9 stories about switching to an open source alternative in 2020: In 2020, as every year, new open source projects launched as alternatives to proprietary solutions. Here is a roundup of the top nine articles about open source alternatives that made the headlines in 2020 on Opensource.com. read more: Opensource.com jasonblais Supporting Open Source. Have …
Fewer tourists meant less money for wildlife during the pandemic – but there’s an alternative: “Nature is healing” read social media posts at the outset of the pandemic, as birdsong replaced the drone of traffic during lockdown. But for wildlife conservation in Africa, the reality was very different. Anti-poaching operations in protected areas were paused …
Collaborate on text with Etherpad, an open source alternative to Google Docs: Sometimes you just have to edit text on the cloud. Maybe you’re using a computer you don’t own to work on a document you want to keep. Maybe you need to collaborate with other people on a shared document. Or maybe your primary …
5 collaboration tips for using an open source alternative to Google Docs: ONLYOFFICE Docs is a self-hosted open source alternative to Microsoft Office and Google Docs for collaborating on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations in real time. The following are the five most important ways ONLYOFFICE Docs helps organize my collaborative work. read more: Opensource.com hellonadya …
South Africa in the news: Instant EFT shines in local alternative payment methods space: While in-app payments, wallets and QR codes dominate in the mobile payment space, when it comes to bigger ticket items, instant EFT payments are becoming the method of …: “South Africa” – BingNews Ford SA pays out claims to 56 people …
Get started with Fossil, an alternative to Git: As any programmer knows, there are many reasons it’s vital to keep track of code changes. Sometimes you just want a history of how your project started and evolved, as a matter of curiosity or education. Other times, you want to enable other coders to contribute to your …
South Africa in the news: Independent journalists in India and Zimbabwe experiment with alternative funding to keep holding power to account: Awards and accolades are nice but they do not pay the bills when facing press freedom restrictions. Two reporters turn to donors and non-journalistic gigs to keep their work sustainable …: “South Africa” – …
Coronavirus: R number does not measure risk – financial disaster modelling offers a better alternative: The most important measure on the state of the pandemic is the R number. Also known as the reproduction rate, this is the average number of people an infected person will pass the virus on to. The R number guides government …
Simplify your web experience with this internet protocol alternative: If you’ve been on the internet for a very long time or you’re just very resourceful, you might remember an early text-sharing protocol called Gopher. Gopher was eventually displaced by the HTTP protocol, which of course is the basis for the modern World Wide Web. For …
Manage knowledge with BlueSpice, an open source alternative to Confluence: Knowledge management is a key to success in modern enterprises—but it is not exactly easy to achieve. Keeping track of all relevant details across all employees is a huge challenge, especially in agile environments, which most companies say they are. read more: Opensource.com martin@loschwitz.org Supporting …
Design a book cover with an open source alternative to InDesign: I recently finished writing a book about C programming, which I self-published through Lulu.com. I’ve used Lulu for several book projects, and it’s a great platform. Earlier this year, Lulu made changes that give authors greater control over creating their book covers. Previously, you …
South Africa in the news: Global Alternative Fuel Vehicle Market 2020 Report Reviews on Key Manufacturers, Regional markets, Application and Segmentation by 2025: Middle East and Africa (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa) The global Alternative Fuel Vehicle market segmental analysis focuses on sales, revenue, and forecast by type and by …: “South …
Build your own open source alternative to Google Suite with Nextcloud: A few years ago, I installed Nextcloud for a local theatre and museum that was looking for an on-premises cloud solution. As an advocate for open source, I always seek out open source options first, and Nextcloud was the most-common open source cloud solution …
6 ways to contribute to an open source alternative to Slack: Mattermost is a messaging platform built in Go and React for DevOps teams. You can discuss topics in channels, private groups, or one-to-one with rich Markdown formatting and easily share code snippets with syntax highlighting in more than 50 programming languages. You can self-host …
5 things to look for in an open source alternative to SharePoint: We’re entering a collaboration platform renaissance as remote work becomes the norm for enterprises large and small. Microsoft SharePoint—a collaboration platform available on premises or in the cloud—is the de-facto standard for corporations and government agencies. However, SharePoint implementations are infamous for the …
Tips for switching your team to a SharePoint open source alternative: MediaWiki is many IT professionals’ first exposure to wikis. By virtue of being the platform behind Wikipedia, MediaWiki’s familiarity makes it a compelling open source alternative to proprietary technology like Atlassian Confluence, which is common with developers, and SharePoint, the default corporate collaboration platform. …
A secure and private open source alternative to Alexa: I grew up in rural towns all over Ontario, Canada. We weren’t particularly well off, although, as a kid in the middle of nowhere, I wasn’t really aware of our socioeconomic status. What I was aware of was this beige box called a computer that sat …
South Africa in the news: Bumrah seeks ‘alternative’ to saliva: Indian paceman Jasprit Bumrah said cricket should seek an “alternative” for shining the ball if the game’s governing body ban the use of saliva during the coronavirus pandemic.: “South Africa” – BingNews Land ownership for South Africans showcased in new video series “Upward Globility”: Upward …