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Sep 18, 2013 

Infoworld Bossie Awards feature SourceForge hosted projects

Hi folks,

Infoworld has announced the winners of their “Bossie” Awards, their top OSS picks for desktop and mobile; there are a lot of SourceForge based projects in that list. Check them out:

  • Classic Shell: Classic Shell adds some missing features to Windows 7 and Vista like a classic start menu, toolbar for Explorer and others
  • Apache OpenOffice: Apache OpenOffice, the Free and Open Source Productivity Suite
  • Pidgin: Pidgin is an instant messaging program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously
  • KeePass: A free Open Source password manager
  • PDFcreator: Create PDF files from within any Windows program
  • PeaZip: Free Zip files utility, supports 150+ formats: 7Z, ISO, RAR, ZIP, ZIPX
  • ProjectLibre: ProjectLibre is the open source alternative to Microsoft Project
  • TeXnicCenter: A feature-rich environment for writing LaTex documents on Windows
  • VLC: VLC mediaplayer, the best free media player for video and DVDs
  • Audacity: A fast multi-track audio editor and recorder for Linux, BSD, Mac OS, and Windows

Congratulations to all of the Inforworld Bossie winners!

Daniel Hinojosa – SourceForge Community Manager

Sep 5, 2013 

Epubor PDF Splitter & Merger is now OSS on SourceForge

This just in, Epubor has Open Sourced their Windows Splitter & Merger tool for PDF’s. You can find this on SourceForge here.

Daniel Hinojosa.

Sep 3, 2013 

Motorola posts Moto X Kernel

Hi folks,

In case you missed it and are into handset development, the Motorola team has posted the kernel for their Moto X phone on SourceForge.

Daniel Hinojosa.

Aug 1, 2013 

SourceForge Alum backs National Day of Civic Hacking

A SourceForge.net Alum, Luke Crouch (now with Mozilla) is in the news; as part of the “Code for Tulsa” team, went to Washington D.C. to represent their work on Open Search Map. Read the whole thing as it’s clear, this team is contributing to the larger community and contributing for the good of many.

Daniel Hinojosa.

SourceForge Community Manager

May 7, 2013 

Python Parranda – InstallFest

On May 11th, the Puerto Rico Python Interest Group (prPIG) is proud to announce our first ever Python Parranda. The Parranda is part Python InstallFest and part Meetup/Sprint. It will be Saturday morning from 9am till 12pm at the Telegrafo building on Ponce de Leon, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The group decided that getting the Python community ready for the upcoming Puerto Rico Tech Summit. what was most important need. The Tech Summit, 06/06/13, is sponsored by the Puerto Rican Government, and its CIO Giancarlos González. The first of it’s kind, the Tech Summit is a direct outreach to the Puerto Rico software development community to participate in access to governmental data; especially the Government Hackathon being held simultaneously with the summit.

The data being made available for the hackathon is a direct result of the MOU Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla signed on 2/28/13. Following President Barack Obama’s lead, Governor Garcia requested every government agency to make an API within 90 days.

Note: prPIG is kindly sponsored by the Internet Society, through their Community Grant program. We are deeply grateful for all of the support we have received so far, it has been well beyond our wildest expectations.

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