Home News Open source: from side to center stage By Don Watkins June 25, 2015 It was 1997 when I received an email from my brother asking me if I had heard of Linux. At the time, I had not, but soon after I was browsing through a computer store when I happened upon a box that contained “Red Hat Linux 5.0.” Complete Story Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Print Previous articleCinnamon 2.6 Released With New Features & Changes, Install In Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid/14.10 Utopic/14.04 Trusty/Other Related Derivatives Next articleTake it from a former leader, the open organization is hard work Get the Free Newsletter! Subscribe to Developer Insider for top news, trends, & analysis Email Address By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Subscribe Must Read Security 6 Best Free and Open-Source Web Application Firewalls Security Clonezilla Live Is Now Patched Against the XZ Backdoor, Powered by Linux 6.7 News Pop!_OS’s COSMIC Pre-Alpha Shows Impressive Progress News Volla Tablet Launches on Kickstarter with Support for Ubuntu Touch Security OpenSSF Warns of Open-Source Social Engineering Threats