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Vircadia Pushes Open Source Ahead in the Metaverse
VR, AR, and virtual worlds have been a major focus of the computer industry for some time, spawning many expensive devices and a spike of interest in the early 2000 decade for the Second Life virtual world. Improvements in visual … En savoir plus
Strengthening Transgender Access to Jobs in Brazil: educaTRANSforma Supports the Whole Person
The transgender movement has created a cascade of coming-out, not least in Brazil, where researchers found that 0.69% of the population identifies as transgender, and 1.19% as non-binary. Employers in Brazil, as elsewhere, have also realized that creating safe spaced … En savoir plus
Creating NFTs with Free and Open Source Software
An unusual educational opportunity came to Linux Professional Institute (LPI) over the summer of 2021. Two interns–Alex, a Public Relations student and myself, Rozilyn, studying electrical and computer engineering–decided to create a set of NFTs as a learning excercise. This … En savoir plus
Sonia Ben Othman: Achieving Equity and Supporting Growth for Women and Girls in FOSS
Part of the Linux Professional Institute (LPI) mission of “promoting the use of open source by supporting the people who work with it” is facilitating equity. Supporting the adoption of FOSS and professional development of those that use it, in … En savoir plus
A hackathon’s story: first GHOFOSS hackathon, Italy
Since the start of the project for an open history of FOSS, the Linux Professional Institute (LPI) defines it as a “glocal” one. By glocal, we mean the best possible mix of global and local history, stories, and initiatives. Sunday, … En savoir plus
Open source careers: A tough start, a different future, a lot of FOSS
Hi, it’s Dani here; Milo for my friends. I was born 40 years ago in Bogotá, Colombia, yes: the country tagged as violent and poor. That is not something you think about when you are a child and your dreams, … En savoir plus
Help Us Refresh the LPIC-2 Certification Objectives
We have recently started the ball rolling on our regular refresh of the objectives for LPIC-2. We’re always looking for opinions and other input from our community, too. If you are interested in helping out or just observing some of … En savoir plus
History of Women in Computing: GNU Girls
The computer field—and especially free and open source software—has to work harder to be friendly to women and non-binary participants. We could do well to look at a little-known group called GNU Girls that helped to change the field between … En savoir plus
Simone “Simo” Bertulli: LPI’s Certifications – What Is Your Path?
In this post I will do something different from the previous ones: I will be matching the LPI’s certifications panel with specific job descriptions and career paths. LPI offers technical certifications for every level of training and on different subjects. … En savoir plus
The People Behind the Learning Portal: Luciano Siqueira
Linux Professional Institute (LPI) launched the Learning Portal in June 2019. The Learning Portal is the repository of all the Learning Materials for our exams. The whole project is managed by Dr. Markus Wirtz, Manager Learning Materials at LPI. We designed … En savoir plus
How to Handle Vulnerabilities in Third-Party Programming Libraries
Almost all software calls multiple layers of third-party libraries. Suppose, for instance, that a Java program invokes a function from a standard library to format a date. That function might in turn call a function from another library that understands … En savoir plus
LPI Shares Plans and Services with Asia-Pacific Partners
It is great to see partners of the Linux Professional Institute (LPI) getting together and sharing ideas with LPI. This article reports the major topics of the first Asia-Pacific APAC Partner Meeting, which took place on November 19, 2021. LPI … En savoir plus