Wrapping Our Fifth Google Summer of Code

The sun has set on our fifth year of introducing college and university students to Free and Open Source software development, and what a ye... Read more »

DebConf9 in Cáceres, Spain: Time of changes

Every year several hundreds of Debian contributors from around the world get together at DebConf in a different city to share a week (or mor... Read more »

Android Developer Challenge 2 open for submissions

The time has come! The submission site for Android Developer Challenge 2 is now open. You can now submit applications for the Challenge at h... Read more »

Food and Fun: Linux 18th Anniversary Picnic

The annual  Linux 18th Anniversary Picnic  happened last weekend at Sunnyvale Baylands Park in Sunnyvale, CA. It happens around the weekend ... Read more »

Zurich Open Source Jam 8

On August 13th, 2009, starting at 6 PM a little more than 50 people trickled into our Zurich, Switzerland office to share thoughts and snack... Read more »

Scientists Camp Out* At Google

Last month, around 250 invited scientists and science-related journalists, artists, and educators flocked to Google for the fourth annual Sc... Read more »

Let the Sunshine In - Transparency Camp West 2009

Last weekend the Sunlight Foundation and Google hosted TransparencyCamp West , an unconference dedicated to making our governments (from m... Read more »

GNU Generation: Bringing Pre-University Students into Free Software

While GNU Generation isn't the next Google Highly Open Participation Contest™ (GHOP), the two efforts have a lot in common. My name is... Read more »

Contact Early, Contact Often

Potential Google Summer of Code ™ students often ask us, "What can I do to gain an edge in the program?" New mentors and project ... Read more »