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What to do when you're feeling underutilized
[ad_1] A few weeks ago, on one of many trips I take to visit team members in different locations around the world, I was having a one-on-one conversation with an associate who I’ve only spoken to a few times. This person has a strong reputation for doing high-quality work and expertly navigating complicated dynamics with…
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8 reasons to use LXDE
[ad_1] Late last year, an upgrade to Fedora 25 brought issues with the new version of KDE Plasma that were so bad it was difficult to get any work done. I decided to try other Linux desktop environments for two reasons. First, I needed to get my work done. Second, having used KDE exclusively for…
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Book review: Up to no good with 'Raspberry Pi for Secret Agents'
[ad_1] Many parents see my daughter’s articles on Opensource.com and regularly ask me, “How did you get your daughter started with the Raspberry Pi?” It all started with the Raspberry Pi as a Christmas present, and we started with the Raspberry Pi Education Manual as our guide. As a free download, it was a very…
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The impact GitHub is having on your software career
[ad_1] Over the next 12 to 24 months (in other words, between 2018 and 2019), how people hire software developers will change radically. I spent from 2004 to 2014 working at Red Hat, the world’s largest open source software engineering company. On my very first day there, in July 2004, my boss Marty Messer said…
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Why I launched a consulting agency on open principles
[ad_1] For the vast majority of my career in the corporate world, I felt trapped in an environment that didn’t work for me. The rules of that world seemed to contradict my core values—and I wasn’t willing to compromise my integrity and core self for someone else to make a dollar. On top of that,…
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Top 10 and editor's picks: February review
[ad_1] About the author Rikki Endsley – Rikki Endsley is a community manager for Opensource.com. In the past, she worked as the community evangelist on the Open Source and Standards (OSAS) team at Red Hat; a freelance tech journalist; community manager for the USENIX Association; associate publisher of Linux Pro Magazine, ADMIN, and Ubuntu User; and…
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How to build a Raspberry Pi home dashboard
[ad_1] I was lucky enough to get a Raspberry Pi 2B with a 7-inch display for Christmas last year. I immediately had a plan for how to us it: I would make a home dashboard to show some useful information that is readable from around the living room. Current temperature and weather forecast in my area Next buses…
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How an amateur opera singer uses MuseScore
[ad_1] Alison Armstrong is a singer and high school music teacher at an international school in Laos, a developing country just between Thailand and Vietnam. Alison’s main passion is providing her students with opportunities to compose new music and explore their identity through music. It shows, too, because she’s been doing amazing work with her…
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Join our next Twitter chat on making open decisions
[ad_1] About the author Jason Hibbets – Jason Hibbets is a senior community evangelist in Corporate Marketing at Red Hat where he is a community manager for Opensource.com. He has been with Red Hat since 2003 and is the author of The foundation for an open source city. Prior roles include senior marketing specialist, project…
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Does your open source project need a president?
[ad_1] Recently I was lucky enough to be invited to attend the Linux Foundation Open Source Leadership Summit. The event was stacked with many of the people I consider mentors, friends, and definitely leaders in the various open source and free software communities that I participate in. I was able to observe the CNCF Technical Oversight Committee meeting…