The new year is officially in swing as we look to February at Opensource.com. In January, we asked our readers What is your favorite Linux distro? and had nearly 5K votes. See which distro’s in the lead. We also ran a series for newcomers to open source: Getting Started in Open Source. Our handy guides, tutorials, and stories will help any beginner, whether a seasoned techie or not, get started with some fresh open source tools and ideas.

Last but not least, we celebrated our 7th birthday at Opensource.com and launched the 2016 Open Source Yearbook. Check out our fun infographics and word blurbs, as well as our annual commuity awards—winners will be announced on February 2.

2016 Open Source Yearbook

Our second annual community yearbook rounds up the top projects, technologies, and stories from 2016. Be sure to read the 2015 Open Source Yearbook for a look at last year’s collection. Download the new yearbook.

Careers in Open Source

This series will begin on February 13 and will cover themes such as: advice for job seekers; lessons learned from a career in open source; advice for building your network; and more. We had amazing contributions last year!

Raspberry Pi series 3.14

As you may know, March 14th is Pi Day. Opensource.com celebrates by launching a series about homemade, and business-made, Raspberry Pi projects, solutions, and fun. 

Proposals are due February 2. Drafts due are February 24.

Writing for this series is a great way to share your projects and ideas with the greater Raspberry Pi community and maker community! Check out last year’s series and all of our Raspberry Pi articles for ideas. Submit your proposal using our webform.

The Open Organization

I’ve just learned that the open organization ambassadors have established a home base on GitHub! You can interact with them there—and see what they’re up to in February. They’ll be working to build on their open organization definition, and will gather on February 9 for their monthly live meeting. Also in February, DeLisa Alexander will continue her four-part series on open leadership development, Chad Whitacre will teach us about the value of public issue trackers, and Jen Kelchner will help us explore tricky issues of organizational governance. Stay tuned.