California’s age verification law is bad for open source
California recently signed into law an age verification bill. The California Assembly Bill 1043 (or AB-1043) is titled the "Digital Age Assurance Act" and is...
Make your first contribution to open source
Looking to get started in open source? Check out these opportunities.
The difference in open source licenses
Not all open source licenses are the same. Choose the one that matters to you.
15 Essential Open-Source Backup Utilities to Protect Your Data
Protecting your data has never been more crucial. With the advent of hybrid work, cloud-native applications, and ransomware threats, reliable backup solutions are indispensable for...
SourceForge is ending free personal web hosting
SourceForge will end personal web hosting (unrelated to project web hosting) in October.
Create a patch from differences in a file with the diff and patch commands
When you collaborate on a digital project with someone, it's a guarantee that eventually someone's going to need to send you changes they've made to...
How to get started in open source?
Linux, LibreOffice, GnuCash, and Audacity are all open-source projects, meaning the folks who write the code and/or the documentation are usually not paid for it....
What I’ve learned about open source community over 30 years
Open source projects are about more than just the code. It’s about the people that contribute to it.
Celebrating 30 years of open source with FreeDOS
Explore retrocomputing with this open source operating system that recently turned 30 years old.
How to write your first article with Both.org
Join the community by writing an article for Both.org.
The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, Tenet 11 — Store data in open formats
Image by Opensource.com: CC-by-SA 4.0 Author’s note: This article is excerpted in part from chapter 13 of my book, The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, with...
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Our community wants to read about your experience and how you use your favorite open source application.
Balancing Performance, Compliance, and Cost with Linux and Open-Source Solutions
My recent task involved assisting a healthcare professional in upgrading their computer system. The goal was to provide a more robust solution that offers redundant...
Screencasts for usability testing
With screencasts, you can extend your usability testing.
Usability testing in open source software
Through usability testing, we can make open source software projects easier for everyone to use.