[ad_1] In this edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at Kickstarter making the code for its iOS and Android apps open source, UNICEF and Malawi announcing the first humanitarian drone testing corridor in Africa, and more. Open source news roundup for December 11-24, 2016 Kickstarter Android and iOS apps become…

[ad_1] For many of us 2016 flew by, and we didn’t complete all our New Year’s resolutions or mark everything off our “2016 To Do” lists. I didn’t have nearly enough time to play with the Raspberry Pi this year, and my list of projects I want to do keeps growing. In this article I’ve…

[ad_1] We surround ourselves with our own personal soundtrack. Our music reminds us of the most significant times in our lives and helps us shape how we feel and view ourselves. Having a music player that supports the freedom to choose how our music is delivered to us while not detracting from the playback quality…

[ad_1] It’s getting down to the wire here for the holidays. You know, that time when we all realize that we’ve completely neglected to get gifts for people. While reading through our very excellent gift guide, a thought occurred to me: Those unfortunate souls with lives devoid of technological wonder… they need presents, too. So what do…

[ad_1] A few years ago, I gave a lightning talk at Red Hat Summit that took attendees on a tour of the 2012 open source creative tools landscape. Open source tools have evolved a lot in the past few years, so let’s take a tour of 2016 landscape. Core applications These six applications are the…

[ad_1] On the first day of December 2016, members of the open organization community gathered on Twitter to celebrate a year of #OpenOrgChat with a conversation about crucial lessons from a year of discussion. They also made a few resolutions for 2017 (and we’ve got them on record). Miss the chat? Read the recap below.…

[ad_1] Have you ever downloaded an Android app only to find that it wants access to all your phone’s features and all of your data? This experience, while not ubiquitous, is frustratingly common. Even applications in the F-Droid repository are not immune to requesting permission to access things they should not even need to access.…

[ad_1] DigitalOcean launched Hacktoberfest in 2014 to encourage contribution to open source projects. The event was a clear success, and in terms of attendance and participation goals reached, it’s also clear that Hacktoberfest has become a powerful force in driving contributions to open source. The lure of a t-shirt and specific, time-limited goals help new…

[ad_1] “I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn’t know how to get along without it.”—Walt Disney PostgreSQL vs. MySQL. MongoDB vs. Cassandra. Solr vs. Elasticsearch. ReactJS vs. AngularJS. If you have an open source project that you are passionate about, chances are a competing project exists and is doing similar…

[ad_1] A unique trait of open source is that it’s never truly EOL (End of Life). The disc images mostly remain online, and their licenses don’t expire, so going back and installing an old version of Linux in a virtual machine and getting a precise picture of what progress Linux has made over the years…