FOSS United Blog
Thoughts and Stories about Free and Open-Source Software in India
November' 22 Newsletter
The second edition of the FOSS United Monthly Newsletter.
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Journey with FOSS United - 2 years and counting
This blog shares the events done by FOSS United in the last 2 years and 9 months. It also talks about the future plans to organize events to promote and nurture FOSS in different parts of India.
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October '22 Newsletter
FOSS United Newsletter - First Edition
Reflections from IndiaFOSS 2.0
Some of my personal recollections from IndiaFOSS 2.0 at Bangalore
Celebrating a month of Open Source love: DigitalOcean Hacktoberfest
Hacktoberfest encourages participation in the open source community, which grows bigger every year.
Working with non-profit organizations
I have always been looking to work with non-profits organizations to help them in whatever way I can.
Doing my Post Graduation at FOSS United
Working at FOSS United feels like I have joined for Post Graduate program after my Bachelor's degree.
A Note on Blockchain
In recent times, blockchain as a technology have been proposed as silver bullet solutions to a wide range of problems. We think this claim is exaggerated.
In conversation with Shivani Bhardwaj, Developer at Suricata IDS
Read our interview with Shivani Bhardwaj. She currently works at The Open Information Security Foundation and contributes to Suricata IDS.
FOSS inside India's tech unicorns
India's tech unicorns may not be publicly acknowledging the role of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in their success, but there is a lot of action under the hood.
FOSS events happening in Feb 2021
Here is the list of FOSS events happening in February 2021 in India.
In conversation with Liyas Thomas, author of Hoppscotch
Read our interview with Liyas Thomas, author of Hoppscotch.
FOSS events happening in Jan 2021
Looking for FOSS events happening in Jan 2021? Here is the list of events you can look at and participate in.
In conversation with Abhas Abhinav, a Free Software activist
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In Conversation with Anand B Pillai, Founder of BangPypers, one of India’s earliest programming language communities
In this interview, Anand shared how he started one of India's earliest programming language communities
In conversation with Pranav Raj S, Author of Chatwoot
Chatwoot, started as proprietary software, reborn after two years being in a private repository when Pranav and his teammates decided to choose an open-source license.
What is the state of adoption of FOSS in India?
India now is becoming a hub of startups, around 700 million smartphone users - who are looking for innovative software and growing developer communities.
What does empowering FOSS means from an Indian POV?
Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) has, always, been a matter of pride among various developer communities owing to the fact the free and collaborative contribution