I'm setting up a new computer. I get through the registration screens, install my software, change my wallpaper, and everything's working fine. I'm left, though, with a…
I remember first meeting Jeffrey A. "Jam" McGuire in person at DrupalCon Denver. We talked about communities, music, and shared ways to show why open source is a better way…
What better way to say Happy New Year than with an eCard from opensource.com! Send some cheer and encourage your colleagues, friends, and family to read stories about open…
Many educators might have been hesitant in the past regarding embracing open source software. But not anymore as the number that has taken to open source software (OSS) has…
Last week, the UK Cabinet Office released its Open Standards Principles: For software interoperability, data and document formats in government IT specifications. It became…
I recently came back from the USENIX Large Installation System Administration (LISA) conference held in San Diego, California, and it was an interesting experience. I was at…
In 1998, Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics. The lecture he gave, titled "The Possibility of Social Choice," succinctly captured both the subject of his…
In two recent posts, we described a set of tutorial sessions teaching open source NoSQL databases at SUNY Albany. These practical sessions covered: MongoDB: a document…
It's that time of year when everyone pauses to be thankful. At opensource.com, we want to know which gadget you're MOST thankful for. Which device could you not survive…
Happy Holidays from opensource.com! We hope that you have a great break (if you get one!) and spend some time doing the things you like most. Many of us will spend it doing a…
I recently blogged about making open source software, and the high level steps for how to think about the process. We started with the need for software to seed the discussion…
I am an artist and the sole maintainer of Dream Studio, a free and open source creative system ( on SourceForge). Though most of the software is maintained by others who…