At Opensource.com we look and spread stories about open source applied to better the world. This is such a story! A team of National Geographic Explorers set out to the…
To get started with IoT (the Internet of Things), your device needs, well, an Internet connection. Base Arduino microcontrollers don't have Internet connectivity by default…
Linux and open source software are not just fueling charities, they are gifting the freedom of education and knowledge to the people the charities are helping because of the…
We shared almost 600 open source stories this year—highlighting how open source is changing the world. And it's not just the technology, it's the community and their passion…
Happy New Year! Before we dive into 2016, let's quickly look back on Opensource.com in 2015. 1,103 articles published (in 2014: 858) 305 articles by Community Moderators (in…
My experience tells me there are a lot of people interested in trying open source, but they don't know where to start. And the perception that you have to write code to…
In this week's edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at Arduinos in Antarctica, a new open source project to stop human trafficking, a standard for the…
In this week's edition of the open source news roundup, we take a look at the European Commission funding a supercomputer, Google aiding refugees, Carnegie Mellon University…
Our 2013 open source holiday gift giveaway ended on December 11. Read the official rules for more details. You could win some of the gifts from this guide, and the grand prize…