Category: OpenSource

  • Dispatches from FOSDEM, new survey data, and more OpenStack news

    [ad_1] Interested in keeping track of what is 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

  • New web office suite, UNICEF's innovation fund, and more news

    [ad_1] In this week’s edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at a new web-based office suite, UNICEF’s drive for open source for kids, Europe’s continued support of open source, and more. Open source news roundup for January 30 – February 5, 2016 Let’s get going! Kolab and Collabra join forces on web-based office…

  • GPUOpen, Mad Max on Linux speculation, and more open gaming news

    [ad_1] Hello, open gaming fans! In this week’s edition, we take a look at GPUOpen, Mad Max on Linux speculation, and new games out for Linux. Open gaming roundup for January 30 – February 5, 2016 Linux community buzzing over GPUOpen release The Linux community was abuzz over the release of GPUOpen, a set of software…

  • Top 5: Rasperry Pi projects, Ansible, Brave the new browser, and more

    [ad_1] In this week’s Top 5, we highlight Krusader Linux file manager, an intro to Kubernetes, an interview on the new browser Brave, a video on cluster computing with Ansible and Raspberry Pi, and projects to get you started with your Raspberry Pi. Plus, an honorable mention! Top 5 articles of the week 5. Getting started with…

  • The trials of certifying open source software

    [ad_1] Open source won and, over the past five years or so, we have been seeing the acceleration of a new wave of open source projects that got their starts in corporations. This comes with a set of new challenges, as new corporate participants struggle with some of the realities. Folks generally understand that foundations…

  • Why it's essential to grow Indian-language Wikipedias

    [ad_1] On January 15, Wikipedia, the free online encyclopaedia celebrated its 15th birthday, meeting this milestone with 36 million articles in more than 290 languages (the English-language Wikipedia alone has crossed the 5-million article mark). But here I want to address some major questions that we need to ask as Indians. First, what is the state of…

  • A love for technology leads to Linux and open source

    [ad_1] I’ve loved computing since my school days. I started learning on BBC Micro computers in the mid-’90s, but I didn’t have the luxury of owning a computer until I was 22. Today, Linux and open source software are my primary passions. Discovering Linux It was in 2003—during my engineering college days—when my Linux journey began.…

  • Top 6 open source CRM tools for 2016

    [ad_1] Developing and maintaining relationships with customers can be a challenge. But it’s an essential task for businesses’ growth and survival. In order to maintain those relationships, a CRM system is a must-have. And CRM systems are one area in which open source shines brightly. When we first took a look at the top open source CRM systems back…

  • The case for educating judges on open source licensing

    [ad_1] “Open source code is problematic because anonymous people on the Internet design it, and ‘holes’ are not fixed by vendor updates.” Is this FUD from some proprietary software behemoth? No, it’s a quote from a recent decision made by a California Court of Appeal. As attorney Evan Brown noted, 21st Capital Corp. v. Onodi Tooling &…

  • Hoodie aims to be one of open source's most diverse and inclusive communities

    [ad_1] Too often web apps and the frameworks they’re built on support only the privileged—the always-online users and development teams with both front-end and back-end expertise. In open source, this support of privilege is usually reflected in the contributor community. Hoodie, a new web app architecture, does things a little differently. Simply put, Hoodie is…