Category: Blog

  • Tasty translations for the Taste of Stockholm food festival

    [ad_1] Knowing what you put into your mouth is something a lot of people are interested in, especially if you are a vegan, have a food allergy, avoid some ingredients for religious reasons, or if you are just a bit picky. However, when traveling, it is often tricky to know what you are ordering. At…

  • My mom requests a Linux computer

    [ad_1] In December 2007, I finally got my mother back on Linux for Christmas. The backstory My mom, who was then 87 and is now 95, had a computer for several years. It started before dad died while they were living in Crossville, Tennessee, and not near any family. (At least not near any of…

  • Looking forward to the Mitaka release, container integration, and more OpenStack news

    [ad_1] Interested in keeping track of what’s 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

  • 1600 games for Linux on Steam, a Linux-friendly Steam Sale, and more open gaming news

    [ad_1] Hello, open gaming fans! In this week’s edition, we take a look at 1600 games for Linux on Steam, a Linux-friendly Steam Sale, and an Arduino project for high scores, and more. Open gaming roundup for November 7 — 13, 2015 Steam for Linux passes 1600 games Another milestone this week for Linux gaming. The Steam…

  • Machine learning spotlight, Vanderbilt U's medical robots, and more open source news

    [ad_1] In this week’s edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at machine learning, Vanderbilt University’s medical technology, journalism mapping tools, and more. Open source news for your reading pleasure. November 7 — 14, 2015 Machine Learning in the spotlight Machine learning platforms were in the news a lot last week. First…

  • Machine learning spotlight, Vanderbuilt U's medical robots, and more open source news

    [ad_1] In this week’s edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at machine learning, Vanderbuilt University’s medical technology, journalism mapping tools, and more. Open source news for your reading pleasure. November 7 — 14, 2015 Machine Learning in the spotlight Machine learning platforms were in the news a lot last week. First…

  • Top 5: Linux terminal emulators, Flac for audio, and more

    [ad_1] In this weekly top 5, we highlight the open development method for business, Unity and the GNOME Shell, lossless audio for Linux, FireFox’s 11th birthday, and top open source terminal emulators. Top 5 articles of the week 5. Scrum is dead: breaking down the new open development method http://opensource.com/business/15/11/open-development-method New author Ahmad Nassri says…

  • Scrum is dead: breaking down the new open development method

    [ad_1] A “snake oil salesmen” is a phrase that conjures up images of stuffy old men with bowler hats, bushy mustaches, and tailored pinstripe suits peddling bottles filled with “cure-all” liquids. Although prevalent a few centuries ago, the snake oil profession is now lost to the annals of history. These days the snake oil description has expanded…

  • Twisource: A lightweight, open source social media solution

    [ad_1] In recent years, we’ve seen a boost in popularity of community-driven projects. Software and hardware development, social activities, crowdsourcing, manufacture, education—thousands of communities are growing and striving to achieve their goals. Creating a new community can be a difficult task, so the tools used in the process are very important. A community is bound…

  • An open source fan boy shares his story

    [ad_1] I am just a fan boy, and my story’s often told… Apologies to Paul Simon. I imagine my story or some slight variation of it is fairly common. I started with FOSS before it was called FOSS, made a brief forced detour into the dark waters of proprietary software, and then escaped and returned home to…