Bringing Linux to your car's dashboard, investing in diversity outreach, and more

WEEKLY NEWS How the Linux Foundation is helping the auto industry shift to open source infotainment systems Car makers are beginning to incorporate Linux-based operating systems into the in-vehicle infotainment systems that power a car's audio and entertainment systems. The disruptive business model for higher education is open source Colosa CEO Brian Reale makes a case for top tier universities to go out of the "selling education" business and into the "talent identification" business. The closed source enterprise is becoming a thing of the past Interview of Andy Hunt of The Pragmatic Bookshelf. Community management tips from Greg DeKoenigsberg of Eucalyptus Understanding the motivations of project participants is especially important. How Opensource.com Project Manager Jason Hibbets takes open source beyond technology Jason Hibbets leads the Opensource.com team. Create custom Linux-based systems regardless of the hardware Interview with Yocto Project community manager. Can IBM expect the same ROI from next round of investment in Linux? The paradigm is changing to 'the data center is the computer.' Weekly wrap-up: Stallman says surveillance is "social pollution," good week for civic geeks, and more Stories you may have missed from around the web. FROM THE ARCHIVES Beer: The open source beverage of choice By Mark Caron What a classroom will look like in 10 years By Sarah Fudin OPEN SOURCE EVENTS Here's what's coming up: OW2con'13 focuses on innovation developments in open-source, storage-related solutions. The summit is Oct. 22-24 in Santa Clara, CA. London Open Government Summit 2013 is the fifth edition of the annual community event that brings together technology experts, software architects, IT developers, project managers and decision-makers from 50 countries around the world. It takes place Nov. 12-14 in Paris-Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. Check out the events calendar to see other upcoming open source events and submit your own! When open source communities invest in diversity outreach, everyone benefits says Jessica McKellar, director of the Python Software Foundation. Jessica explains how she increased the number of women participants in the Boston Python user group. Drupal core co-maintainer Angie Byron has her finger on the pulse of the Drupal community, helping to manage over 1,600 contributors from all over the world. In this interview, Angie shares the top five things she loves about Drupal. A new project by free music composition and notation software provider MuseScore aims to make all 50,000 of the scores on its site available in Braille.