Debian has been selected as a mentor organization for the Google Summer of Code 2010.

Merlin’s platform of choice is Debian GNU/Linux, which he said has the most comprehensive software library available for Linux. Merlin developed ‘getupdates’, a program to keep client software synchronized with a central server.

It’s already well known that Google HQ use a custom version of Ubuntu as one of their OSes, and it seems that Google’s forthcoming Chrome Operating System will be no different – running atop a solid Debian base.

We’re happy to announce that Debian has been accepted again as one of the mentoring organizations for this year’s Google Summer of Code[1].

Hi folks, Google are running their Summer of Code programme again this year, and if we want to take part again we need to apply this week. If we’re accepted again as a mentoring organisation, then students will be able to apply to work with us up until the 3rd April.

The Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is an international program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source software projects. Debian has participated since 2006, mentoring dozens of students on Debian projects.