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Episode: 1564
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Title: HPR1564: An Open Source News Break from Opensource.com
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Source: https://hub.hackerpublicradio.org/ccdn.php?filename=/eps/hpr1564/hpr1564.mp3
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Transcribed: 2025-10-18 05:07:50
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This episode of HBR is brought to you by AnanasThost.com.
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Get 15% discount on all shared hosting with the offer code HBR15.
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That's HBR15.
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Better web hosting that's honest and fair at AnanasThost.com.
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Hey there Hacker Public Radio, semiotic robotic here with
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another open source news break from OpenSource.com.
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We recently featured a compelling article by Sean Powers, a Linux specialist and trainer
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for CBT Nuggets.
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Powers describes a rare and valuable creature, the sought after Linux professional.
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Powers tracks the recent explosion of interest in hiring Linux systems administrators and
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offers readers some insight into the source of the increase.
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According to Powers, Linux provides organizations a valuable type of flexibility.
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But not in ways you might initially assume.
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Sure, I mean, Linux is flexible, he writes.
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But more than that, Linux systems administrators are flexible.
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Powers suggest that Linux experts are most adept at transitioning homegrown software solutions
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to the cloud platforms that are becoming more prominent.
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Next, I should draw your attention to an open science article by community moderator
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and leader of the Open Chemistry Project Marcus Hanwell.
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Hanwell reports on a new scientific journal that turns the traditional academic publishing
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process on its head.
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It's called F1000 Research and it completely reverses the standard relationship between
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publication and peer review by making articles available online for free even before they've
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invented by others.
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Hanwell explains that, quote, most journals do not publish until after peer review has been
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completed, which can take several months or more.
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The peer review process at F1000 Research is also open.
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The journal publishes reviewers' names alongside the papers they critique.
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Visitors to the F1000 Research website, f1000research.com, can easily scan the review history for any academic
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manuscript.
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The site also licenses open data sets using a Creative Commons public domain dedication.
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Finally, in our life channel is an article by Alice Williamson, a postdoctoral research
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associate at the University of Sydney who is currently working on the open source malaria
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team, a group of scientists searching for a cure for malaria and doing it the open source
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way.
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Williamson explains how the team conducts research according to the six laws of open science
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and uses electronic lab notebooks or ELN to record all experimental data.
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As Williamson writes, quote, all data, results, and conclusions are posted in real time, even
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when things don't quite turn out as planned.
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OSM members process and upload their raw data to their ELNs, then other scientists can
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compare their data to them, or draw conclusions that differ from those of the OSM team.
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Williamson concludes by discussing the importance of open science principles to the search for
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a malaria cure, saying, quote, open science removes the traditional hierarchy of research
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and encourages scientists of all levels, student or professor to engage and contribute.
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That's all for today's newsbreak.
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As usual, you'll find links to the stories I've discussed in the show notes for this
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episode.
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And don't forget that you can submit your stories to opensource.com.
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This visit opensource.com slash participate for more details.
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This is semiotic robotic, signing off by wishing you peace, love, and open source.
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