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Jay LaCroix of Learn Linux TV joins the We Love Open Source podcast to discuss read-only file systems, AI-assisted DevOps with human verification, and running tmux on a separate machine to preserve sessions through laptop reboots and failures.
He also shares his “reset time” habit for managing the demands of systems work.
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/best-immutable-linux-distro-never-notice
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Public TLS certificate lifetimes are shrinking to 100 days in 2027 and 47 days in 2029. Reliable automation is becoming essential for infrastructure teams.
Darren Davies explores how open protocols like ACME and EST, along with cert-manager and Certbot, can automate renewals. He also covers common failure points, including missed service reloads, excessive DNS permissions, and inadequate monitoring.
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/automate-certificate-renewal-acme-est
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AI-assisted contributions are creating new challenges for open source maintainers. But banning AI isn't the only option.
At All Things Open, Angie Jones explained how Goose manages 600+ contributors through documented expectations, automated issue triage, AI code reviews, and an issues-first workflow.
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/maintainers-dilemma-ai-pull-requests-angie-jones
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Contributors can't take meaningful ownership without understanding a project's goals, boundaries, and decision-making process.
Arjun Sharda shares five practical habits for maintainers, including documenting architectural decisions, communicating review expectations, and making onboarding easier for newcomers.
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/what-contributors-need-before-taking-ownership
#WeLoveOpenSource #OpenSource #Maintainers #CommunityBuilding
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Sway brings tiling window management to Wayland, using keyboard-driven navigation to keep applications organized without overlapping windows.
Learn Linux TV covers essential keybindings, workspaces, stacked and tabbed layouts, and editing ~/.config/sway/config. You'll also learn how to reload configuration changes without restarting your session.
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/getting-started-with-sway
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Want to experiment with local LLMs in an isolated, reproducible environment?
Don Watkins (@linuxnerd) demonstrates how to run Ollama with Podman on Linux, configure persistent model storage, enable NVIDIA GPU access when available, and pull Llama 3 directly inside the container.
A useful introduction to combining open source container tooling with locally hosted AI.
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/run-local-llms-container-ollama-podman
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Open source helped define modern software. AI is now raising new questions about openness, governance, and the value of human contributions.
At All Things Open, leaders from Apache, NVIDIA, the Linux Foundation, and Qodo discuss AI-generated pull requests, the distinction between open weights and open source AI, and why shared standards may matter more than ever.
Watch the full panel discussion:
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/open-source-ai-apache-nvidia-linux-foundation-panel
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QA skills can transfer surprisingly well into ML evaluation. Lilia Urmazova shares the 10 resources she used after 20 years in QA to move into testing ML systems.
The path covers AI QA, LLM and system evaluation, RAG, model fundamentals, and ML engineering.
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/10-resources-qa-to-ml-engineer-transition
#WeLoveOpenSource #MachineLearning #SoftwareTesting #AIEngineering
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Dr. Venkat Subramaniam calls AI “accelerated inference,” emphasizing its ability to process data and recognize patterns without assuming those outputs equal intelligence.
In this conversation with Barton George, he connects that distinction to developers, problem-solving, agile, and the changing role of coding. Watch the full episode:
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/ai-accelerated-inference-agile-developers
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David Domingo draws an unexpected connection between Nihal Kaul’s lessons on fine-tuning open-weight models and Becky S. Brown’s approach to professional relationships.
Whether encoding specialization into a model or building trust in a community, upfront investment can pay off when it matters.
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/do-work-before-urgent
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Jasmine Glancy learned to code through accessible courses, community programs, hackathons, and collaborative projects—building both technical skills and experience working on shared codebases.
Her roadmap offers practical starting points for others exploring a lateral move into tech.
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/how-i-learned-to-code-free-lateral-career-move
#WeLoveOpenSource #LearnToCode #SoftwareDevelopment #TechCareers
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Learn Linux TV demonstrates how iPerf3 measures bandwidth between endpoints and helps identify where a network bottleneck may be hiding.
See practical uses for -B, -t, and -R, plus real troubleshooting examples involving switches and firewall overhead. Watch the video:
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/testing-network-speed-iperf3
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Quantum computing isn’t a solution to every computational problem. Nydia Assaf Aragón explains where it can offer a genuine edge, including materials science, and explores quantum key distribution for space and security.
Watch the video in the blog.
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/quantum-computing-hype-space-security
#WeLoveOpenSource #QuantumComputing #OpenSource #Cybersecurity
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AI-assisted hiring creates challenges on both sides: applicants can optimize materials at scale, while employers must contend with authenticity, deepfakes, and questions about automated interviews.
David Domingo explores why human-centric approaches may become increasingly valuable as the process evolves.
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/state-of-tech-ai-jobs-ai-reshaping-hiring
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What if the most valuable agent isn’t the generator, but the one trying to stop weak work?
Wayan Vota shares four rules from two real multi-agent systems: single-thread writes, prioritize adversarial agents, move arithmetic into code, and explicitly instrument human escalation.
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/build-agent-stops-work-multi-agent-systems
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Plain-language database queries can reduce the friction between a question and the SQL needed to answer it.
Dave Stokes explores DBeaver Community Edition’s AI features for generating, augmenting, and explaining SQL, along with controls over what data AI can access.
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/dbeaver-ai-sql-plain-language-queries
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Fine-tuning isn’t just a training problem. Nihal Kaul explores five decisions that matter first, including data quality, evaluation sets, hardware constraints, and retraining workflows.
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/five-decisions-before-fine-tuning-model
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LibreOffice styles can do a lot of the heavy lifting when formatting a book. Jim Hall demonstrates a workflow using page and paragraph styles for margins, right-hand chapter starts, TOCs, footers, page numbers, and PDF export.
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/how-to-format-a-book-in-libreoffice
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Why does a 1 TB drive show roughly 930 GB? Learn Linux TV explains the decimal vs. binary math behind storage sizes and why IEC units like GiB and TiB provide clearer terminology.
Watch the video:
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/gb-vs-gib-storage-sizes-explained
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Matching CUDA drivers and SDK versions can be a frustrating part of the developer experience. Morgan Helton explains how the Flox and NVIDIA partnership aims to simplify it.
Watch the video for his thoughts on CUDA, AI and developer learning, and the HashiCorp/OpenTofu split.
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/cuda-drivers-nvidia-flox-partnership
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Don Watkins (@linuxnerd) is returning to the piano with help from open source software. PianoBooster follows your playing on a MIDI keyboard, combining musical notation and interactive practice.
It’s GPLv3-licensed and available for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/pianobooster-learning-piano-open-source-software
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AI skills can go deeper than task automation. David Domingo looks at governance, automated reasoning, scenario modeling, and practical projects as ways to demonstrate meaningful value to employers.
Part 2 of The State of Tech and AI Jobs. Sign up to download the full four-part collection for free.
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/state-of-tech-ai-jobs-career-advantage
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As AI accelerates vulnerability discovery, scheduled scans and slow CVE workflows leave increasingly risky gaps.
Igor Seletskiy explores a more continuous approach built around SBOMs, dependency visibility, automation, legacy software planning, and live patching where appropriate.
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/ai-speed-threats-cve-patching-obsolete
#WeLoveOpenSource #Cybersecurity #OpenSource #PatchManagement
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A resume can claim you know a language. An open source contribution can show how you actually use it.
WeMakeDevs founder Kunal Kushwaha shares how contributing to the Kubernetes Java client shaped his career, the role maintainers played in his growth, and why AI works best in partnership with developers.
Watch the conversation:
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/kubernetes-open-source-resume-career
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Helping a newcomer adopt Linux is easier when there’s a clear path forward. Don Watkins shares how he introduces Linux Mint, system updates, file navigation, permissions, everyday apps, backups, and the terminal without overwhelming new users.
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/how-to-help-someone-switch-to-linux
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C doesn’t provide memory safety by design, so string operations require care.
Jim Hall demonstrates how strcpy and strcat can overflow a buffer, then shows how strlcpy and strlcat constrain writes to the destination size.
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/strlcat-strlcpy-prevent-buffer-overflows
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Learn Linux TV walks through using Teleport to replace long-lived SSH keys with short-lived certificates and centralize authentication, authorization, and auditing.
Watch the hands-on setup, from MFA and node enrollment to tsh and browser-based terminal access.
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/stop-managing-ssh-keys-switch-teleport
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Documentation can determine whether an open source community thrives. Lisa-Marie Namphy explains why docs teams are foundational to DevRel, discusses Intuit's work in the CNCF ecosystem, and makes the case for keeping human judgment at the center of AI.
Watch the full conversation:
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/open-source-secret-hiding-in-the-docs
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AI has changed the economics of software creation. Shipping a working project is no longer enough.
Sammy Ahmed explains why trust, discoverability, and clear project identity are becoming essential for open source adoption in an AI-first ecosystem.
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/competitive-advantage-software-trust-open-source