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AnnouncementsNon-Commercial announcements Debian Linux Adopts OpenVZ Virtualization SoftwareThe OpenVZ project has announced its operating system-level server virtualization software technology is incorporated into Debian GNU/Linux giving users full access to OpenVZ software, which helps increase server utilization rates.
GWeather Locations DB major updateThe GWeather developers are clearing out dead weather monitoring locations from their database. "People have noticed that at one point we accidentally added a lot of dead locations to the GWeather database. Frank Solensky has been monitoring the locations to count the number of reports from every location. I have then knocked together a quick Python script to remove all the locations that had zero reports over the last half a year. What we need you to do is QA our data through random sampling."
Xandros Joins OSDL to Accelerate Adoption of Desktop LinuxOSDL has announced its newest member, Xandros. "Xandros will participate in OSDL's Desktop Linux (DTL) working group with a specific focus on advancing standards-based usability and consistency."
Commercial announcements Mozilla Corporation Signs Distribution Deal with RealNetworks (MozillaZine)MozillaZine covers a new distribution deal between the Mozilla Corporation and RealNetworks. "The Mozilla Corporation and RealNetworks have entered into a multi-year agreement under which RealNetworks will distribute Mozilla Firefox with its products. During the installation of RealPlayer, users will be given the option to also install Firefox. In the near future, Firefox will also be an installation option with Real's Rhapsody music download service and RealArcade gaming platform."
New Books LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell, Second Edition - O'Reilly's Latest ReleaseO'Reilly has published the book LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell, Second Edition by Steven Pritchard, Bruno Gomes Pessanha, Nicolai Langfeldt, James Stanger, and Jeff Dean.
Mastering Regular Expressions, Third Edition - O'Reilly's Latest ReleaseO'Reilly has published the book Mastering Regular Expressions, Third Edition by Jeffrey E. F. Friedl.
Resources FSF opinion papers publishedThe Free Software Foundation has published a set of opinion papers as a supplement to the rationale document for the GPLv3 second draft. They cover topics like patent retaliation, DRM, BitTorrent, and others. "Draft 1 did not address peer-to-peer transmission; it was an issue that had escaped our notice. The experts on the discussion committees we formed in January did not call this issue to our attention either. Rather, the issue was pointed out to us by two unaffiliated members of the free software user community."
Contests and Awards Amarok Live Calling for Artwork (KDE.News)KDE.News has announced a new Amarok artwork contest. "The Amarok project has announced an artwork contest for their upcoming live CD, Amarok Live, for fancy new version 1.4. The contest includes among other things bootsplash screens, wallpapers and Amarok splash screens. Also the Amarok Live team would like to have a complete set with similar style for all the items listed in the Amarok wiki. This artwork contest will be opened for submission until midnight UTC ending September 1st."
Call for nominations for the 2006 FSF Award for the Advancement of Free SoftwareThe Free Software Foundation (FSF) and the GNU Project have announced the request for nominations for the 2006 Award for the Advancement of Free Software. "This annual award is presented to a person who has made a great contribution to the progress and development of free software, through activities that accord with the spirit of software freedom (as defined in the Free Software Definition)."
PyWeek #3 in September!The third PyWeek game programming challenge has been announced. The object of the challenge is to develop a Python-based game in one week. "PyWeek 3 is coming up. I've scheduled it for the first week of September. The exact dates are 00:00UTC Sunday 3rd September to 00:00UTC Sunday 10th September."
Valgrind receives Google-O'Reilly Award (KDE.News)KDE.news reports that Valgrind has won an award. "Julian Seward, father of the the famous Valgrind, an opensource tool for debugging and profiling your applications, won this years Google-O'Reilly Open Source Award for "Best Toolmaker". This years ceremony was the second of the annual event. Congratulations, Julian! In other news, Valgrind 3.2 has been released."
Surveys Volunteers Wanted for Mozilla Firefox User Panel (MozillaZine)MozillaZine mentions an effort to collect user opinions on the User Panel. "Rachel Werner writes: "Mozilla is now recruiting for the Firefox User Panel, which is an initiative to learn more about how end-users interact with the Web. Firefox User Panel members will complete a series of short online surveys on a variety of Web-related topics, with the aggregate results made available to the Mozilla community."
Education and Certification LPI and FSG join forces in Latin AmericaThe Linux Professional Institute and the Free Standards Group will provide professional certification in Latin America. "The two organizations will initiate this relationship through their key participation in a five city IT tour in Brazil beginning in August 2006 which includes such leading companies as IBM and Novell, local LPI training partners and other IT organizations."
Calls for Presentations ARES 2007: Call for workshop proposalsA call for workshop proposals has gone out for ARES 2007, The Second International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security. The event takes place from April 1013th, 2007 in Vienna, Austria, proposals are due by September 10.
Upcoming Events Boston Summit 2006 announcedThe GNOME Boston Summit will be held on October 7-9 in Boston, MA. "The annual GNOME Boston Summit is a three-day hackfest for GNOME developers and contributors. It is not primarily aimed at users or new contributors, but if you want to jump right into the deep end, it's a fantastic way to meet everyone and get involved. Unlike traditional conferences, the Boston Summit is all about getting developers together and getting things done. While there are some non-hacking sessions, they are geared heavily towards many-to-many, interactive discussion and planning, rather than one-to-many presentations."
Help KDE at LinuxWorld London (KDE.News)KDE.News has posted a call for help for the next London LinuxWorld Conference and Expo. "Today we received confirmation that we have been successful in obtaining a booth at LinuxWorld Conference and Expo. The two-day event is taking place on the 25th and 26th of October in London's Olympia 2 conference hall. Following last year's success we are hoping to have a bigger presence this year to demonstrate our efforts at Akademy 2006 as well as the progress that will have been made with KDE 4."
Events: August 17, 2006 to October 16, 2006The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it. Audio and Video programs Linux Link Tech Show Interviews Amarok Developers (KDE.News)KDE.News has announced the availability of an audio interview with Amarok developers. "The Linux Link Tech Show has interviewed Amarok developers Max Howell and Ian Monroe in their latest show. Max talks about Amarok's many features and what they plan for KDE 4, while Ian explains what the main goals of the Amarok project are. Start 12 minutes in to skip the technical problems and listen to the interview."
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