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Why I love ARM and PowerPC

Recently I've been asked why I mention ARM and PowerPC so often on my blogs and in my tweets. I...

Peter Czanik

03 Apr 2018 23 votes 7 comments

College student reflects on getting started in open source

College student reflects on getting started in open source and the power of open source tools.

Christine Hwang

28 Mar 2018 27 votes 2 comments

How Linux became my job

IBM engineer Phil Estes shares how his Linux hobby led him to become an open source leader,...

Phil Estes

19 Feb 2018 64 votes 6 comments

My first open source experience: 4 takeaways

Choice has always been a privilege of those who can afford to pay for it. Open source principles...

Linda Zhang

27 Oct 2017 93 votes 1 comment

How my two-week project turned into a full time open source startup

Learn how a small project to automate a web developer's invoicing process morphed into a full-...

Shar Darafsheh

14 Aug 2017 129 votes 1 comment

4 open source tools that got my startup off the ground

When I started my first company, money was tight. We had a small office and a couple of computers,...

Peter Ellington

11 Aug 2017 126 votes

A list of open source tools for college

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

Aaron Cocker

02 Jun 2017 134 votes 4 comments

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.

Roxanne Ritzke

24 Apr 2017 126 votes 3 comments

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