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6 easy ways to make your first open source contribution with LibreOffice

klaatu — Tue, 10 May 2022 07:00:00 +0000

6 easy ways to make your first open source contribution with LibreOffice klaatu Tue, 05/10/2022 - 03:00

May 2022 is LibreOffice month. Here are some easy ways to make your first open source contribution.

"Getting involved" with open source can seem a little confusing. Where do you go to get started? What if you don't know how to code? Who do you talk to? How does anybody know…

9 ways to use open source every day

Don Watkins — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 07:01:00 +0000

9 ways to use open source every day Don Watkins Thu, 10/14/2021 - 03:01

You may be surprised to learn that the tools you use every day are open source.

Recently I was invited to present on free and open resources that are available on the web. This presentation was part of a local effort to keep our community working…

4 big lessons from my internship with open source

jaideeprao — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 08:00:00 +0000

4 big lessons from my internship with open source jaideeprao Sun, 01/17/2021 - 03:00

Just months after dipping my toes into open source, I learned lessons as a college intern that will help anyone writing and contributing code to a community.

If you happened to have a time machine and chose to shoot yourself back a year to ask me what I thought about making open source contributions (of all the things you could've…

Learn how to program in Python by building a simple dice game

sethkenlon — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 07:02:00 +0000

Learn how to program in Python by building a simple dice game sethkenlon Tue, 08/18/2020 - 03:02

Python is a good language for young and old, with or without any programming experience.

Python is an all-purpose programming language that can be used to create desktop applications, 3D graphics, video games, and even websites. It's a great first programming…

Cyanide Cupcake

8 tips to help non-techies move to Linux

ScottNesbitt — Mon, 17 Dec 2018 08:01:00 +0000

8 tips to help non-techies move to Linux ScottNesbitt Mon, 12/17/2018 - 03:01

Help your friends dump their proprietary operating systems and make the move to open source.

Back in 2016, I took down the shingle for my technology coaching business. Permanently. Or so I thought. More Linux resources Linux commands cheat sheet Advanced Linux…

Did your first pull request get accepted?

admin — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 07:01:00 +0000

Did your first pull request get accepted? admin Thu, 10/11/2018 - 03:01

Contributing to open source projects can be an overwhelming experience, and some project are more welcoming to newcomers than others. What was your experience like?

Sometimes, the waiting is the hardest part. So you've picked out an open source project to contribute to. Maybe it's a program you use frequently in your day-to-day life, or…

A quick and easy way to make your first open source contribution

roshanjossey — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 08:01:00 +0000

A quick and easy way to make your first open source contribution roshanjossey Fri, 03/09/2018 - 03:01

The First Contributions project bridges the gap between projects looking for new contributors and those trying to get started in open source.

The best way to level up your programming skills is to code more. The second best way is to read others’ code. What better way to do these things than collaborating in open…

An introduction to Inkscape for absolute beginners

KatteKrab — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 08:02:00 +0000

An introduction to Inkscape for absolute beginners KatteKrab Wed, 01/17/2018 - 03:02

Unleash your creativity with Inkscape, fun, powerful, free, and open source software for creating scalable vector graphics.

Inkscape is a powerful, open source desktop application for creating two-dimensional scalable vector graphics. Although it's primarily an illustration tool, Inkscape is used…

Getting started with ImageMagick

Greg P — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 07:01:00 +0000

Getting started with ImageMagick Greg P Mon, 08/21/2017 - 03:01

Learn common ways to view and modify images with this lightweight image editor.

In a recent article about lightweight image viewers, author Scott Nesbitt mentioned display, one of the components in ImageMagick. ImageMagick is not merely an image viewer—it…

Making your first open source contribution

ncbaratta — Wed, 17 May 2017 07:00:00 +0000

Making your first open source contribution ncbaratta Wed, 05/17/2017 - 03:00

Puppet Labs software engineer shares how to become a contributor to open source projects.

Lucy Wyman, a software engineer in test from Puppet Labs, gave a talk at OSCON in early May on a topic that's near and dear to my heart: "How Can I Contribute?" The first…