills. From my experience, it can even help kickstart your career. But where do you begin? And how do you get involved? I started my open source journey during my high school days when I had a lot…

[ad_1] The spotlight is back on Drupal with the 8.0.0 release. The successful launch is a testament to the hard work put in by members of the Drupal community, but Drupal 7 still has a huge install base and likely will for many years to come. To support Drupal 7 development, let’s take a look…

[ad_1] Growing up with Windows, it seemed there was always something wrong with my family’s computer. Our PCs didn’t stay new for long. Yet, as annoying as it was to load each installment of the King’s Quest series by copying data from five or so 5.25-inch floppy disks, I did appreciate being able to easily…

[ad_1] With the start of the new year, many people take this time to resolve to get a better handle on their personal finances. Whether this means making and sticking to a budget, reducing unnecessary expenses, or simply getting a better understanding of their financial situation, pretty much any approach to person finance is dependent…

[ad_1] Recently the Office of Educational Technology of the United States Department of Education stated that it believes “creating an open education ecosystem involves making learning materials, data, and educational opportunities available without restrictions imposed by copyright laws, access barriers, or exclusive proprietary systems that lack interoperability and limit the free exchange of information.” What’s more,…

[ad_1] The words I hear some clients ask when they first see my Linux set up is: “Is it that Unix thing?” If they know it well enough to ask that question, I’m usually on the verge of going full geek mode. Before I impart words of wonder and inspiration, I think about how awesome it will be to…

[ad_1] If you’ve been following Opensource.com and the Open Organization Ambassadors there, then you’ll know that I’ve been working to help Greenpeace internalize the principles of an open ethos. But to do this, we’ve had to distill this ethos into a few concrete principles, actionable items the organization can more easily grasp. On its journey…