[ad_1] At GitHub Universe 2016 in San Francisco, Gregor Martynus of Hood.ie said: “Code collaboration is no longer the problem.” I agree, and a problem I see in the open source community centers on collaborating on artwork, logos in particular. I don’t think it’s a platform limitation (GitHub, etc.), I think it’s a lack of art…

[ad_1] Becoming an open leader means becoming attuned to the intricate ways that complex and ever-moving systems structure our daily lives. As I’ve argued, open leaders are masters of balancing multiple parts of those systems strategically—not only as part of various projects at work, but also in other aspects of their lives. In fact, open…

[ad_1] For many of us, when we look around at the state of computing in 2016, we nod and think, “Yes, today is what I expected when I thought about what The Future would be like.” Sure, we haven’t got flying cars yet, but today’s technology is flashy. We swipe fingers across screens instead of…

[ad_1] After energy balancing software PowerMatcher was released as open source at Alliander in 2014, I was able to convince more of my colleagues to invest in making more technologies open source. I started the conversation with a question about the Open Smart Grid Platform: “How open is open? Where can I find the code?” The…

[ad_1] Scribus is a robust open source page layout application developed with and relied upon by the open source community since 2001. According to the project’s website, Scribus is built for Linux, FreeBSD, PC-BSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, and the program offers CMYK colors, spot colors, ICC color management and PDF creation. The site also touts…

[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. He is particularly interested in data visualization/analysis, DIY/maker culture, simulations/modeling, geospatial technologies, and cloud computing, especially OpenStack. Follow him on Twitter or Google+. Are you interested in…

[ad_1] In this week’s edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at Google’s continuous fuzzing service, the latest release of the small but powerful Refracta Linux distro, and more. Open source news roundup for November 27-December 10, 2016 Google rolls out continuous fuzzing service for open source software As a former…

[ad_1] About the author Jen Wike Huger – Jen Wike Huger is the Content Manager for Opensource.com. She manages the publication calendar, the editing team, and our writers. Follow her on Twitter @jenwike, and see her extended portfolio at Jen.io. In this week’s Top 5, we highlight why the operating system matters, getting started with Raspberry Pi, seven projects…

[ad_1] Open source software enables Google to build things quickly and efficiently without reinventing the wheel, allowing us to focus on solving new problems. We stand on the shoulders of giants, and we know it. This is why we support open source and make it easy for Googlers to release the projects they’re working on…

[ad_1] In my first article on getting started with the Groovy programming language, I left off with an example of reading a CSV file in Groovy. In this article, I’m going to move to a more idiomatic Groovy style (make it groovier, as some would say), cover the use of Groovy maps as lookup tables,…