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The field of computer graphics has continued to prove itself as fertile ground for getting kids interested in code and technology. It isn't just about the extremely gratifying feeling of creating cool-looking visuals on a computer. Since so many digital content creation programs (especially open source ones like Blender) feature built-in scripting support, it's a natural avenue for fostering curiosity in code and software development. read more

The people in charge of network security in corporations, government institutions, hospitals, and other installations that routinely trade in vulnerable information, are increasingly moving to devices such as tokens, smartcards or biometrics to provide an extra measure of safety... As you might expect, vendors of these devices are quickly moving to support Linux.

Many many interviews were conducted this year by writers and the staff of Opensource.com. Our goal when asking luminaries in the field of open source questions about their businesses, their projects, and their lives was to shine a light on how people all over the world are using open source software, hardware, and other solutions to make things better. Read more about our 10 most-read interviews on Opensource.com in 2015. read more

It’s quite telling though that most microkernel proponents tend not to be kernel developers... In any event, this article will be a concise tour of microkernel myths and misconceptions throughout the ages.

Hello, open gaming fans! In this week's edition, we take a look at updates on Vulkan, an open source emulator for Mac OS X, SparkyLinux GameOver Linux distro, and more! Open gaming roundup for December 26 - January 1, 2015.

These "best of" articles offer a nice summary of the past year from a range of perspectives.

One look around the airport waiting lounge or family living room will tell you everything you need to know about where the cloud is headed. Christmas carols drift on by thanks to Pandora, gifts come without having to stand in line at the mall, and those holiday snaps of the family will be stored on someone else’s server. In the next 12 months, software running on clouds will rule our world more than ever—but unfortunately not many of those clouds are powered by OpenStack. read more

Ian Murdock, 42, was best known for his contributions to the Linux operating system, founding the Debian Project, a widely used Linux distribution, while a student at Purdue University in Indiana, where he earned...

In this fortnight's edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at the first official release of the Perl 6 language specification, a reading and watching list from the EFF, and more! Open source news roundup for December 19, 2015-January 1, 2016 read more

Hardware projects and the culture of makers in tech continued to grow by leaps and bounds in 2015. At Opensource.com, we published numerous articles about how to build, rig up, and connect something. We also covered new open source hardware that made its debut during the year.

Magento is an open source e-commerce software and content management system for e-commerce websites based on the PHP Zend Framework. It uses MySQL or MariaDB as database backend. The Magento development has been started in 2008 by Varien. Inc. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Magento 2 with Nginx, PHP-FPM, and MariaDB as the database on Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf).

My introduction to open source was pure, geeky coincidence. read more

Plaintiffs say upgrade was never meant for 4S Lawyers in New York have filed a class action lawsuit against Apple, saying that the iOS 9 operating system upgrade slowed their older iPhone 4S handsets into uselessness.…

Community backed, open-spec SBCs vary wildly, from sub-$10 minimalists to octa-core powerhouses. Here we present 64 Linux- and Android-friendly models. In 2015, the number of open-spec, hacker friendly single board computers running Linux or Android has continued to grow while prices have dropped to unprecedented levels. Low-cost boards such as the Chip, Raspberry Pi Zero, […]

2016: a Long Year - I know you're expecting a sarcastic comment about an election year in the US making it seem longer than normal, but no, 2016 is literally a longer year than most.

Five new Linux Kernel releases debuted in 2015, including a major number release

The intersection of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), open educational resources (OER), and computer programming is the focus of a number of the articles published on Opensource.com in 2015. They highlight a growing interest in all three areas where students, parents, and educators have the opportunity to immerse themselves in education as never before. read more

Ian Murdock was a Linux original. He was the "ian" in Debian, which he founded in 1993 while still an undergrad at Purdue.

Just prior to his death, Murdock had started sending increasingly erratic tweets from his Twitter account.

There are different ways to manage virtual machines (VMs) running on KVM hypervisor. For example, virt-manager is a popular GUI-based front-end for VM management. However, if you would like to use KVM on a headless server, GUI-based solutions will not be ideal. In fact, you can create and manage KVM VMs purely from the command […]Continue reading...