In this week's Top 5, we look at how to run Ceph with Docker, Linux game review of OpenTTD, open hardware is winning, the real reason Facebook does open source, and a new My Linux Story.
Top 5 articles of the week
New author to the site, Sebastien Han, a senior cloud architect for Red Hat, shows readers how to use Docker to run Ceph, a fully open source distributed object store, network block device, and file system.
We take a look at the Linux game OpenTTD, which reviewer Jason Baker says has a somewhat steep learning curve. He shows readers how to get started playing OpenTTD, with screenshots of his new world. Leave him a comment if you give it a try.
3. Why open hardware is winning
Mike Parks of Green Shoe Garage writes that some open hardware companies and platforms have gained widespread adoption and adoration, while others have not. He sites four key reasons for why the good ones succeed: reasonable price point, easy-to-understand licensing, nurturing of a vocal and enthusiastic community, and passion of the developer. Read more about each in this article.
2. The real reason Facebook does open source
OSCON, one of the biggest open source conferences out there, wrapped up today. Our writer on the scene was Nicole Engard, and she began sharing her write-ups with our readers on Thursday, with a summary of James Pearce's talk about the real reason Facebook does open source. You can read more stories like this in our OSCON series.
1. How I finally got permission to use my own computer
Jay LaCroix shares his Linux story with us this week in an article titled "How I finally got permission to use my own computer." The headline says it all as Jay tells us what lead him to weaning himself off of Windows and going full Linux. You can read more stories like this in our series called My Linux Story.
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