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Many open source projects have been switching from CVS and Subversion to more flexible, distributed version-control systems. One of these is Git, written by Linus Torvalds, originally for use on the Linux kernel. There are a few ways to get the base Git package (with the Git command-line client and two basic graphical front ends) installed under Mac OS X. Our friends over at TheAppleBlog have a good post up on six of the best graphical tools for managing Git. Check it out.?

Sun Microsystems has launched a new effort to compete with Google Code and various Forge sites with its beta site Project Kenai (pronounced Keen-Eye). According to a blog post, the site was launched quietly on Friday, and a primary goal of the site is to host open source projects and encourage collaboration on them. Project Kenai is built on Ruby on Rails, and uses Subversion and Mercurial version-control systems. How will this compete with similar sites?