This category broadly covers any and all topics to do with Free and Open Source software (FOSS). Topics include software, Open Source, sustainability, community management, experiences from specific communities, contemporary issues, and more.
- Why I Love WiCHacks
WiCHacks is an annual hackathon put on by Women in Computing at RIT. I registered as a volunteer and ended up discovering an incredible community.
- HFOSS: Community Architecture (CommArch) Project Proposal
This post documents the project proposal for the HFOSS Community Architecture (CommArch) project at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Spring 2016.
- HFOSS: Quiz #1
In the Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software Development course at RIT, we submit a quiz in the form of a blog post. This is Spring 2016, Quiz #1.
- 2015 - My Year in Review
I originally began drafting this post 900 miles away from my current location. It was an hour until the New Year and I was trying to put together a rough outline of the things that made 2015 such an incredible year for me. However, for reasons I don’t really know,
- HFOSS: Smoke Test an XO Laptop
For the next assignment in my HFOSS class, we were tasked to run a one hour smoke test on the XO laptops we were assigned to use for the semester.
- HFOSS: Double Bugfix
For this week's homework, we are tasked with finding an open source project, looking at known bugs or finding new ones, and submitting a bugfix.
- The Most Important Part of Your Project Might Not Even Be a Line of Code
Does your software project have licensing? Learn why the most important part of your project may not even be a single line of code and how to use licensing.
- HFOSS: Reviewing "What Is Open Source?", Steve Weber
I review "What is Open Source?", Chapter 3 by Steve Weber as part of an assignment in my Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software Development course.
- HFOSS: The First Flight
Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software Development (HFOSS) is a course that I am taking at RIT. This marks my first flight into FOSS education.
- Gotta Badge 'Em All: Speak Up!
The Speak Up! badge is awarded to anyone who says something in an official Fedora IRC meeting. It's easy to get involved and meet other contributors!