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Edubuntu Looks To Re-Establish Itself In 2023  Phoronix

How to Install GNU Octave on Ubuntu  MUO - MakeUseOf

Valve revealed the most played games on Steam Deck for 2022  GamingOnLinux

The final free game during the GOG Winter Sale is Daymare: 1998  GamingOnLinux

The 5 Best Linux Distros of 2022  OMG! Ubuntu!

Beware of scam Steam Deck and Steam Account stores  GamingOnLinux

6 Reasons Why Many Linux Distros Don't Ship KDE by Default  MUO - MakeUseOf

Meet the Slimbook Kymera Ventus AMD Black Limited Edition Linux Gaming PC  9to5Linux

New Linux malware uses 30 plugin exploits to backdoor WordPress sites  BleepingComputer

Vanilla OS Stable Release Has Landed!  It's FOSS News

Gentoo-Based Calculate Linux 23 Is Out with Xfce 4.18, Cinnamon 5.6, and LXQt 1.2  9to5Linux

While there still are a few more articles coming up on Phoronix over the next day before closing out 2022, for this year on Phoronix there were 191 Linux hardware reviews and featured articles along with 2,846 original news articles on Linux, open-source, and hardware topics. Here is a look back at what excited our Linux/open-source readers the most over the course of 2022...

AMD Zen 4, Apple Silicon, Intel Arc Graphics & More Excited Linux ...  Phoronix

For going along with the new keyboard driver and other upstreaming efforts around the PinePhone Pro, getting the display support mainlined has been the latest effort for enhancing this $399 Linux smartphone...

PinePhone Pro Display Support Nearing The Mainline Linux Kernel  Phoronix

It shouldn't be news to you that most of the corporate-backed developers working on the Linux desktop are no longer investing in new feature work around the X.Org Server and have shifted their efforts to a Wayland-focused environment moving forward. In looking at the Git statistics for the X.Org Server over the course of 2022 it shows how the development has pulled back dramatically and now at a two decade low for the commits and code changes...

Calculate Linux has now issued its v23 release as the project marks fifteen years of being a Gentoo Linux built distribution focused on suitable Linux deployments within organizations / corporate environments...

Gentoo-Based Calculate Linux 23 Brings Updated Desktops, New ...  Phoronix

Coverflow AltTab GNOME Extension Gets Updated  OMG! Ubuntu!

5 ways to bring open source to your job Jim Hall Fri, 12/30/2022 - 03:00

Open source drives businesses and organizations around the world. This year, Opensource.com authors published several outstanding articles about open source at work. Topics ranged from contributing to open source, to mentoring, and productivity. Here are five of my favorite articles about how open source can help your career and organization.

7 strategies for success

I love reading stories about how people discovered open source software, and where that journey took them. I loved reading Trishna's article about discovering Linux, contributing to open source, and landing a job working with open source. Trishna describes seven key tips about working in open source, including building connections, collaborating, and maintaining transparency.

From user to contributor to CTO

Another great article that describes someone's experience with open source software is Jesse White's article. The possibilities are endless for anyone thinking about a career in open source. Jesse's article describes one example. From working as a network analyst, to contributing to OpenNMS and Google's Summer of Code Program, and eventually rising to Chief Technology Officer, this is an inspiring story. Simply put, it is about how working in and contributing to open source software helps us grow professionally, not just technically.

Productivity management

Open source is one of the most important technology trends of our time. Thabang Mashologu writes in his article about a productivity framework called SPACE that can help support collaboration and enhance participation among community members. SPACE stands for the five steps:

1. Satisfaction and well-being
2. Performance
3. Activity
4. Communication and collaboration
5. Efficiency and flow

Thabang also shares some sample metrics to illustrate how the SPACE framework can be used for an open source project.

More open source career advice Open source cheat sheets Linux starter kit for developers 7 questions sysadmins should ask a potential employer before taking a job Resources for IT artchitects Cheat sheet: IT job interviews Mentoring as a power multiplier

Many enterprises leverage coaching and mentoring to help boost their teams. Mentoring helps staff to see the bigger picture, or to develop new skills. Mentoring is also a power multiplier in open source projects. Josh Salomon highlights in this article his experience mentoring students at a university. It also describes how they can apply to mentorship opportunities in open source software. A successful project with a positive experience for the mentees can lead to additional engagements in open source communities. New members who receive some kind of mentorship are more likely to stick with the open source project and make more meaningful contributions.

Secrets of making self-organized teams work

Managers and executives are in the business of managing people and resources. Managers usually carry an expectation that all organizations require hierarchy to remain productive. But that's not the way the open source world works. Open source communities are self-organizing teams. With a healthy community and a shared vision, self-organizing teams can outperform expectations. As Kelsea Zhang writes in his article, whether you work in open source or elsewhere, building self-organizing teams requires time and effort. But ultimately you can build stronger teams of individuals.

Don't leave open source at home or in the data centers. Bring it to work and change the course of your career.

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