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Recap and Survey on Our Interns’ NFT Project
2022 mai 12 - By G. Matthew Rice
Now that the fervor over NFTs is cooling down (or maybe not), this seems like a good time to close off our intern’s recent project.
Over the last summer, a couple of our interns worked on a small exploratory project in order to learn about blockchains, cryptocurrencies, and NFTs specifically. [...]
LPI Supporting Grazer Linuxtage
April 22 - 23, 2022
Linux Professional Institute (LPI) will be supporting Grazer Linuxtage 2022, taking place in person in Graz, Austria from April 22 - 23, 2022. Grazer Linuxtage is dealing with more than just Linux. By now, we are dealing with everything concerning the use of free software. Both [...]
Vircadia Pushes Open Source Ahead in the Metaverse
2022 avril 05 - By Andrew Oram
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 effects and other parts of the technology over the [...]
Join LPI at LinuxFest Northwest 2022
April 22 - 24, 2022
Linux Professional Institute (LPI) invites you to connect with them at LinuxFest Northwest 2022 taking place April 22 - 24, 2022. This event will be taking place virtually. LPI is proud to be exhibiting again this year, virtually. Stop by the LPI booth to learn [...]
Creating NFTs with Free and Open Source Software
2022 mars 11 - By Rozilyn Marco
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 article describes the tools used by Alex and I [...]
Supporting HKNL 2022
February 19, 2022
Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is excited to be supporting and participating at Hackin’ Ka na Lang 2022 taking place virtually on February 19, 2022. Make sure to check out Cesar Brod’s presentation!
Get Ready to Inspire the Next Generation
Cesar Brod, Community Engagement Director for Latin America at Linux [...]
History of Women in Computing: GNU Girls
2022 février 09 - By Cesar Brod
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 2001 and 2008.
Women's actual participation in computing has varied [...]
How to Handle Vulnerabilities in Third-Party Programming Libraries
2022 janvier 13 - By Andrew Oram
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 the calendar. And that function calls another, and so [...]
LPI Shares Plans and Services with Asia-Pacific Partners
2022 janvier 11 - By Jose Jolly Villaviza
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 partners and potential partners gathered virtually to be oriented [...]
Unique Quilt Displays Linux History for the OLF Conference
2022 janvier 05
One of the most respected and long-lasting conferences in the free and open source space is Open Libre Free (OLF), originally called the Ohio Linux Fest. Launched by Ohio Linux User groups, and Ohio State University Volunteers in 2003, the conference has outlasted many splashier affairs and has attracted [...]