Top 25 articles of 2015 (so far)

This week—specifically, July 2—marks the mid-point of 2015. (How are those New Year's resolutions working out for you?) As of July 2, we will have published approximately 500 articles this year. In honor of hitting the half-way point, we rounded up our most popular 25 articles of 2015 (so far).

1. The current state of video editing for Linux by Chris Long
   (113,454 page views)
   In his January post, Chris compares seven Linux video editing tools: Pitivi, OpenShot, Lightworks, Avidemux, Cinelerra, KDEnlive, and Blender. (Spoiler alert: His winner recently rolled out an exceptionally cool new release.)
2. Top 5 open source project management tools in 2015 by Robin Muilwijk
   (80,348 page views)
   Robin is one of our community moderators, and his 2014 roundup of top open source project management tools is still popular. Clearly, readers are interested in tools that help with project management, so if you've got additions to Robin's list, let us know about them in the comments, or email us an article proposal.
3. Welcome to America: Here's your Linux computer by Phil Shapiro
   (61,071 page views)
   Phil is another one of our community moderators, and when he isn't soaking up or sharing information online, he's working in a public library and helping visitors use Linux stations. His most recent article for us is a story about the impact of a donated Linux laptop. We're happy to see that readers enjoyed this story as much as our team did.
4. A beginner's guide to GitHub by Aleksandar Todorović
   (27,180 page views)
   Aleksandar wasn't an Opensource.com community moderator when he wrote this article, but he is now and we're glad to have him on board. His beginner's guide will get you started on GitHub, but if you're already up and running and have GitHub article ideas, we'd love to see your proposal.
5. 5 specialized Linux distributions for computer repair by Joshua Allen Holm
   (23,482 page views)
   One of the many things to love about Linux and open source software is that it helps you help yourself. In this article, our community moderator Joshua Allen Holms introduces five especially helpful Linux distros: Clonezilla Live, Rescatux, Redo Backup & Recovery, SystemRescueCD, and Trinity Rescue Kit.
6. RTFM? How to write a manual worth reading by Rich Bowen
   (21,299 page views)
   Rich Bowen's documentation how-to kicked off our popular new documentation series. Do you have documentation best practices, tips, training, or tools to recommend? Let us know about them in the comments, or send us your article proposal.
7. Should I get an Arduino or a Raspberry Pi? by Ruth Suehle
   (20,507 page views)
   Ruth knows a thing or two—or a book's worth of information—about Raspberry Pi and Arduino. In her May article, her article answered the most common question she gets asked about open hardware.
8. World record set for 100 TB sort by open source and public cloud team by Reynold Xin
   (15,721 page views)
   Reynold explains how Apache Spark helped Databricks set the new world record in the Sort Benchmark.
9. 8 Linux file managers to try by David Both
   (15,599 page views)
   David recently joined our community moderator program and wrote three articles this spring that hit our Top 25 list (so far).
10. 5 favorite Raspberry Pi and Arduino projects by Frank Thomas-Hockey
    (14,966 page views)
    Readers can't get enough of Raspberry Pi or Arduino articles, and Frank rounded up five cool projects in one popular article. If you have other open hardware project ideas, we'd love to get an article proposal from you, too.
11. 9 reasons to use KDE by David Both
    (14,819 page views)
    David wrote about reasons he loves using KDE, and now we'd like to hear why other readers prefer Gnome. Let us know if you want to write that follow up article.
12. 8 excellent open source data visualization tools by Nitish Tiwari
    (14,244 page views)
    We all talked about how cool these visualization tools are when we received this roundup from our community moderator, Nitish. Have you used any of these tools? We'd love to see HowTo articles with examples of these tools being used in other projects.
13. 5 open source projects to join in 2015 by Scott Nesbitt
    (13,071 page views)
    Community moderator Scott Nesbitt kicked off 2015 by recommending five open source projects to join: BRL-CAD, Speed Dreams, OpenMRS, Audacity, and FLOSS Manuals. Which projects would you recommend for 2015 Part 2?
14. 5 must-watch Docker videos by Jason Baker
    (11,731 page views)
    Since our editor, Jason Baker, wrote this roundup of Docker videos, DockerCon and other events have included dozens of additional container-focused talks. Which ones are the next 5 must-watch videos?
15. Google shares gRPC as alternative to REST for microservices by Luis Ibáñez
    (11,725 page views)
    We really couldn't think of a particularly clever, concise name for this article by community moderator Luis, which is for the best—the topic was a huge hit with readers.
16. How to do fast, repeatable Linux installations by David Both
    (11,384 page views)
    There are a variety of ways to automate Linux installs, and David explains how a Bash script was his solution.
17. Going open source on Android with F-Droid by Scott Nesbitt
    (11,127 page views)
    Do you want to use Android and keep your apps as free and open as possible? Scott explains why F-Droid is a good option.
18. Practical Python programming for non-engineers by Al Sweigart
    (10,599 page views)
    Al started writing for us in May, and already two of his three articles have hit our Top 25 list. (Also check out his 6 tips for teaching kids to code article, which includes loads of links to free programming resources.)
19. Michigan Tech course to build your own 3D printer by Dr. Joshua Pearce
    (10,314 page views)
    How fun would it be to take a class for college credit that teaches you how to build an open source 3D printer, and then you get to keep the printer?
20. Docker security in the future by Daniel Walsh
    (9,897 page views)
    Dan explains that "containers do not contain," but improved security features will help that change.
21. My dad, Linux, and me by Lee A. Brian
    (9,754 page views)
    Lee's story about how she got started using Linux was a huge hit in our new My Linux Story series. Stay tuned for more stories, or submit your own.
22. The 2015 open source summer reading list by Bryan Behrenshausen
    (9,502 page views)
    Check out Bryan's roundup of recommended reading for a great mix of books submitted by our editors, moderators, and writers.
23. Introducing the Raspberry Pi 2, and a new resource by Opensource.com editors
    (9,215 page views)
    We took a look at the new Raspberry Pi 2 and rolled out a Raspberry Pi resource page.
24. 6 Arduino projects to play with on Arduino Day by Alex Sanchez
    (9,055 page views)
    It's a tough job, but somebody said he had to do it, so Alex rolled up his sleeves and rounded up a few fun Arduino projects to play with on Arduino day in March.
25. 6 time-consuming tasks you can automate with code by Al Sweigart
    (9,532 page views)
    Al Sweigart appears again on our list with an awesome article on how to automate time-consuming tasks with Python scripts. We published this article on Friday, and it hit our Top 25 list two days later. Hopefully we can put a few of Al's suggestions to work in our editorial process soon.

Can you believe that we're already half the way through 2015? On behalf of the editors at Opensource.com, I'd like to send a huge thanks out to our community moderators, contributors, and readers for making time fly by keeping us busy with a variety of great articles, exciting technologies, entertaining stories, and interesting conversations.