Lauren Pritchett

2083 points

Raleigh, NC

Lauren is the managing editor for Opensource.com. When she's not organizing the editorial calendar or digging into the data, she can be found going on adventures with her family and German shepherd rescue dog, Quailford. She is passionate about spreading awareness of how open source technology and principles can be applied to areas outside the tech industry such as education and government.

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Authored Content

11 open source ideas for being more eco-friendly in 2022

A round-up of Raspberry Pi tutorials, home automation projects, and open source apps that encourage environmentally conscious behavior.

3 tips for printing with Linux

Learn how to set up your printer, print from anywhere, and print files from your terminal all on Linux.

7 guides about open source to keep your brain busy this summer

Download one of our free guides to build a Python-based video game, get organized with open source tools, work on your home automation project, or experiment with your...

Puzzle pieces coming together to form a computer screen

Why every job in the tech industry is technical

Let's break free from the technical vs. non-technical labels in the tech industry in order to be successful.

Family learning and reading together at night in a room

5 open source activities for kids to try this weekend

These open source boredom busters will keep kids of all ages busy having fun.

9 open source leaders I enjoy following on Twitter

Influential and inspiring developer advocates, sysadmins, and open source leaders to follow in 2020.

Contributed Content

How I keep my file folders tidy with Ansible

I try to use Ansible often, even for tasks that I know how to do with a shell script because I know that Ansible is easy to scale.

Announcing the 2020 Opensource.com Community Awards winners

Thank you to all of our community members.

System statistics with sar and the /proc filesystem

What's your favorite terminal emulator?

We asked our community to tell us about their experience with terminal emulators. Here are a few of the responses we received. Take our poll to weigh in on your favorite.