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Where's opensource.com this August?

Find out where the opensource.com team will be August 2010 and if you know of an event and think we should be there--tell us about it. » Read more

1 CommentPosted 9 Aug 2010 by Jason Hibbets (Red Hat)

Community mailing list created

Do you want to help out with opensource.com but just aren't sure how? Interested in seeing some of the behind-the-scenes work that's going on? Do you want to help contribute to some of the work? We've recently created a new community mailing list that is open to anyone and everyone.

You can subscribe to the list at: » Read more

4 CommentsPosted 29 Jun 2010 by Jason Hibbets (Red Hat)

Being more transparent about participation

Last week we published an updated version of our participation section. We wrote a short post a few weeks ago about how we could make contributing to opensource.com an easier and more transaprent process. In the spirit of release early and often, the next version is now available.

If you want to write an article for opensource.com, design an image for illustration, or take a more active role as a commenter or contributor, we've compiled some info on all of these items.

You can find them in different areas around the site or at our participate link in the header. Here is the list of what's been updated: » Read more

0 CommentsPosted 3 Jun 2010 by Jason Hibbets (Red Hat)

Login to vote removed

I haven't provided a site update in a while, but wanted to share the good news that opensource.com users and community members no longer have to be logged in to vote on a poll. Yeah! You'll notice that we have polls throughout the site, mostly on the channel pages (Business, Life, etc.) and the homepage. Now, we have the ability to embed polls into blog posts and continue to display them on channel pages and the homepage. » Read more

0 CommentsPosted 5 May 2010 by Jason Hibbets (Red Hat)

Writing for opensource.com feedback

Over the past few weeks, we've had a great response through our contact form about how to write and contribute blog posts to opensource.com. Our readers have told us that "contact a moderator" isn't a good enough solution to grow the community.

We've decided to address this. » Read more

0 CommentsPosted 31 Mar 2010 by Jason Hibbets (Red Hat)

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)