Open Source is amazing and the way to go, from operating systems, software, currency and so much more.
The steemit community is a great place for not only the crypto community, it's a great place for the open source community also, the two together can become something greater than each on its own.
The largest open source community in the world Github
Open-Source Everything Manifesto
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An open source alternative to gmail
Roundcube
An opensource alternative to Windows
Kubuntu Linux My Favourite at the moment because they are the most up to date for hardware software compatibility.
See my other post for more on Linux
The Life of Brian
An open Source alternative to Google Analytics
Piwik
And of course the opensource crypto coins but here on steemit I don't think I have to go into the benefits to much, we all know what they are each day when we come here to play with our cryptocurrencies.
Apache One of the most successful open source projects of all time that I know of. Half of the internet runs on Apache servers.
Android on the other hand is not true open source any longer so one must be careful when dealing with the Corporate world ... They will do there best to corrupt it and guard it like a dog with a bone.
Android is opensource but Google is doing its best to control every aspect. Google has always given itself some protection against other versions of Android. What many people think of as "Android" actually falls into two categories: the open parts from the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), which is the backbone of Android, and the closed source parts, which are all the Google-branded apps. While Google will never go the entire way and completely close Android, the company seems to be doing everything it can to give itself leverage over the existing open source project. And the company's main method here is to bring more and more apps under closed source "Google" ownership.
Slowly but surely they will make it harder and harder to work with.
I have saved the best for last Open Source Ecology (OSE) The mission of Open Source Ecology (OSE) is to create the open source economy. Here you will find information blueprints and how to on just about anything you can think of from farm equipment to houses and much much more, If you don't follow any other link here this one is a must it is just amazing the information that has been put together but the opensource community.
What I have provided here is a small glimpse into the open source world a quick search will most often find you a great open source alternative to whatever project you are doing.
To all my fellow steemers have a great day and share the wealth and knowledge, Its the only answer to our problems.
Open Source the Planet 