Inkplate Comes Full Circle, Becomes True Open Reader

Regular readers will likely remember the Inkplate, an open hardware electronic paper development board that combines an ESP32 with a recycled Kindle screen. With meticulous documentation and full-featured support libraries …read more Continue reading Inkplate Comes Full Circle, Becomes True Open Reader

PyGame Celebrates 20 Years by Releasing PyGame 2.0

Python is an absolutely fantastic language for tossing bits of data around and gluing different software components together. But eventually you may find yourself looking to make a program with an output a bit more advanced than the print() statement. Once you’ve crossed into the land of graphical Python programming, …read more

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Mirantis acquires Lens, an IDE for Kubernetes

Mirantis, the company that recently bought Docker’s enterprise business, today announced that it has acquired Lens, a desktop application that the team describes as a Kubernetes integrated development environment. Mirantis previously acquired the team behind the Finnish startup Kontena, the company that originally developed Lens. Lens itself was most recently owned by Lakend Labs, though, […] Continue reading Mirantis acquires Lens, an IDE for Kubernetes

Google launches the Open Usage Commons, a new organization for managing open-source trademarks

Google, in collaboration with a number of academic leaders and its consulting partner SADA Systems, today announced the launch of the Open Usage Commons, a new organization that aims to help open-source projects manage their trademarks. To be fair, at first glance, open-source trademarks may not sound like it would be a major problem (or […] Continue reading Google launches the Open Usage Commons, a new organization for managing open-source trademarks

How to Establish an Open Source Program Office

It feels like some people don’t have a strong understanding of open source. Some misunderstandings have come from working with open source in an environment filled with proprietary software. When the words “open” and “sourc… Continue reading How to Establish an Open Source Program Office

OSS Index Contributor Asks: Where ‘R’ You?

Editor’s Note: Many people contribute their time and talents to open source projects. It’s always interesting to discover the diversity of expertise and perspective.
Many developers are introduced to Sonatype by way of Nexus Repository OSS, DepShi… Continue reading OSS Index Contributor Asks: Where ‘R’ You?

It’s Time to Update Your Drupal Now!

As part of our ongoing mission to help organizations develop and deploy more secure software and applications, and in light of Checkmarx’s expanded insight into the open source security landscape with its recently launched SCA solution, the Check… Continue reading It’s Time to Update Your Drupal Now!

VESoft raises $8M to meet China’s growing need for graph databases

Sherman Ye founded VESoft in 2018 when he saw a growing demand for graph databases in China. Its predecessors like Neo4j and TigerGraph had already been growing aggressively in the West for a few years, while China was just getting to know the technology that leverages graph structures to store data sets and depict their […] Continue reading VESoft raises $8M to meet China’s growing need for graph databases

Octopus Scanner Sinks Tentacles into GitHub Repositories

At least 26 different open-source code repositories were found to be infected with an unusual attack on the open-source software supply chain. Continue reading Octopus Scanner Sinks Tentacles into GitHub Repositories