Category: Blog

  • How to champion your committers

    [ad_1] A number of companies today proudly wear the open source badge to show their dedication to various projects, particular communities, or simply the idea of free software licensing. Many have gone down the Red Hat business route, creating a revenue model based on support and services, while others have built their business around proprietary features and add-ons to…

  • Tips from a software engineer for a balanced life

    [ad_1] Kent Dodds is a busy, busy guy. He’s a full stack JavaScript engineer at PayPal, hosts JavaScript Air, co-hosts React30, is an instructor on Egghead.io, is a Google Developer Expert, and spends a lot of time on Twitter and GitHub. He’s speaking at All Things Open this year on automating the open source contributions and…

  • Solving the Linux kernel code reviewer shortage

    [ad_1] Operating system security is top of mind right now, and Linux is a big part of that discussion. One of the questions to be solved is: How do we ensure that patches going upstream are properly reviewed? Wolfram Sang has been a Linux kernel developer since 2008, and frequently talks at Linux conferences around the…

  • Keeping Linux containers safe and secure

    [ad_1] Linux containers are helping to change the way that IT operates. In place of large, monolithic virtual machines, organizations are finding effective ways to deploy their applications inside Linux containers, providing for faster speeds, greater density, and increased agility in their operations. While containers can bring a number of advantages from a security perspective,…

  • Avoiding quality assurance disasters with openQA

    [ad_1] Proper quality assurance can save lives and money. (Anyone remember the Ariane 5 explosion in 1996?) That’s why the openSUSE and Fedora communities heavily rely on openQA, a fully automated and open source test framework. OpenQA is primarily used to test different Linux distributions, but applications can also be installed on top of it…

  • The Opensource.com preview for October

    [ad_1] October is here and we’ve got a action-packed month. All Things Open On October 26-27 in Raleigh, NC Open-minded folks from tech, business, education, government, and many other fields will convene to hear about the fantastic things happening in the open world, from software to hardware and beyond. Opensource.com is a partner for this event, so we’ll be there…

  • How to prevent coworker competition from ruining company culture

    [ad_1] During the humid summer months of 1954, twenty-two 11 and 12-year-old boys were randomly split into two groups and taken to a 200-acre Boy Scouts of America camp in Robbers Cave State Park, Oklahoma. Over the next few weeks, they would unknowingly be the subjects of one of the most widely known psychological studies…

  • Open source drives companies to change hiring and development

    [ad_1] “Do I want to play with this open source thing?” This was the question most people asked 20 years ago when I started reviewing PostgreSQL bug fixes and assembling like-minded database colleagues to help start the PostgreSQL Global Development Group. It’s mind-blowing to see how much things have changed. Today, not becoming a follower of…

  • Indian language localization community meets in New Delhi

    [ad_1] Localization is one of the less glamorous aspects of computing. Despite the fact that less than 6% of the world speaks English, a majority of projects don’t feel inclined to accommodate the rest of the population. One of the primary reasons for sticking to English is the steep learning curve and the lack of…

  • Which Raspberry Pi should you choose for your project?

    [ad_1] There are a number of different models and versions of the Raspberry Pi computer. But which one is best for your project? Here’s a summary of the main models available: Photo by Alex Eames of raspi.tv. Used with permission. All Rights Reserved. Model Specifications Price Pi 3 Model B CPU: 1.2GHz 64-bit quad-core ARMv8RAM: 1GBUSB: 4…