My Open Source Story column

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A list of open source tools for college

Find out what hardware and software this university students uses every day for programming and web...

How I became a webcomic artist in less than a month with open source tools

Learn how this artist produces her comic from beginning to end, using free and open source tools.

24 Apr 2017 Roxanne Ritzke Feed 29 votes 3 comments

6 open source tools I use on my Windows machine

These are Jimmy's six favorite open source applications that he immediately installs on a new...

22 Feb 2017 Jimmy Sjölund Feed 86 votes 26 comments

How I became a project team leader in open source

Read this open source story of how a contributor became a team leader through hard work and good...

10 Feb 2017 Lana Brindley Feed 42 votes

Using Blender and Python to 3D print a dress

During the opening ceremony at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio, snowboarder Amy Purdy wearing a 3D...

19 Dec 2016 Richard Colburn Feed 105 votes 3 comments

How Minecraft got me involved in the open source community

Editor-in-chief of Fedora Magazine shares how he got involved with the open source community.

10 Oct 2016 Justin W. Flory Feed 59 votes 2 comments

A beginner's bumpy journey to find a few good bugs

Beginners to open source should ask lots of questions, even if it's scary.

19 Sep 2016 Shubheksha Jalan Feed 74 votes 4 comments

Student's open source project takes him around the world

His open source web application took him to the Open Source Software World Meeting in 2008.

07 Sep 2016 Mawusee Foli-Awli Feed 59 votes

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