[ad_1] About the author Julie Gunderson – Julie is the Community Manager for Taos, an infrastructure consulting and managed services firm. Julie’s infectious optimism and passion for people has naturally led her to cultivating relationships, developing technical communities and fostering empowered mindsets. From partnering with members of the community to form strong connections to speaking…

[ad_1] Kostanstin Dmitriev is one of the pioneers making professional animation tools available for Linux users. His primary focus over the years has been the ongoing development of Synfig Studio, a 2D animation program. Konstantin has proven Synfig’s power with the completion of his short film, “The Beautiful Queen Marya Morevna: Demo.” To help other artists and…

[ad_1] You enjoy thinking about free software licenses, you’re angry about the latest patent troll, and you’ve said IANAL so many times that you’ve considering becoming an open source lawyer. What now? By the numbers First, going to law school is a gamble. Recent American law school graduates must fight fiercely for one of the few jobs…

[ad_1] Late last year, I was meeting with a business owner to whom I’ve been a trusted advisor for some time. After conducting discovery interviews with his core team to understand their recruiting and staffing processes, I suggested that this leader leverage his core team for input on how to staff projects. By seeking his…

[ad_1] About the author Jen Wike Huger – Jen Wike Huger is the Content Manager for Opensource.com. She manages the publication calendar, coordinates the editing team, and guides new and current writers. Follow her on Twitter @jenwike, and see her extended portfolio at Jen.io. March 14 is Pi Day, and on Opensource.com we celebrate by publishing a series of Raspberry…

[ad_1] Opensource.com brought in 679,992 unique visitors who generated 1,122,064 page views in January, a new record for both metrics. We published 92 articles, including 13 that were a part of our Getting Started in Open Source series. We also celebrated our 7th anniversary with the launch of the PDF edition of our Open Source…

[ad_1] Over the last four years, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has put a great deal of effort into optimizing Raspbian, its port of Debian, for Pi hardware, including creating new educational software, programming tools, and a nicer looking desktop. In September, we released an update that introduced Pi Improved Xwindows Environment, Lightweight (PIXEL), the Pi’s…

[ad_1] Tech companies often prefer hiring those who have open source experience because quite simply open source experience is more valuable. This preference is only growing stronger now that open source software dominates the industry and free and open source hardware is gaining momentum. For example, a Indeed.com salary analysis shows that jobs with the…

[ad_1] In 2013, people spent $21.53 billion USD on games and game-related merchandise. And games overtook movies long ago as the most popular form of entertainment. Despite their astonishing popularity, games and game development receive woefully little attention at open source events. As free and open source devotees, we do our cause a great disservice by…

[ad_1] About the author Jason Baker – Jason is passionate about using technology to make the world more open, from software development to bringing sunlight to local governments. Linux desktop enthusiast. Map/geospatial nerd. Raspberry Pi tinkerer. Data analysis and visualization geek. Occasional coder. Cloud nativist. Follow him on Twitter. Explore what’s happening this week in OpenStack,…