16 blogs and newsletters to follow for DevOps practitioners

It's important to keep up with trends in this fast-paced world of technology. | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 5 years ago

Try this vi setup to keep and organize your notes

Vimwiki and GitLab make a powerful combination for your notes. | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 5 years ago

5 microservice testing strategies for startups

Testing microservices isn't easy, but the benefits make it worthwhile. | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 5 years ago

8 open source drone projects

Learn about the open source projects powering the next generation of unmanned aerial vehicles. | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 5 years ago

Programming owes its strength to our long legacy of knitting

Knit one, purl two: A symbolic language is used to create and produce patterns. | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 5 years ago

A friendly alternative to the find tool in Linux

The fd command offers a simple, intuitive way to search your Linux filesystem. | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 5 years ago

An introduction to Bash arrays

Enter the weird, wondrous world of Bash arrays. | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 5 years ago

Developing a culture of experimentation on your team

Innovation requires experimentation. Here's how to foster an environment that encourages your team to try out new ideas. | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 5 years ago

Introduction to the Pony programming language

Pony, a sort of "Rust meets Erlang," makes it easier to develop fast, safe, efficient, and highly concurrent programs. | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 5 years ago

3 Python command-line tools – Opensource.com

In this month's Python column, learn to write your own command-line apps with the Click, Docopt, and Fire libraries. | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 5 years ago

How to load or unload a Linux kernel module

Fix problem peripherals by finding and loading kernel modules. | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 5 years ago

How to clean up your data in the command line – Opensource.com

I work part-time as a data auditor. Think of me as a proofreader who works with tables of data rather than pages of prose. The tables are exported from relational databases and are usually fairly modest in size: 100,000 to 1,000,000 records and 50 to 200 fields. I haven't seen an … | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 5 years ago

Navigating the container security ecosystem

As container adoption increases, security automation will become a critical element of every organization's workflow. | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 5 years ago

Open source image recognition with Luminoth

Luminoth helps computers identify what's in a photograph. The latest update offers new models and pre-trained checkpoints. | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 5 years ago

An introduction to cryptography and public key infrastructure

Secure communication is quickly becoming the norm for today's web. In July 2018, Google Chrome plans to start showing "not secure" notifications for all sites transmitted over HTTP (instead of HTTPS). Mozilla has a similar plan. | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 5 years ago

How to use Ansible to set up system monitoring with Prometheus – Opensource.com

In summer 2017, I wrote two how-to articles about using Ansible. After the first article, I planned to show examples of the copy, systemd, service, apt, yum, virt, and user modules. | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 5 years ago

Pandoc Cheat Sheet for easier file conversions

Download our Pandoc Cheat Sheet for common options and handy syntax for frequently used conversions. | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 5 years ago

A guide to branching in git

Let's explore Git branching and why and how it is used. | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 5 years ago

A look at open source image recognition technology

Image recognition technology promises great potential in areas from public safety to healthcare. | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 5 years ago

Get more done at the Linux command line with GNU Parallel

Do you ever get the funny feeling that your computer isn't quite as fast as it should be? I used to feel that way, and then I found GNU Parallel. GNU Parallel is a shell utility for executing jobs in parallel. It can parse multiple inputs, thereby running your script or command a … | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 5 years ago

Summer reading: 17 books for Linux and open source fans

Members of the Opensource.com community share with us what they're reading right now. | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 6 years ago

The decline of GPL? (2017)

Why has GPL license usage dropped dramatically? Jono Bacon proposes the change is due to increased growth in open source in business, and a nervousness around the GPL in the commercial world. | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 6 years ago

Using rsync to back up your Linux system

Find out how to use rsync in a backup scenario. | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 6 years ago

An introduction to Python bytecode

Learn what Python bytecode is, how Python uses it to execute your code, and how knowing what it does can help you. | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 6 years ago

How to ensure high-quality talks for your conference

Planning a top-notch conference means mentoring and guiding your presenters to deliver relevant, timely content. | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 6 years ago

What makes a great SRE?

Site reliability engineers play a pivotal role in most organizations. Here are some of the top skills and qualifications to look for. | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 6 years ago

CorvOS: A custom, Linux-based solution for the classroom

Creator Aaron Prisk talks about his ready-to-go education distro for educators not familiar with Linux. | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 6 years ago

Create a linux desktop application with Ruby

How to build a simple ToDo list application with the GTK+ Ruby bindings. | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 6 years ago

%CPU is a misleading measure of how busy your processor really is

Everyone uses %CPU to measure performance, but everyone is wrong, says Netflix's Brendan Gregg in his UpSCALE Lightning Talk. | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 6 years ago

OpenGL bindings for bash

A project that started as a joke can be useful to people wanting to learn the concepts of OpenGL. | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 6 years ago

Understanding Linux filesystems: ext4 and beyond

The majority of modern Linux distributions default to the ext4 filesystem, just as previous Linux distributions defaulted to ext3, ext2, and—if you go back far enough—ext. If you're new to Linux—or to filesystems—you might wonder what ext4 brings to the table that ext3 didn't. Yo … | Continue reading


@opensource.com | 6 years ago