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A startling title appeared in the prestigious Yale Law Journal in 2002. At that time, academics, governments, and companies were exploring an exciting and potentially liberating idea: to take input about policies and products not just from duly credentialed experts, … Leer más

True open hardware—where every component, from processors to firmware, is fully open and freely accessible—remains an elusive goal. Recently, I tested two ARMSoM (Banana Pi) Single Board Computers (SBCs) powered by Rockchip System-on-Chip (SoC) processors. These boards promise AI acceleration, … Leer más

The first article in this two-part series looked at programming languages with long tenures. In this section we’ll examine a few cases of languages that didn’t fare so well—despite high hopes for them. False Starts Some languages make a big … Leer más

Hi, I am Konstantinos Giannakakis and the following is my journey to IT and FOSS. When I first enrolled in university, computer science was neither my field of study nor a part of my career plans. I pursued a degree … Leer más

KSK Co., Ltd. considers the development of highly skilled engineers in the fields of infrastructure, networking, and cloud computing as a key component of its business strategy, and actively supports its employees in obtaining professional certifications. For Linux engineer development, … Leer más

The field of education was greatly boosted by Moodle, the free and open source software for course development. Released in 2002, Moodle has been used collaboratively by teachers and curriculum developers to create and share their courses. In the Philippines, … Leer más

Have you ever noticed? In cooking recipes, salt is often kept in a secondary position relative to other ingredients: everyone knows it’s needed, and it’s taken for granted. But if it’s missing, it shows. You feel it immediately. Not everything … Leer más

Computer developers cluster around favored programming languages, as sports fans do around local or national teams. Some languages (Lua, for instance) find a very narrow niche whose devotees attribute great value to it. Other languages, such as C and C++, … Leer más

When you start preparing for DevOps interviews, you quickly realize something: you can’t “fake” Linux. Interviewers don’t want textbook answers. They want to know if you can actually unpack an operating or broken system in the terminal and extract the … Leer más

EDUtech Australia 2026, held at the International Convention Centre Sydney on June 3-4, brought together educators, training providers, technology innovators, and policy leaders from across Australia. For Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the event offered two intensive days of connection with … Leer más

The UN Tech Over Hackathon, the opening event of UN Open Source Week 2026, concluded on June 22 at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Linux Professional Institute (LPI) participated as one of the co-organizers and sponsors of the hackathon, … Leer más

The first article in this series introduced BSD and its tight relationship with the internet. We continue looking at particular features in this final part. The Most Important Digital Communication Medium Nowadays, we have many protocols and media for sharing … Leer más