[ad_1] From the beginning, Raspberry Pi has been all about education. The idea that a piece of hardware everyone could afford in the hands of students used to learn programming skills and to build things was at the heart of the Foundation’s mission to fix a problem in the education system in the UK. Soon…

[ad_1] At last year’s OSCON I was lucky enough to stumble across the ChickTech booth. I had heard of women in tech organizations before, but hadn’t heard of ChickTech. When I asked what they were about and if there was an Austin chapter, my life changed for the better. ChickTech is dedicated to introducing young…

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[ad_1] Hello, open gaming fans! In this week’s edition, we take a look at Discord chat app’s early Linux release, Mono relicensed with MIT license, and new games out for Linux. Open gaming roundup for March 26 – April 1, 2016 Discord chat app releases early Linux version Discord is a new chat app that’s being used by…

[ad_1] In this week’s edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at open source Thyroid treatment software, Strontiium-90 and a Raspberry Pi for teaching open source culture to college students, Europe’s two main free software advocacy groups push for open source software, and more. Open source news roundup for March 26 –…

[ad_1] In this week’s edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at open source Thyroid treatment software, Strontium-90 and a Raspberry Pi for teaching open source culture to college students, Europe’s two main free software advocacy groups push for open source software, and more. Open source news roundup for March 26 –…

[ad_1] In this week’s Top 5, we highlight Top 11 project management tools for 2016, 5 open source home automation tools, a My Linux Story, an interview with Benjamin Kerensa on Glucosio for diabetics, and an event report from last weekend’s LibrePlanet. Top 5 articles of the week 5. LibrePlanet begins with Snowden, ends with DRM…

[ad_1] James Wallbank is a founder of one of the longest-running hackerspaces in the U.K. Access Space opened in the center of the northern industrial city of Sheffield in 2000 with the goal of being open to all. Beyond being a place for coding and programming, Access Space refurbishes donated laptops for charitable use. It was also the subject of a…

[ad_1] Before I discovered open source software in 2005, I had never touched a digital design package and probably couldn’t have named one. In fact, I never believed myself to be creative in any way, let alone thought about teaching myself an entirely new discipline. Around that time I was regularly playing online games and…

[ad_1] The Arduino is a truly powerful piece of electronics. Small, low power, flexible, and completely open source. Lots of makers and hackers have already figured out that giving their project an Arduino-brain ensures a simple, yet powerful and reliable core. There are more and more Arduino libraries and shields being released every day, so…