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Foundations, bright lines, and building successful open source ecosystems

What licenses do the "big" projects use? What are the community implications? These questions came to mind after I saw Martin Fink, Hewlett Packard Enterprise CTO, give a…

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5 free and open music-making tools

As a music teacher, I promote free/libre/open software (and music and educational material too!) to my students. In some cases (such as a full switch to GNU/Linux), this can…

Is the vinyl LP an open music format?

This is my first article for a new column here on Opensource.com about music from an open point of view. Some things I won't be doing: I won't be concentrating solely on music…

4 open source tools for Linux system monitoring

Information is the key to resolving any computer problem, including problems with or relating to Linux and the hardware on which it runs. There are many tools available for…

Building a culture of more pluggable open source

If there is one word that often percolates conversations hailing the benefits of open source, it is choice. We often celebrate many of the 800+ Linux distributions, the…

An open source fix leads to a new career in IT

Once upon a time, I was a music production and engineering student at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. I was always a nerd, though, and ended up with a summer job…

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