[ad_1] Hello, open gaming fans! In this week’s edition, we take a look at Valve brings open source gaming console, Knight Squad and Hard West games launch, SteamOS performance concerns, and more. Open gaming roundup for November 14 – 20, 2015 Two Steam machines to market As you may know, Steam machines are gaming consoles running…

[ad_1] In this week’s edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at FCC rules for wireless router firmware, open source wheelchairs and insulin, motivators for open source programmers, and more! Open source news roundup for November 14 – 21, 2015 These biohackers are creating open source insulin In an effort to make…

[ad_1] In this week’s Top 5, we highlight a Linux story, an indoor digital heater that uses computing power, the Opensource.com annual holiday gift guide, 3 open source alternatives to Google Maps API, and our big open sticker article including rules and tips for adding stickers to your stuff. Plus, an honorable mention for a…

[ad_1] Have you ever noticed that light bulbs (the incandescent ones especially) seem to burn out most frequently at the instant they’re turned on? Or that electronic components like home theater systems or TVs worked fine yesterday but don’t today when you turn them on? I have, too. Have you ever wondered why that happens?…

[ad_1] I’ve been involved in open source ever since I made the switch to Linux four years ago, sometimes as a code contributor, sometimes just filing bugs and improving documentation. And, as some of you may already know, I’m visually impaired. As such, most of the open source projects I’m involved in revolve around accessibility.…

[ad_1] Of all the beverages out there, one stands out among the rest. Tea. Coffee and chocolate can be a treat during the day, but you don’t usually make your coffee with an espresso machine or your chocolate over a stove. Tea on the other hand is best, and most often enjoyed, by brewing it…

[ad_1] This year’s Blender Conference was filled with all kinds of interesting talks about interesting uses of Blender and open source technology. A particularly novel one that caught my eye was nestled neatly within the art and pipeline presentation for the Blender Institute’s open movie, Cosmos Laundromat. In that talk, Paul Benoît of Qarnot Computing…

[ad_1] When it comes to recipes, it pays to be organized. Years of clipped recipes and notes written on napkins stuffed between the pages of countless dirtied cookbooks aren’t necessarily the best way to organize a recipe collection. And let’s be honest, you were probably never going to cook 95% of the recipes in those…

[ad_1] In the early 2000s I dabbled in making websites. It was a time in my life when I wasn’t doing as much after recovering from a surgery. I became engrossed with the fact that I could do something behind the scenes and see it come to life in a web browser. I peeled back…

[ad_1] As I read Jim Whitehurst’s The Open Organization, as well as articles about initiatives involving educators and students in open source projects and communities, I imagined what the future might look like in primary, secondary, and higher education around the world. In a recent article, I wrote: Since the purpose of education is to…