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Submission + - Google Summer of Code announces mentor projects!

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mithro

on Wednesday March 18, 2009 @07:14PM

mithro writes: "As everyone should already know, Google is running the Summer of Code again this year. For those who don't know, GSoC is where Google funds student's to participate in Open Source projects and has been running for 5 years, bringing together over 2600 students and 2500 mentors from nearly 100 countries worldwide. Google has just announced the projects which will be mentor organizations this year. It includes a great list of Open Source projects from a wide range of different genres, include content management systems, compilers, many programming languages and even a bunch of games!"

Comment I program calculators!! (Score 1) 1095

by lanec42 on Tuesday July 22, 2008 @07:05AM (#24286959) Attached to: How To Encourage a Young Teen To Learn Programming?

I started programmed calculators when I was in ninth grade! (Last year.) I am teaching myself C++ now, and you are absolutely right, the OO stuff is hard to get used to. I hope to learn PHP soon, (I might start looking into it next year) and as I'm going through C++, I'm starting to learn a little x86 assembly. I hope that I can get good at this, though I probably won't pursue a career in computer science. (Physics has always been my favorite.) I really wish that I had someone in my family that could help me. I think I'm talented, though. I often use programs on tests (mostly to beat the others ;)).

Granular Linux Distro Preview is Worth a Look 119

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Saturday April 05, 2008 @01:36AM from the more-fragmentation dept.

Linux.com has an interesting look at Granular Linux, a desktop-oriented distribution that's primary goal is to be easy to use. "With a single CD's worth of included programs, Granular Linux manages to cover a significant portion of normal end user needs, and those applications not already installed can be easily added through Synaptic. The slight problem with video and more serious problem with sound of my machine suggest that Granular is not without its issues, especially when most other distributions work properly on this hardware, but as this is a preview release of version 1.0 I think it can be more or less forgiven. I'd definitely recommend Granular to anyone with an interest in trying out a new distribution. "

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