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RSS updates, What We're Reading enhancements, Flickr stream

Starting today, you'll see a few changes around opensource.com. We've made some updates based on community input. Thanks to those who have already taken our quick, six-question survey. Your feedback is very useful--keep it coming.

The most important change to the site was to our main RSS feed, http://opensource.com/feed. Starting today, this feed will be updated with each new article posted to the site, not just the posts appearing on the home page. It's a great way for you to keep up with the latest information from opensource.com.

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2 CommentsPosted 9 Mar 2010 by Jason Hibbets (Red Hat)

Meeting your expectations on opensource.com

The contributions and participation since we launched opensource.com on January 25 have been awesome. We've had more than 1,600 users register with the site and make over 600 comments on the posts across all the channels. That's a great start. Whether you joined us on day one or yesterday, we continue to encourage and appreciate your participation. » Read more

0 CommentsPosted 25 Feb 2010 by Jason Hibbets (Red Hat)

Share your open source stories

If you're interested in writing for opensource.com, you'll need to register with the site and complete your profile, biography, and add your picture. Then contact the moderator of the most appropriate channel (Business, Education, Government, Law, or Life) through the contact form. You can submit a topic idea or a draft. If you're not sure which channel is best, use the category "Share your open source story."

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0 CommentsPosted 8 Feb 2010 by Jason Hibbets (Red Hat)

opensource.com on Freenode IRC

Thanks to suggestions from our community here at opensource.com (thanks RemyD) and some technical know-how (thanks quaid), we now have an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channel on freenode.net called #opensource.com. » Read more

0 CommentsPosted 26 Jan 2010 by Jason Hibbets (Red Hat)

Welcome to the conversation on opensource.com

As the CEO of Red Hat, this is a day I've been looking forward to for quite some time. In my travels, I often find myself talking to people from all walks of life who see opportunities for the lessons of open source to be applied broadly to the world around us.

At Red Hat, we've used open source principles as the backbone of a successful technology company. We know there are opportunities to apply the open source way broadly in business, in government, in education, in the law, and throughout our lives. » Read more

31 CommentsPosted 25 Jan 2010 by Jim Whitehurst (Red Hat)

Is opensource.com built on open source?

You bet it is. As we began our quest to build this community site, our first requirement was that it should be a as open source as possible. We went beyond "as possible" and built a site that is completely open source, from the operating system to the social publishing system. » Read more

10 CommentsPosted 22 Jan 2010 by Jason Hibbets (Red Hat)

The state of opensource.com

As you might imagine, we went through several site designs before arriving at where we are today. Our user feedback indicated that from our original design, the content was too far down the page. The featured articles were below the fold and there was not enough teaser text to entice our readers. We listened to our users and came up with the following design. » Read more

0 CommentsPosted 21 Jan 2010 by Jason Hibbets (Red Hat)

What should opensource.com be?

Like any ongoing collaborative project, opensource.com will change and evolve over time. Your participation will shape it, improve it, and make it more relevant over time.

If you see a way to make opensource. com better, or if there's something that really bothers you, we want to know. This is our suggestion box, a place you can comment freely about anything - from the images we use to layout to the content itself. Noting of past mistakes is welcome, so long as you keep one eye on our future.

Please leave your comments here.

41 CommentsPosted 20 Jan 2010 by Jason Hibbets (Red Hat)