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Expert Open Source articles, tutorials, and guides covering practical techniques, tooling, and production-grade best practices.

Browse the 60 Open Source articles below. Written by Luca Berton — Docker Captain, author of 8 technical books on Ansible, and an AI & Cloud Advisor with 15+ years of enterprise experience — each post covers practical open source techniques, real-world troubleshooting, and production-grade best practices for engineers, SREs, platform teams, and technical leaders.

Whether you are looking for a quick command reference, a deep-dive tutorial, a step-by-step error fix, or strategic guidance, the Open Source category aggregates hands-on guides, benchmarks, conference recaps, and architectural insights drawn from real customer engagements and open-source projects. New articles are published regularly — bookmark this page or subscribe to the RSS feed to stay up to date.

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Every Open Source article on this page is written from first-hand experience — deployed in production, debugged under real constraints, and distilled into clear, reproducible steps. Expect copy-paste-ready commands, annotated configuration, decision frameworks comparing the trade-offs of competing tools, and the context you need to choose the right approach for your environment rather than a one-size-fits-all recipe. The goal is simple: help you ship open source work that is correct, secure, and maintainable.

Recent Open Source posts include Shuchi Sharma on Open Source AI's World of Infinite Possibilities, KubeCon Japan 2025 Shows Japan's Cloud Native Moment, AppFlowy: Open-Source Notion Alternative in Rust, Cal.com: Open-Source Self-Hosted Scheduling Platform, Ghost CMS: Headless Publishing Platform on Kubernetes. Have a question or a topic you would like covered? Get in touch or connect on the channels linked in the site footer.

  • Shuchi Sharma, leader of Red Hat's Open Source and AI Program Office, with Luca Berton at Red Hat Summit 2026
    Open Source

    Shuchi Sharma on Open Source AI's World of Infinite Possibilities

    Luca Berton
  • KubeCon Japan 2025 cloud native growth metrics in Tokyo
    Open Source

    KubeCon Japan 2025 Shows Japan's Cloud Native Moment

    Luca Berton
  • AppFlowy: The Open-Source Notion Alternative Built with Rust and Flutter
    Open Source

    AppFlowy: Open-Source Notion Alternative in Rust

    Luca Berton
  • Cal.com: The Open-Source Scheduling Platform You Can Self-Host
    Open Source

    Cal.com: Open-Source Self-Hosted Scheduling Platform

    Luca Berton
  • Ghost CMS: Headless Publishing Platform on Kubernetes
    Open Source

    Ghost CMS: Headless Publishing Platform on Kubernetes

    Luca Berton
  • Gitea: Lightweight Self-Hosted Git Server on Kubernetes
    Open Source

    Gitea: Lightweight Self-Hosted Git Server on Kubernetes

    Luca Berton
  • Listmonk: High-Performance Open-Source Newsletter and Mailing List Manager
    Open Source

    Listmonk: Open-Source Newsletter & Mailing List Manager

    Luca Berton
  • Medusa: Open-Source Headless Commerce Engine for Developers
    Open Source

    Medusa: Open-Source Headless Commerce Engine for Developers

    Luca Berton
  • Penpot: The Open-Source Design Platform — Figma Alternative for Teams
    Open Source

    Penpot: Open-Source Figma Alternative for Teams

    Luca Berton
  • Plausible Analytics: Privacy-First, Lightweight Google Analytics Alternative
    Open Source

    Plausible: Privacy-First Google Analytics Alternative

    Luca Berton
  • Luca Berton interviewing Daniel Thompson-Yvetot about the EU Cyber Resilience Act
    Open Source

    The Cyber Resilience Act for Default Products

    Luca Berton
  • Red Hat Project Lightwell secure open source supply chain
    Open Source

    Red Hat Project Lightwell: Open Source Supply Chain

    Luca Berton
  • Luca Berton meeting Chris Wright CTO of Red Hat at Summit 2026
    Open Source

    Meeting Chris Wright: CTO of Red Hat at Summit 2026

    Luca Berton
  • Red Hat Summit 2026 keynote stage with Fedora Hummingbird and Hardened Images announcement
    Open Source

    Red Hat Summit 2026 Keynote: Eight Announcements That Matter

    Luca Berton
  • Luca Berton at Red Hat Summit 2026 in Atlanta pointing at Gold Sponsors board
    Open Source

    Red Hat Summit 2026 in Atlanta: Open Source Meets AI at

    Luca Berton
  • IPv8 Internet Protocol Version 8 IETF draft 2026
    Open Source

    IPv8: The IETF Draft That Could Replace Both IPv4 and IPv6

    Luca Berton
  • KyvernoCon Virtual 2026 policy-as-code Kubernetes event
    Open Source

    KyvernoCon Virtual 2026: Policy-as-Code Meets AI and

    Luca Berton
  • Inko programming language - Rust compiled with Erlang concurrency
    Open Source

    Inko: The Rust-Compiled Language with Erlang-Style

    Luca Berton
  • Luca Berton selfie at the Pixi package manager talk during RustNL meetup
    Open Source

    Pixi: Building a Package Manager in Rust at RustNL Meetup

    Luca Berton
  • Rust programming language adoption in 2026 systems programming
    Open Source

    Rust in 2026: Why Systems Programming Is Eating the World

    Luca Berton
  • Rust async runtimes comparison Tokio async-std smol
    Open Source

    Rust Async Runtime Deep Dive: Tokio vs async-std vs smol

    Luca Berton
  • Building CLI tools in Rust with clap framework
    Open Source

    Building CLI Tools in Rust with Clap: From Zero to

    Luca Berton
  • Rust error handling patterns for production infrastructure
    Open Source

    Rust Error Handling Patterns for Production Systems

    Luca Berton
  • Rust memory safety ownership borrowing without garbage collection
    Open Source

    Rust Memory Safety Without Garbage Collection: How It Works

    Luca Berton
  • Rust zero-cost abstractions and high performance patterns
    Open Source

    Writing High-Performance Rust: Zero-Cost Abstractions in

    Luca Berton
  • Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Resolute Raccoon sudo-rs default
    Open Source

    Ubuntu 26.04 LTS: sudo-rs Default — Why It Matters

    Luca Berton
  • Red Hat EU Cyber Resilience Act CRA compliance
    Open Source

    Red Hat and the EU Cyber Resilience Act: CRA

    Luca Berton
  • NTFS on Linux 7.1 — the NTFS resurrection
    Open Source

    NTFS on Linux 7.1: Native Read/Write Support

    Luca Berton
  • Engineered Living Therapeutics: When Synthetic Biology Becomes Medicine
    Open Source

    Engineered Living Therapeutics: Synthetic

    Luca Berton
  • Osmotic Power Systems: Harvesting Energy Where Rivers Meet the Sea
    Open Source

    Osmotic Power Systems: Harvesting Energy

    Luca Berton
  • Structural Battery Composites: The Material That Is Both Structure and Energy Storage
    Open Source

    Structural Battery Composites: Structure and Energy in One

    Luca Berton
  • Luca Berton Weekly Newsletter KubeCon Amsterdam 2026 Recap
    Open Source

    Newsletter #1: KubeCon Amsterdam Recap — AI and Community

    Luca Berton
  • Jim Zemlin Linux Foundation KubeCon Europe 2026 AI Open Source
    Open Source

    Jim Zemlin at KubeCon EU 2026: AI Makes Open Source Critical

    Luca Berton
  • Luca with Nate Waddington (CNCF) and De Nederlandse Kubernetes Podcast team at KubeCon EU 2026
    Open Source

    KubeCon EU 2026: Dutch Kubernetes Podcast and Community

    Luca Berton
  • KubeCon 2026 Content Creators Coffee Amsterdam
    Open Source

    Coffee with Cloud Native Content Creators

    Luca Berton
  • KubeCon CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 Speaker Badge by Cloud Native Computing Foundation
    Open Source

    Earned: KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 Speaker Badge

    Luca Berton
  • RHEL vs Ubuntu Server: Enterprise Linux
    Open Source

    RHEL vs Ubuntu Server 2026: Enterprise Linux Compared

    Luca Berton
  • openEuler enterprise Linux distribution for cloud and edge infrastructure
    Open Source

    openEuler: The Enterprise Linux You Haven't Heard Of

    Luca Berton
  • Luca Berton signing Kubernetes Recipes books at KubeCon Europe 2026 Amsterdam
    Open Source

    Kubernetes Recipes Book Giveaway at KubeCon

    Luca Berton
  • Luca Berton meeting fellow engineers at KubeCon Europe 2026 Amsterdam expo hall
    Open Source

    KubeCon Europe 2026: Where 13,350 People Became a Community

    Luca Berton
  • Luca Berton conference speaking journey FOSDEM KubeCon
    Open Source

    Speaking at Conferences: From Ansible Berlin

    Luca Berton
  • Luca Berton at Superteam NL Launch Event on Solana boat in Amsterdam
    Open Source

    Superteam NL Launch on the Solana Boat

    Luca Berton
  • AlmaLinux 10: Community Enterprise Linux in 2026
    Open Source

    AlmaLinux 10: Community Enterprise Linux in 2026

    Luca Berton
  • CentOS Stream 10: The Upstream Path to RHEL
    Open Source

    CentOS Stream 10: The Upstream Path to RHEL

    Luca Berton
  • Fedora 44: Cutting-Edge Linux for Developers
    Open Source

    Fedora 44: Cutting-Edge Linux for Developers

    Luca Berton
  • Kali Linux 2026: Essential Security Testing Tools
    Open Source

    Kali Linux 2026: Current Version, New Tools, Install

    Luca Berton
  • Manjaro Linux: Arch Made Accessible in 2026
    Open Source

    Manjaro Linux 2026: Installation and Review

    Luca Berton
  • Oracle Linux 10: Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 8
    Open Source

    Oracle Linux 10: Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 8

    Luca Berton
  • Pop! OS 24.04: System76 COSMIC Desktop Arrives
    Open Source

    Pop! OS 24.04: System76 COSMIC Desktop Arrives

    Luca Berton
  • RHEL 10: What Is New in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    Open Source

    RHEL 10: What Is New in Red Hat Enterprise Linux

    Luca Berton
  • Rocky Linux 10: The Free RHEL 10 Alternative
    Open Source

    Rocky Linux 10: The Free RHEL 10 Alternative

    Luca Berton
  • Ubuntu 25.04: What Developers Need to Know
    Open Source

    Ubuntu 25.04: What Developers Need to Know

    Luca Berton
  • Luca Berton with Monty Widenius at the MariaDB Foundation booth, FOSDEM 2026
    Open Source

    FOSDEM 2026: Interview with MariaDB Creator Monty

    Luca Berton
  • How the CRA Affects Open Source Software: What Contributors Need to Know
    Open Source

    CRA and Open Source: What Contributors Must Know

    Luca Berton
  • Open source AI models 2026
    Open Source

    Open Source AI Models in 2026: Llama 4, Mistral, and Beyond

    Luca Berton
  • Open Source Trust and Supply Chain Security
    Open Source

    Trust in Open Source: Securing the Software Supply Chain for

    Luca Berton
  • Luca Berton at FOSDEM 2026 in Brussels
    Open Source

    FOSDEM 2026: Open Source, RISC-V & Community Energy in...

    Luca Berton
  • Luca Berton interviewing at Dutch Cloud Native Day 2025
    Open Source

    Dutch Cloud Native Day 2025 – Field Notes from Utrecht

    Luca Berton
  • Luca Berton at De Nederlandse Kubernetes Podcast #100
    Open Source

    De Nederlandse Kubernetes Podcast #100

    Luca Berton
  • Luca Berton interviewing at FOSDEM 2025
    Open Source

    Top Interviews from FOSDEM 2025 by Luca Berton

    Luca Berton

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