Category: OpenSource

  • When Linux is the face of kindness

    [ad_1] My late father, Lou Shapiro, was an early leader of UNICEF, so relief work was baked into the genetics of my family. His work was centered on emergency relief for the survivors of earthquakes and other natural disasters. Whenever there was an earthquake in the world, I knew dad would be coming home late…

  • How to write an excellent event recap

    [ad_1] You’ve put on and held an event. Congrats! Now what? A post-event wrap up and report is a useful way for your community and attendees to follow up on key ideas and takeaways that could impact how they communicate, collaborate, and make decisions going forward. A post-event wrap up is most useful within days of…

  • Why object storage is eating the world

    [ad_1] The traditional file system-and-database web backend is no longer adequate, and must make way for storage systems that manage unstructured data. In this article we will learn about the differences between structured and unstructured data, and why web storage backends must evolve to manage unstructured data. Traditionally, web applications use file systems and databases…

  • Managing your containers at Google scale

    [ad_1] The tooling around Linux containers has matured to the point that they are now a viable method of software packaging and deployment. The developer side of the containers equation has gotten a lot of emphasis. However, in order for containers to be a complete solution, they must not only be easy to build, but…

  • Running JMeter with Jenkins

    [ad_1] Continuous integration is an essential part of the software development lifecycle, and performance monitoring is a key part of continuous integration. We will learn how to set up performance monitoring with the popular Jenkins automation server, and Apache JMeter load and performance tester. Continuous integration (CI) systems orchestrate and automate software build, testing, and deployment…

  • How to run JMeter with Jenkins

    [ad_1] Continuous integration is an essential part of the software development lifecycle, and performance monitoring is a key part of continuous integration. We will learn how to set up performance monitoring with the popular Jenkins automation server, and Apache JMeter load and performance tester. Continuous integration (CI) systems orchestrate and automate software build, testing, and deployment…

  • Building a water collection vessel from scratch

    [ad_1] My team from Singapore Polytechnic made a water collection vessel for the module Engineering & Design, as part of the Engineering Academy program. The team consisted of four members from different disciplines: Thomas and Ryan from the Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, and Hwee Peng and myself, Ajay, from the Diploma in Electrical and Electronic…

  • To avoid disruption, stay open

    [ad_1] In his book, The Open Organization, Red Hat President and CEO Jim Whitehurst recognizes Vineet Nayar, former CEO of HCL Technologies, an IT consulting company based in India. Whitehurst writes that Nayar started an internal blog called “My Problems,” which featured the strategic problems Nayar was working on and solicited feedback and ideas from…

  • Top 10 Raspberry Pi add-on boards

    [ad_1] Did you know you can adorn your Raspberry Pi with HATs? Of course we’re not talking about hats like people put on their heads, but rather HATs: “hardware attached on top”. These are add-on circuit boards and accessories that add functionality to your Raspberry Pi. You can, of course, use the Pi on its…

  • A simple menu system for blind Linux users

    [ad_1] The Knoppix distribution goes back in time, to the era of text menus, to provide an interface for computer users who are blind. Remember back when computers were driven mostly by text menus? Press:     [Y] Yes, I remember.    [N] No, that was before my time.    [U] Unknown. Seems familiar but it’s hazy.    Enter…