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The pool of people participating in open source communities still lacks diversity, but the good news is that many people, projects, and organizations are working to improve it. I've collected a few highlights from 2015 efforts to increase diversity in open source communities. Which 2015 diversity in open source stories would you add to the list? Let us know in the comments. read more

Not-for-profit open source group The Linux Foundation has announced a new collaborative effort that aims to advance the Blockchain, the technology that powers Bitcoin.

Google’s software implements a standard called OpenPGP, based on an encryption system that Phil Zimmerman created in 1991: Pretty Good Privacy, or PGP. Despite big promises, these tech giants probably won’t champion end-to-end encryption

Recently, I learned about FreedomBox, a personal server that allows you to use the Internet privately or in locations that have bad or no Internet connection.

A group of Russian-speaking hackers that has targeted politicians, state entities, and companies over the past eight years is continuing to develop its skills, according to an analysis by security researchers.

The Plasma team has been working on an early Christmas present: a live image running Plasma on Wayland. Being able to run a full session of Plasma with applications is a major milestone in our aim of moving from the 30 year old X Window System to its replacement.

In this week's Top 5 articles of the week, we highlight our 10 editor's picks from the most popular projects of the year, an open letter to parents on FOSS, what's in a sys admin's toolbox, avoiding burnout at work, and Blender for surgery. 

Adlink unveiled COM Express Type 6 Compact and Basic modules based on Intel’s 6th Gen Core “Skylake” CPUs, with up to 32GB DDR4 RAM and -40 to 85°C support.

MEAN.JS is a full javascript stack that contains MongoDB, Express, AngularJS, and Node.js. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install MEAN.JS on ubuntu 15.04. We will install MongoDB from the Ubuntu repository and install Node.js and the npm package manager with the nodesource script.

I spent my career in a school system that had a high number of socioeconomically disadvantaged youth. These young people were talented, but often lacked the resources to afford both computers and software to use at home and to share their work with teachers when they came to school. read more

Is contributor doing it for the LULs Y/N? Input = Y Wikipedia is to put artificial intelligence to the enormous task of keeping the free, editable online encyclopaedia up-to-date, spam-free and legal.…

Short history of Fedora OpenID In March 2013, we introduced an entirely new and rewritten OpenID provider: FAS-OpenID. This has since become the basis for logging in to almost every web service the Fedora Infrastructure runs as well as some... Continue Reading →

It was indeed just 'comedy wallpaper in a techie's lappie' Britain's new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers will be Windows XP-free zones, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed to The Register.…

Code has launched a compact “PixiePro” SBC that runs Linux on a 1GHz i.MX6Quad SoC, and offers extensive I/O including WiFi, BLE, NFC, GPS, and 3G. At first glance, $130 may seem a lot these days, for yet another SBC based on the well-worn NXP (formerly Freescale) quad-core i.MX6. Yet, the PixiePro SBC stands out […]

Cube-Controls has launched a “Pi Cubes” home automation and HVAC kit that runs Ubuntu Snappy on a Raspberry Pi. Having furnished its Kickstarter backers with its Pi Cubes home automation system, Kitchener, Canada startup Cube-Controls has opened sales to the general public. The Raspberry Pi-driven system is designed like a commercial building HVAC automation system, […]

I'm just starting out in the world of development, and many of the projects I'm interested in exploring are written in Node.js. If you're an old hand at such things, you already know that which version of Node you use on a particular application is vitally important.

Blockchain technology makes cryptocurrency like bitcoin possible, but it has a lot of potential beyond tracking currency transactions. The Linux Foundation wants to tap into that potential and is spearheading a collaborative effort to develop an enterprise-grade open source distributed ledger called Hyperledger.

Pressing the backspace key 28 times can bypass the Grub2 bootloader's password protection and allow a hacker to install malware on a locked-down Linux system.

Netflix announced today that their HTML5 video player now supports Firefox on Windows Vista and later using Adobe’s new Primetime CDM (Content Decryption Module). This means Netflix fans can watch their favorite shows on Firefox without installing NPAPI plugins.

Drupal is a well-known open source content management system based on PHP. It is available free of charge and released under the GNU General Public License. In this tutorial, we will install Drupal 8 with Nginx web server, MariaDB as the database server and PHP-FPM to handle PHP requests.