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Google Code got started back in 2006 as an alternative open source code hosting repository and google codecollaborative development site. At the time of its creation, I had thought that it would competitive with Sourceforge (which it was), but as it turns out Sourceforge will now get the last laugh.

From the 'Good Things Come in Small Packages' files:

You can now add another Linux distro to the list that will run on the Raspberry Pi. The core distro for the small device is the Debian based Raspian and there is also an Arch based Linux for the Pi too.

And now once again, we've got a Fedora Remix for the Raspberry Pi as well.

Google keeps pushing Chrome performance and the new Chrome 27 release is no exception. The top line new item if the new Chrome 27 release is simply stated by Chrome developers as: Web pages load 5% faster on average

Mozilla REALLY cares about developers (as it should). To that end, more Firefox releases than not cater to developers with tools integrated into the browser that provide visibility into how a website or web app works.

I'm not a fan of Tumblr, but I am a fan of freedom and WordPress, both of which are apparently now 'winning' as a side effect of this deal. While it's still unclear precisely how Yahoo's ownership may/may not affect Tumblr, users are already voting with their blogs.

The ZendService_OpenStack, extends the long Zend Framework tradition of enabling APIs on web platforms.

Are you confused by the recent spate of Java SE updates? You ain't seen nothing yet. While Oracle has diligently been updating Java for security flaws (and some features too) in recent months, it has been hard to keep track of version numbers. Oracle is not introducing new nomenclature that might make it easier or harder, depending on your perspective.

I like Arch and I like Cinnamon, so for me Cinnarch Linux was an obvious fit. Except for the fact that apparently Cinnamon doesn't work so well with Arch.

Apache CloudStack is being updated to version 4.0.2 today fixing at least 40 bugs. From my perspective two of the flaws are particularly interesting and those are the security flaws.

MariaDB has its own open source Foundation and today is announcing a merger between SkySQL (a commercial service vendor staffed by lots of former MySQL AB types) and MariaDB's primary development team at Monty Program AB.

The open source OpenStack Grizzlycloud platform release debuted the first week of April benefiting from over 480 contributors making over 7,600 updates. While the base of contribution is broad, one vendor stands at the top of the list in terms of number of code commits made.

Networking giant Cisco Systems is no stranger to the world of open source software. In 2009, Cisco was identified as one of the top contributors to the Linux kernel and its core IOS XE operating is based on Linux as well.

When I first started aggressively using open source code , freshmeat and sourceforge.net were typically the first places I'd go to look. In 2006, Google shook up the open source code repository market with Google Code and I started to find great stuff there. Today, the VAST majority of all open source code that I seek, use and play with is all found on GitHub.

With the Health Report - users agree to send performance data to Mozilla. In return users get detailed information about their browser performance.

Gamers are the people that push PC hardware forward. Now for the first time a major Gamer PC vendor is offering Linux and it's loaded for max fragging. Dell's Alienware division is now out with its X51 Ubuntu PC and it's the sweetest Linux rig we've ever seen from Dell (or any other major tier 1 PC vendor).

This week the Apache OpenMeetings project released version 2.1 of its open source web conferencing platform. The OpenMeetings 2.1 release is the first release of the project since it graduated from the Apache Incubator to become a topApache OpenMeetings level project, in December of 2012.

Bloodhound in many respects is a fork of the open source Trac project. Like all other modern projects, it started out as an incubated project in December of 2011 and now is graduating to become a Top-Level-Project.

The big OpenStack 2013.1 (aka Grizzly) open source cloud platform release is due out this week on 4/4.

Linux vendor Red Hat announced this AM that is has defeated Uniloc USA, Inc. in a patent law suit

During the live event, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison proclaimed the new SPARC servers to be the fastest computers in the world. It's a claim we've heard before from him - in reference to his company's x86/Linux based Exa-class systems.