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Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) | Safe or Not?

Tweaklibrary

As the name suggests, Free and Open Source software (FOSS) is a crossover between Free Software and Open-Source Software. But what actually is FOSS and How does it differ from a normal software? To understand all of this in-detail, let’s first understand what is an Open-Source Software?

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How to Cut Costs with Your Own Support Community

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Maintaining traditional channels like phone, email and live chat support are a must—but a solid support community can cut that burden drastically, saving you time and money. But good communities are more than support channels. An effective support community relies on members to generate much of the support. It’s Worked Before.

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Best Free Alternatives to Microsoft Office Word

SocialFish

In the world of technology where Microsoft’s products dominate the market, it’s extremely hard to find suitable software to edit text or write compelling papers you can later use for personal and commercial purposes. There is another drawback of working with third-party software. Completely free and open-sourced.

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Community Bootstrapping: Tools & Strategies To Build A Community.

Jason Yormark

While community is a hot buzz word these days, it’s still quite a ways before most businesses truly embrace the idea. Companies like Starbucks , Dell , even my previous employer Microsoft Advertising , all do community incredibly well and it has paid off for all of them many times over.

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Client solves Ecommerce for WordPress via Open Source

The Way of the Web

And the other is that it’s one of the first times I’ve been working on a project which is delivering something via Open Source, rather than using OS products as an end user. The benefits of a true Open Source Ecommerce solution. So what makes Jigoshop so good?

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Automating dependency updates with Dependabot

Sprout Social

As part of our Android app, we maintain over 35 dependencies managed by the open source community that provide useful building blocks for our application. Sprout Social’s Android mobile app is a powerful native application that keeps our customers plugged in to their social media presence on the go.

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Best Twitch Streaming Software

SocialFish

In this article, we aim to make it much easier for you by helping you pick the best Twitch streaming software. Choosing the right streaming software is half of the job done in building your name. The right streaming software adds value and a professional edge towards your videos and online streams. Why is that?