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Evolutionary IT's Joseph Guarino explains how to achieve network security the open way (Third in a series on open-source security solutions)

There's a large selection of free and open source (FOSS) operating systems available these days, and choosing the right one for any given circumstance can be quite a challenge. This article is intended to help you pick the best operating system for your needs and experience level. Although this article is geared primarily toward those who have little to no experience with FOSS operating systems, we've included some pointers for more savvy open source users – say, those who use a FOSS operating system at home and would like to deploy one on the job.

Want to encourage more women to get involved -- including yourself? These links might help.

Do you wish your company would adopt an open source application? These 7 tips might help you sell it to management.

The option for FOSS affects business application choice--for more than dollar reasons.

What can kill a community that was once bound together by a shared vision?

Do you wish you had more people contributing to your FOSS project? These suggestions have worked for other people. Maybe they can help you, too.

Open source projects that want more users must learn the ways in which it might "lose to the competition."

An open source project that wants greater visibility may well benefit from a mention in the technical or business media. But because open source communities are primarily technical communities, they don't necessarily know how to talk to the press. Here's a few useful things to know.

This may be a category in which the proprietary tools win out over open source. Unless you tell me otherwise...