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Ubuntu will once again participate in the Google Summer of Code.

It is a great opportunity to expose new students to the wonderful world of Ubuntu, get some exciting projects off the ground and get good exposure for the projects, students and organisations alike.

The main goal for this program is to encourage university student participation in the open source world. It is a great opportunity for students in Computer Science or related fields. Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is an annual program, in which Google awards stipends to hundreds of students who successfully complete a requested free software / open-source coding project during the summer.

The program is open to students aged 18 or older.

The program invites students who meet their eligibility criteria to post applications that detail the software-coding project they wish to perform. The applications are then evaluated by interested mentors.

For more information visit the wiki at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GoogleSoC2010

Last December 2009, Google Chrome for Linux goes beta. Like the Windows and Mac version, it's fast, secure, stable, simple, extensible and embraces open standards like HTML5. This Linux version was released with the help of open source community. More than 50 open source contributors have worked on Chromium project. And also, At Google, most engineers use Linux machines, so we can say that how much they wanted Google Chrome for Linux.

Google Chrome for Linux includes tight integration with native GTK themes, updates that are managed by the standard system packaged manager, and many other features that fit in natively with the operating system where possible.

Google Chrome for Linux comes with themes that you select and apply to your browser. There are 2 categories that you can choice: Themes by Artist and Themes by Google. If you need this themes just visit their website at https://tools.google.com/chrome/intl/en/themes/index.html.

For those Linux Users try now! Download and install Google Chrome in your Linux box! http://www.google.com/chrome?platform=linux

Reference: http://chrome.blogspot.com/2009/12/google-chrome-for-holidays-mac-linux.html