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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 [...]
Linux: In the Cloud and on Servers, the «Invisible» Operating System
28 de julio de 2026 - By Simone Bertulli
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 that has importance and a strong presence gets mentioned and brought [...]
OS Community at DEF CON 34: LPI Media Partner
14 de julio de 2026
August 6-9, 2026
Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) West Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is proud to serve as Media Partner for the OS Community at DEF CON 34, a dedicated community space celebrating open source operating systems and the people who build them.
Co-led [...]
Code That Built the Internet: The Impact of BSD, Part 2
26 de junio de 2026 - By Andrew Oram
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 information with our friends, our colleagues, and the world. There's traditional [...]
A Curiosity For Linux: Alejandra’s Foss Path
23 de junio de 2026 - By Max Roveri
What begins with curiosity can shape a career. In this interview, we meet Alejandra Retana Piedra, whose first encounter with Linux as a child in Costa Rica quietly sparked a journey into IT and open source. Today, her passion and persistence connect her local experience with the global landscape [...]