Its full gear for Google Summer of Code 2007 [here] in the upcomming month of March when Google begins accepting applications. According to the Google website [here], the program offers student developers stipends to write code for various FOSS projects. Google works with a several FOSS and technology-related groups to identify and fund several projects over a three month-period.
Search engine giant Google Inc., is extending its corporate social responsibility to the developing world community through making significant grants for computer hardware equipped with Linux and various other FOSS applications. According to a post on Google’s official coding Blog [here], Google has made a grant that enables notebook computers running Linux and a variety of FOSS to be rolled out at rural schools in Fiji.
Google’s Open Source Program Office has extended the donation via the Imara Project at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The project aims to
Have you ever tried searching for content information through the Linux search facility at Google Linux? Google Linux allows you to search the web’s Linux resources using this specialized version of Google. Enter any keyword related to FOSS or Linux and you get tons of relevant search results making your life very easy. It even brings out my name and all that I have been doing related to Linux from around the world and thus (more…)
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Tux Watch will search the web for the best resources of software, top articles and tips and even have tutorials to get you started. Linux is a free and open-source operating system that has seen tremendous growth in the past several years. Linux is stable, secure, and very powerful. It is also has tremendous capabilities, far beyond those available with other operating systems. .
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