Additional Resources #
Who’s using GitHub?: A list of hundreds of government agencies at the national, subnational, and municipal levels who are using GitHub to share and collaborate on open source projects.
Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is a nonprofit organization that provides training and certification, and supports open source software communities.
The Government of Canada Digital Standards: Playbook “form[s] the foundation of the government’s shift to becoming more agile, open, and user-focused. [It] will guide teams in designing digital services in a way that best serves Canadians.” This is a great place to get started on your journey with open source software.
The Open Resource Exchange features a searchable catalog of open source software, as well as open source code projects, open standards, partnerships and open designs in use by different levels of public administrations in Canada.
Open Source Basics (Intel Software): An introductory video explaining the basics of open source software.
What is Open Source explained in LEGO (Socialsquare): Another introductory video explaining the basics of open source software (this time using LEGO).
The mind behind Linux: Linus Torvalds (TED): An interview with Linus Torvalds, who transformed technology twice – first with the Linux kernel, which helps power the Internet, and again with Git, the source code management system used by developers worldwide.