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Let employers know what matters to you! Open Source JobHub and Linux Professional Institute (LPI) have teamed up again to launch the third episode of the Open Source Professionals Job Survey, designed to understand what matters most to professionals in ... Read more The post Take The 2026 Open Source Professionals Job Survey! appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
The Seattle GNU/Linux Conference returned to the University of Washington from November 7 to 8 for its thirteenth edition. SeaGL has always been a proudly community-driven, completely free event — as in the freedom to not need to register or ... Read more The post SeaGL 2025: A Community-Driven Linux Weekend appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
As Linux Professional Institute (LPI), we love to highlight the voices of professionals who live and breathe open source. In this Share Your Voice interview, we hear from Taymour Elerian, an experienced Solutions Architect whose journey with Linux started in ... Read more The post Taymour’s Story: Scaling IT Skills Through Linux and Open Source appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
The previous article in this two-part series reviewed tech history to show that some investments make sense for society, even when companies move too fast and show “irrational exuberance.” These investors and companies may suffer and even cause a recession, ... Read more The post We Will Need All Those Data Centers (Part 2) appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
A massive overbuild of compute facilities, mostly to serve the mania for large language models (LLMs) and other AI applications, is propping up weak world economies and fueling near-universal warnings that a bursting of the bubble could bring those economies ... Read more The post We Will Need All Those Data Centers (Part 1) appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is probably the biggest legislative intervention ever made in the beleaguered field of computer security. In a unique regulatory move, the public now has access to the detailed standards under consideration. This article briefly describes ... Read more The post Early Comments Open on the Cyber Resilience Act appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
It’s not every day that you attend an event that feels like both a conference and a reunion. At the Palermo venue of Linux Day Italia 2025, hosted by the friends at Free Circle, that was exactly the feeling: a ... Read more The post Linux Day Italia 2025 in Palermo: A “Warmest” LDI25 Gathering appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
Someone from the community asked me a straightforward question: “Morro, is there a free and open source alternative to Dropbox that works well for personal use, but also fits the needs of companies — especially now that data sovereignty matters ... Read more The post Morrolinux: Open Source “Dropboxes” – OpenCloud vs. Nextcloud Hub appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
Communication is crucial for organizational success but remains a challenge. Zulip aims to address this with its innovative team chat platform. Tim Abbott, Zulip’s Founder and CEO, shares how the platform uniquely structures conversations to improve efficiency, especially for distributed ... Read more The post Organized Team Chat the FOSS way: Meet Zulip appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
The energy at COSCUP x RubyConf Taiwan 2025 was electric: an open source convergence that felt both expansive and intimate. Held in the heart of Taipei, this year’s joint conference drew thousands of developers, educators, and community builders from across ... Read more The post COSCUP x RubyConf Taiwan 2025: Reunions & Partnerships appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
I’m Denis Rodrigues. I live in Brazil with my wife Priscila and our son Rafael. Today, I work as a Staff Plus Engineer at Banco Itaú, the largest bank in Latin America. My work involves complex systems, emerging technologies, and ... Read more The post Denis’ Open Source Path: From Dead-End Jobs to Staff Plus Engineer appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
In our previous backup article (link goes here), we explored the powerful open-source solution Restic Backup, highlighting its simplicity, reliability, and flexibility for securing your data. While that article focused on the tool itself, this follow-up dives into best practices ... Read more The post Morrolinux: Do the backup right with Linux appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
Universal coverage and flexibility are important traits for most software, especially free and open source software. Robots make it even harder to achieve these virtues. The variety of sensors, cameras, controllers, and appendages in different robots constantly stretches the capabilities ... Read more The post Open Source Meets the Special Challenges of Robotics appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
As part of its 25th-anniversary celebrations, Linux Professional Institute (LPI) launched the “Switch to Linux” campaign to promote open source adoption and assist individuals in their professional development. The campaign offers a 25% discount on the Linux Essentials exam for ... Read more The post Switched to Linux? Thanks for Sharing! appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
UA92 is reshaping how apprenticeships connect learners with real industry needs. By combining academic learning with employer-led training, the institution ensures that students build skills aligned with today’s job market. Each program is developed in partnership with industry, aiming to ... Read more The post UA92 Apprenticeships: A New Model for Learning and Industry Alignment appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
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