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Open Source at a Crossroads: The Centralization of Advanced Computing
1 de octubre de 2026 - By Andrew Oram
The world of computing used to be rich with opportunities for mavericks and the marginalized, as celebrated in books such as Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution and Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet. But over the past decade, several trends have threatened [...]
LPI Releases Security Essentials Learning Materials in Japanese
30 de septiembre de 2026
Toronto, 2026-10-01 — Linux Professional Institute (LPI) has released free Learning Materials for its Security Essentials certificate in Japanese to help Japanese-speaking learners take their first steps in IT security and prepare for the exam in their native language.
“We previously published Japanese translations of our Learning Materials for Linux [...]
COSCUP + UBUCON 2026: Building Bridges Across Asia
25 de septiembre de 2026 - By Jose Jolly Villaviza
COSCUP + UbuCon Asia 2026, held in Taipei in early August, was a celebration of everything open source does best: collaboration, curiosity, and community. For Linux Professional Institute (LPI), it was also a chance to put our mission into practice, in person.
Linux, Ubuntu, and Open Source at the Center
For [...]
What is Linux? Eight Ways It Changed Our Lives, Part 3
10 de septiembre de 2026 - By Andrew Oram
The first two articles in this series explored the far-reaching impacts of Linux on computing, business, and public access to software. This article concludes the series, covering the following trends:
Sparking interest in the newly recognized phenomenon of crowdsourcing
Furnishing a large data source for research
Accelerating development and [...]
Software Freedom Day 2026. LPI sponsor, 20% off exams
27 de agosto de 2026
Let's make Software Freedom Day 2026 the most impactful yet. Join SFD in shaping the future of open technology: locally and globally.
Date: Saturday, 19 September 2026
Format: Worldwide, local events and online activities
Language: Multilingual (localised per event)
About the Event
Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a global celebration of [...]
What is Linux? Eight Ways It Changed Our Lives, Part 2
25 de agosto de 2026 - By Andrew Oram
The first article in this series explored some of the astonishing impacts of Linux: allowing an entirely free computer system, and proving the viability of free and open source software. This article continues the series, covering the following trends:
Triggering a move of companies toward open standards and open [...]
VMs and Containers: Rivalry or Convergence?
24 de agosto de 2026 - By Simone Bertulli
For years the debate was "will virtual machines be replaced by containers?" Today the answer seems to be a different one, because in the meantime the question itself has changed: does the replacement even make sense, if the two technologies no longer compete, but collaborate?
Over the last decade we [...]
What is Linux? Eight Ways It Changed Our Lives, Part 1
13 de agosto de 2026 - By Andrew Oram
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, but from the general public. Pushing forward that narrative, [...]
Why Do Programming Languages Rise and Fall? Part 2
6 de agosto de 2026 - By Andrew Oram
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 splash but fail to really catch on. The most salient example [...]
Konstantinos Giannakakis: From Curiosity to Mastery
4 de agosto de 2026 - By Konstantinos Giannakakis
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 irrelevant to IT, but soon realized that computers were [...]