Posts Tagged ‘open’

This video describes the attributes of open source hardware to the general public. This video is officially released by the Open Source Hardware Association….

Go here to read the rest:
What Is Open Source Hardware?

From a free antivirus to a sweet FTP – there are many ways to improve the performance of your computer for free! In this OS ALT I talk about some of the best open source utility software available today. Join the chat: bit.ly Get the Free Utility Software here: FileZilla – filezilla-project.org Clamtk / Clamav – clamtk.sourceforge.net Wireshark – www.wireshark.org Windirstat – sourceforge.net Kdirstat – launchpad.net Gparted – gparted.sourceforge.net

See the article here:
Top 5 – Open Source Utility Software

Google Tech Talks January 25, 2007 ABSTRACT Every open source project runs into people who are selfish, uncooperative, and disrespectful. These people can silently poison the atmosphere of a happy developer community. Come learn how to identify these people and peacefully de-fuse them before they derail your project. Told through a series of (often amusing) real-life anecdotes and experiences. Google engEDU Speaker: Ben Collins-Sussman Speaker: Brian Fitzpatrick

Read the original post:
How Open Source Projects Survive Poisonous People (And You Can Too)

The open source movement has many proponents, and the Open Source Initiative, or OSI, has been key to its momentum. || Join the chat: bit.ly || In this week’s OS.ALT you can see my interview from oscon with Simon Phipps from the OSI. We talk about what the OSI is, what changes are happening to its structure, and how everyone can now both support and benefit from the Open Source Initiative!

More:
What is Open Source, Really?

This week in Portland I’m attending OSCON, the Open Source Convention, and CLS, the Community Leadership Summit. CLS is my first “unconference,” and OSCON is the first time… || Join the chat: bit.ly || Exclusive access to Jackthreads for watching this show: www.jackthreads.com || …I’ve attended a convention dedicated to free and open source software. Watch this week’s GeekBuzz for info on what I’ve been up to and to give your opinion on what I should at the convention.

Read the rest here:
My First Open Source Convention!

eCommerce What is Joomla ? Learn about the Joomla! Application Unlimited Domains

www.joomla.org Download Joomla! www.joomla.org Joomla is one of the worlds most popular CMS platforms Since 2006, it has been downloaded more than 30 million times with a new download every 2.5 seconds. Joomla holds a unique place in the Open Source community being the only non-corporate backed, community driven CMS platform in the world. Joomla also implements modern programming standards using Object Oriented Programming and wrapping things up with a strong MVC design pattern. Joomla.org has seen fast-paced growth since it’s beginnings in 2006 and now hosts more than 7.5 million visitors on it’s websites. The Joomla CMS is one of the most widely translated CMS’s with 64 languages currently supported. Joomla has won numours awards and has one of the most active Open Source communities with it’s own community magazine, featuring over 465 articles published in the last two years and hundreds of thousands topics, posts and members in its forum. From 2006 to 2011 there were 111 JoomlaDay events held in 34 countries, on 6 continents. Once you start with Joomla!, you can extend it with one or several of the over 9400 extensions available from the Joomla!® community Seeing how about 2.8% of the entire internet runs Joomla! chances are some of the sites you visit everyday are runned by this powerful platform. So what are you waiting for? Go to www.joomla.org for more information and to get started! Links in the video: extensions.joomla.org magazine.joomla.org

More:
What is Joomla ? Learn about the Joomla! Application