Category: OpenSource

  • Android ROM goes open source, new IoT app, and more news

    [ad_1] In this week’s edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at IBM’s Quarks IoT development tool, the rise of open source textbooks, open source release of Google’s TensorFlow Serving, and more. Open source news roundup for February 13 – 19, 2016 Maru OS becomes open source The Var Guy took a…

  • Vulkan open standard API support, new games out for Linux, and more gaming

    [ad_1] Hello, open gaming fans! In this week’s edition we take a look at support for the new open standard API, Vulkan, as well as, new games and expansions out this week for Linux. Open gaming roundup for February 14 – 20, 2016 Vulkan Support for Vulkan is growing, starting with Steam who recently added Vulkan support to…

  • Top 5: Open hardware farming, issue tracking tools, music making, and more

    [ad_1] In this week’s Top 5 articles on Opensource.com, we highlight low-cost, DIY, open hardware farming equipment; open source issue tracking tools; free and open source music making programs; a look inside the Secret Lab hackathon; and a new column on the site about how to build a business with open source. 5. Let’s talk about how to build a business…

  • Version control isn't just for programmers

    [ad_1] Working with other artists and creatives, I’m constantly amazed—and, to be frank, a little horrified—when I look at their project directories. So frequently, they’re riddled with files that start with the same name, but with numbered with suffices like -v1, -v2, -v3-FINAL, -v3-FINAL3, v3-FINAL3-real, -v3-FINAL5-please_will_it_ever_end, and so on. And even more amazing, often these…

  • 3D drawings with code using POV-Ray

    [ad_1] A few winters ago, while hiding from the weather, I decided—not for the first time—to learn about producing 3D images. Although I doodle and took art classes in high school, my drawings are not anything special, and my previous attempts to draw with a mouse or trackball have been disastrous. The only open source software that I…

  • Top 4 open source issue tracking tools

    [ad_1] Life is full of bugs. No matter how carefully planned, no matter how much time went into design, any project is going to have unforseen issues when the rubber hits the road in the implementation stage. And that’s okay. Perhaps the best measure of resiliency for any organization is not how well they handle things when everything…

  • LilyPond scores beautiful music

    [ad_1] LilyPond is a free, mature music-typesetting program, similar in flavor to LaTeX. The software is part of the GNU Project and is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). The authors originally developed LilyPond because they felt that computer-generated scores were, to their eyes, “soulless.” They designed LilyPond to follow the traditions laid down in…

  • How to make sense of any open source mess

    [ad_1] Open source development and collaboration takes place online, in places made of information. From individual commit messages to project websites and even larger digital structures, each piece of information we create is part of a mess. This is not a slight against open source; all human endeavors are messy, because that is just the…

  • February 18 #OpenOrgChat: Open organizations and government

    [ad_1] For more discussion on open source and the role of the CIO in the enterprise, join us at The EnterprisersProject.com. The opinions expressed on this website are those of each author, not of the author’s employer or of Red Hat. Opensource.com aspires to publish all content under a Creative Commons license but may not…

  • Lay down a beat with LMMS

    [ad_1] One thing that confuses some new Linux users is just how modular Linux can be, and on nearly every level. It turns out to be liberating in the end, but it can be overwhelming at first. That’s why it’s nice, sometimes, to come across a project that brings a bunch of modular technology and binds…