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Enhance open source career progression with CHA...

Avatar for Arafat Abdussalam Arafat Abdussalam
June 13, 2026
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Enhance open source career progression with CHAOSS Education courses

Learning objectives:
1. What is open source?
2. Benefits of open source
3. Components of open source practices
4. Introducing CHAOSS
5. Learning about open source with CHAOSS Education courses

Avatar for Arafat Abdussalam

Arafat Abdussalam

June 13, 2026

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  1. Enhance Open Source Career Progression with CHAOSS Education courses Arafat

    Abdussalam Developer Relations & Open Source Program Manager, CHAOSS Member
  2. Can you differentiate the open source projects from the closed

    source projects? Open Source Technologies Closed Source Technologies
  3. • What is open source? • Benefits of open source

    • Components of open source practices • Introducing CHAOSS • Learning about open source with CHAOSS Education courses Session Overview
  4. Open Source is a technology, either software or hardware, that

    grants users the choice to study, modify, and re-distribute for their own purposes under specific category of license(s) What is Open Source? https://github.com/chaoss/educatio n/issues/191 https://github.com/chaoss/educatio n/issues/191 GrimoireLab GrimoireLab
  5. Gaining access to software source code or hardware design specifications.

    Study https://github.com/chaoss/educatio n/issues/191 GrimoireLab Repurposing, releasing, or launching new open source projects. Consuming and contributing to an existing inbound or outbound open source project. Modify Redistribute
  6. • Innovation • Speed • Digital Sovereignty • Collaboration •

    Transparency • Security • Product market-fit • Cost Reduction & Vendor neutrality • Customisability & Flexibility Benefits of Open Source
  7. • License compliance • Security compliance • Open source consumption

    • Open source development • Governance • Business models • Community engagement Components of Open Source Practices
  8. CHAOSS is a Linux Foundation project focused on creating metrics,

    metrics models, and software to better understand open source community health on a global scale. What is CHAOSS? https://github.com/chaoss/educatio n/issues/191 https://github.com/chaoss/educatio n/issues/191
  9. • Release and maintenance of software such as GrimoireLab and

    CollectOSS; metrics and metrics models for tracking community health in open source projects • Providing support for open source practitioners through community engagement and learning resources CHAOSS Activities
  10. Join the CHAOSS community on slack To thrive in your

    open source career, you need a structured learning resource and a supportive CHAOSS community. https://join.slack.com/t/chaoss-workspace/shared_invite/
  11. • Into to open source and collaboration platforms • Deep

    dive into CHAOSS metrics • Practitioner guides • Intro to GrimoireLab • Working with SSH: Setting up and managing remote connections. Highlighted Courses
  12. Navigating the CHAOSS Education dashboard 1. Create and login to

    your Moodle account 2. Click the “All courses” button 3. Select a course that piques your interest 4. Click the “Enroll me” button 5. Share your learning experience by joining the CHAOSS #Education channel on Slack https://chaoss.moodlecloud.com/login/index.php