Calling out superrockstars considered harmful
Just a quick response to “Top Open Source technical writers on the Web”. First, I’m sure the intention was well-meant. Thanks for trying to uplift open source technical writers. Second, I put in a...
View ArticleUpdated technique for seeing git and directory status in bash prompt
Just working with a git directory and noticed that whatever trick I was using to get the current git branch visible from my $PS1 variable in bash … stopped working. In discussing if a man page for...
View ArticleHow can we share some love about Red Hat with Wikipedia?
Wow, I just saw the saddest thing. It’s a section of the Wikipedia article about Red Hat, listing programs and projects that Red Hat does in the free software and open source communities. This is...
View ArticleCommunity handbook – The Open Source Way
Introducing a community book written by a community. http://www.TheOpenSourceWay.org/wiki (read and participate) http://www.TheOpenSourceWay.org/book (HTML, HTML single page, PDF) This is a handbook...
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Config tweaks on TheOpenSourceWay.org
Thanks to folks for finding and pointing out the configuration problems on TheOpenSourceWay.org. I’ve still got a BIND configuration to work out, I’ll be haunting #rhel this weekend looking for help....
View ArticleBlowing open the doors to contributions
A few key pieces just fell in place and now we can easily open The Open Source Way for contributions. All the legal bits passed muster, and the new contribution policy explains the rules. It’s simple...
View ArticleA better way to use Wikipedia in the classroom
This is an idea I’ve said in presentations and in person over and over again, about time I give it a home. Where Wikipedia is a useful information source and starting place for deeper exploration...
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More on Publican
When writing about the Practical Open Source Software Exploration textbook release, I had a bunch of extra thoughts about Publican that I wanted to separate out to its own post. My sense is that...
View ArticleSource repository for The Open Source Way
One of the goals of writing “The Open Source Way: Creating and nurturing communities of contributors” is to make a book that can be remixed for community work in any way someone needs, including...
View ArticleRoadmap and communications plan for “The Open Source Way”
Having an open roadmap (and a communications plan is part of that) is a pretty integral part of running a community the open source way. Just as the idiom about the carpenter’s leaking roof, we have...
View ArticleUpdate on CentOS GSoC 2015
Here’s an update on the CentOS Project Google Summer of Code for 2015 posted on the CentOS Seven blog: http://seven.centos.org/2015/06/centos-and-gsoc-2015-suddenly-come-seven-on-7/ This might be of...
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