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.
- Statistics Proposal and Self-Hosting ListenBrainz
My independent study to work on ListenBrainz comes to a close. I talk about my work in the last month and reflect back on my original objectives.
- Election Night Hackathon Supports Civic Engagement
On November 7, 2017, members of the RIT community came together for the annual Election Night Hackathon held in the Simone Center for Student Innovation.
- ListenBrainz Community Gardening and User Statistics
My independent study with ListenBrainz progresses with new contributor documentation and exploring user statistics further with Google BigQuery.
- How I Created My First RPM Package in Fedora
I needed a tool to change my laptop backlight brightness. After discovering there was no RPM in Fedora, I set out to package my first RPM for Fedora.
- Exploring Google Code-In, ListenBrainz Easyfix Bugs, D3.js
Last week was busy with new changes and documentation for ListenBrainz. I also picked some new tasks and will participate as a mentor for Google Code-In!
- How to Set Up a ListenBrainz Development Environment
Learn how to set up a ListenBrainz development environment to start working and contributing to the listenbrainz-server project.
- On the Data Refrain: Contributing to ListenBrainz
This semester, I'm taking an independent study where I contribute to ListenBrainz. By the end, I hope to accomplish three goals for ListenBrainz.
- Embracing Open Source Cloud: Local Government in Tirana Switches to Open Source Cloud Solution
The municipality of Tirana, Albania recently migrated to NextCloud, an open source private cloud solution for the 600 employees of the municipality.
- Introducing InfluxDB: Time-Series Database Stack
InfluxDB is a time-series database by InfluxData that lets you work with large amounts of time-series data quickly. Learn more about the TICK stack tools.
- IRC for the 21st Century: Introducing Riot
IRC doesn't have to be complicated anymore. Introducing Riot, an open source IRC client based off of the decentralized and open Matrix protocols.