In less than a year, the Linux Foundation’s Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII) has raised more than $5.5M in committed funds over the next three years from many of the biggest tech companies in the world. The Initiative’s latest benefactor is Werner Koch, who has received a $60,000 commitment. Koch is the primary developer behind GnuPG, […]
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The announcement that Paris-8 University would be switching to open source computer graphics software sparked some major discussions in the computer graphic community. The school made this decision largely in an effort to reduce their budget, but they also chose to integrate these applications partly due to the skills and demands of incoming students. The […]
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Werner Koch is the man behind one of the most popular open source email encryption toosl GnuPG (GPG). He recently announced he would need to cease development on the project due to a severe lack of funds. He nearly gave up on the project in 2013, but stayed involved after seeing the need for his […]
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There are a handful of new laptops that focus on supporting open source software, including a new line of laptops from Dell, and the Purism, a company that’s building a laptop to specifically use open source processor firmware. However, there is still a severe lack of modern laptops that fully support free software. In fact, […]
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A rolling release Linux is one that is continuously updated as improvements are made to the OS. It’s similar in concept to the growing DevOps culture that seeks continuous deployment, and is centered around the idea that users and developers should get patches and updates as they are created. The number of people favoring rolling […]
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Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications are known to have lackluster user interfaces, especially open source ERP’s. ERPNext is no exception to this, and the community behind it recently decided to focus on improving the design of the software. The community lacked talented designers, so they went out and hired a design team to come up […]
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The data science industry is growing quickly as more companies rely on the use of large amounts of data. Data science is all about extracting knowledge from data and is changing how companies approach business intelligence. At the center of the expansion of data science hiring is the programming language R. Started in 1993 in […]
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On a morning with a less than excitable crowd (social events at these conferences can get a little wild), Linux Conf AU ran a 3-speaker keynote series to bring in people working for major companies in the open source landscape. Facebook, Google, and Red Hat are all represented in this keynote packed full of great […]
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Mass adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has been severely hampered as a result of the industry’s focus on building separate, walled gardens. This is part of an effort to “own the home” where companies want to be the providers of the entire IoT ecosystem, rather than build products that work universally, across ecosystems. […]
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Docker presents some unique options for a developer looking to build an apps in virtually any language or environment. This talk briefly explains the basics of what a developer needs to do in order to launch their own development environment contained in Docker containers. In this talk, Sven Dowideit explains the mechanics behind deploying a […]
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There is a wide variety of cloud technologies for IT experts to choose from these days, especially in the open source arena. The Linux Foundation released their 2015 guide to the open cloud on January 20th which servers as a primer to help any organization consider a migration to the cloud. This guide expands and […]
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The Chromebook Pixel is a relatively powerful laptop that is perfectly capable of running a normal Linux distribution with a little tweaking. Power users have a couple of options for doing so, the first involves installing a custom BIOS that allows the laptop to boot a normal OS. Most This is the most technical method […]
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The city of Munich in Germany hit the headlines last year when they revealed savings of more than $10 million after 10 years of migrating to open source software, including LibreOffice. Now, the city has their very own board member on the LibreOffice advisory board in order to give the city a voice in the […]
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Software Defined Storage (SDS) is when storage systems are virtualized and the controls are separated from the data that is actually stored. This allows stored elements to be moved around and adapted according to what is needed. Open source has found major foothold in this sector of IT since it allows users to avoid being […]
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Learning how operating systems work is a huge challenge, fortunately Linux from Scratch makes it much easier to complete this process. Linux from Scratch is a tutorial that shows you how to build for own Linux systems manually from source code without the use of installers. The tutorial takes users step-by-step through all of the […]
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There is no time better than the present to get involved with an open source project. Maybe you’ve been thinking about it for a while, or maybe you made a resolution for 2015. Either way, these five projects are great opportunities to get you feet wet in open source software. BRL-CAD – 3D modeling program […]
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Jason Baker offers three predictions for trends in the open source cloud for 2015. Trust Matters – 2014 showed how quickly the open source community can respond to critical security flaws. Bugs will always be created and found, so expect to see more responses like we saw in 2014. Infrastructure is King – The operating […]
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The nation of Uganda has reached 35 million people and the government has turned to free and open source software (FOSS) for electronic government services and platforms. The nation has done this to promote innovation, enable the development of customized services, and reduce costs. Open source has already been deployed in a few areas of […]
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The concept of open washing has been covered in brief on this site before, but another form of deceptive practices has been becoming more common in the tech world. With the increased awareness of privacy over the last year, there is a growing number of individuals looking to capitalize off this movement, some of which […]
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The State of Open Source: Mobile
Mobile computing devices have become commonplace in our society with an incredible amount of innovation occurring in the last decade alone. These developments have had a wide ranging impact on our daily lives, leading to a culture that highly values being connected to the network at all times. Companies are developing and releasing more powerful […]
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Open source is being used increasingly in the US military for a variety of applications. In September, camp Shelby in Mississippi will be launching open source training courses for the military under the work of the Open Technology Center. The academy is part of an effort to improve IT skills of military personnel and to […]
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Cloud computing covers an extremely broad range of technologies and protocols and there are numerous open source technologies that can be used for various aspects of it. Fortunately, many of the most important software in the open source cloud has resources to learn more. Python, Linux, and Hadoop all have plenty of free resources, and […]
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The Australian Department of Immigration chose to use the open source programming language R to process visitor visas. The first prototype of the application cost them only $50,000 and in the first 12 months of production use more than 290,000 immigrants were processed, leading to 69 declined visas. This is a good example of governmental […]
