Abdel Sghiouar, Cloud Developer Advocate at Google, sat down with the All Things Open team to explain how Kubernetes is used to train large language models (LLMs), emphasizing its role... Read More The post Why Kubernetes is essential for AI and open source projects in 2025 appea … | Continue reading
Welcome to the exciting world of digital art! Whether you are an experienced artist or a curious beginner, Krita is a name you should know. Developed by the KDE community, Krita... Read More The post Getting started with Krita: A free digital painting tool for beginners and pros … | Continue reading
The first cloud native databases devroom at FOSDEM 2025 brought together open source database communities to discuss distributed SQL, cloud-scale technologies, and more. For many years, there have been different... Read More The post Cloud native and distributed SQL database pres … | Continue reading
Many people don’t realize the abundance of free and open source resources available online. Here are some of my favorite open source tools across different categories, designed to enhance your... Read More The post 10 open source tools you can start using today appeared first on … | Continue reading
AI is evolving at an unprecedented pace, reshaping software engineering and enterprise technology. In this talk, John Willis explores the rapid advancements in AI, the rise of AI-native development, and... Read More The post GenAI’s promise and peril: Tools, risks, and opportunit … | Continue reading
Timothy Jordan, Director of Developer Relations at Google, sat down with the All Things Open team to discuss the lasting impact of Google Summer of Code, which celebrates 20 years... Read More The post How AI is shaping the future of developer relations and developer workflows ap … | Continue reading
Giving friends and neighbors a bootable USB drive containing your favorite Linux distribution is a great way to introduce neophyte Linux users to the experience we all enjoy. Many people... Read More The post How to quickly build a multi-distribution Linux USB drive with Ventoy a … | Continue reading
Non-programmers have been hoping to democratize coding for a while now. Software development has always been a discipline that requires a lot of experience and skill, but artificial intelligence (AI)... Read More The post 6 limitations of AI code assistants and why developers sho … | Continue reading
Developers often struggle with sharing environments in open source projects, especially when setup instructions lead to variations that cause bugs. Starting a new project can also be time-consuming. With tools... Read More The post What problem does Flox solve for open source dev … | Continue reading
I’ve been using Fedora 41 KDE Plasma for awhile now and I’ve already discovered some of the great apps that I use daily. Whether you’re a long-time Fedora user or... Read More The post My top 5 must-have apps on Fedora 41 KDE Plasma appeared first on All Things Open. | Continue reading
Lisa-Marie Namphy, head of developer relations at Intuit and a CNCF Ambassador, sat down with the All Things Open team to share her insights on open source, diversity, inclusion, and... Read More The post Open source and AI: Shaping the future of tech with inclusivity in mind app … | Continue reading
An often-overlooked area in open source software projects is documentation. It’s easy to look at open source as providing innovative new programs that solve interesting problems, ready to download, build,... Read More The post 4 open source documentation tools for developers appe … | Continue reading
Code assistants are all the rage, for good reason. These tools boost productivity by automating repetitive tasks, offering helpful nudges, and saving developers from having to constantly copy-paste code from... Read More The post Developing a genAI application using IBM Granite C … | Continue reading
I spend a lot of time on the road or walking around my village and enjoy listening to podcasts about various topics. One of my interests is keeping up with... Read More The post The top Linux, open source, and sysadmin podcasts on my list appeared first on All Things Open. | Continue reading
What is Streamlit? Streamlit is an open source Python framework that allows you to quickly build front-end demos for GenAI projects and interactive data apps. It helps you create polished,... Read More The post Getting started with Streamlit appeared first on All Things Open. | Continue reading
Tobie Morgan Hitchcock, CEO of SurrealDB, sat down with the All Things Open team to share insights on the open source, multimodal database SurrealDB. The platform combines multiple data models—relational,... Read More The post How SurrealDB combines AI and multimodal databases fo … | Continue reading
Goose is an open source AI agent that automates tedious tasks like setting up development environments. Instead of spending time on manual configuration, users simply tell Goose what’s needed, and... Read More The post Discover Goose: Automate your developer setup with this AI ag … | Continue reading
I started on Fosstodon nearly six years ago and have since moved to Mastodon.social. But that really doesn’t matter because both Mastodon instances are connected with ActivityPub. ActivityPub is a protocol created for decentralized social networking... Read More The post Activity … | Continue reading
Building a thriving developer community is both challenging and rewarding. In this talk, Danny Thompson, Director of Technology at This Dot Labs, shares his journey of community building—from Memphis to... Read More The post 5 key tips for building thriving developer communities … | Continue reading
What if there was a social media platform that is as vibrant and visual as Instagram but without constant ads, data mining, and profit-driven motives? I’ve been interested in photography... Read More The post Pixelfed: The open source alternative to Instagram appeared first on Al … | Continue reading
Emmanuel Engelhart and Renaud Gaudin wanted everyone to have access to Wikipedia, and in 2007, the dream became a reality with the creation of Kiwix. The project aimed at making knowledge accessible offline and... Read More The post Kiwix: The open source solution for offline con … | Continue reading
Open source software for German public services When you’re working in Germany’s public administration, it’s not every day that you get an invitation to give a speech at the United... Read More The post ZenDIS, openDesk, and openCode: How Germany is transforming their public sect … | Continue reading
Artificial intelligence (AI) agents are generative AI (genAI) systems or programs capable of autonomously designing and executing task workflows using available tools. Can you build agentic workflows without needing extremely... Read More The post How to build a multiagent RAG sy … | Continue reading
Jon “Maddog” Hall, a pioneer in the open source community, recommends starting with shell scripting to gain a strong foundation in programming, particularly on Unix/Linux systems. Despite the inclination to... Read More The post The best programming languages to learn first appea … | Continue reading
I keep a bootable Linux disk with me most of the time because I never know when I am going to need to use one to rescue a crashed Microsoft... Read More The post How to use the dd command to create bootable Linux drives appeared first on All Things Open. | Continue reading
A panel of industry experts joined the All Things Open monthly meetup to provide a comprehensive look at the role of AI in the modern workforce, highlighting both the opportunities... Read More The post Why AI won’t replace developers—And how mastering it will keep you ahead appe … | Continue reading
In the 1980s, Henry Spencer captured several “rules” about C programming in a list called The Ten Commandments for C Programmers, including this advice: Thou shalt foreswear, renounce, and abjure... Read More The post From TurboC to Open Watcom: A tale of two C compilers and thei … | Continue reading
Jesse Hall discusses optimizing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) workflows to enhance large language models (LLMs) with external data. He explains how embedding custom data into vector databases and using vector search... Read More The post Optimizing RAG pipelines for develo … | Continue reading
Lauren Maffeo, an experienced open source contributor, sat down with the All Things Open team to share her insights on data governance and its crucial role in driving AI growth... Read More The post How strong data governance enables AI and machine learning growth appeared first … | Continue reading