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AnnouncementsNon-Commercial announcements Change of domain for the AGNULA project The old domain used by the AGNULA project (which works on audio-oriented Linux distributions) has been abruptly grabbed by an unrelated third party and used to host yet another spam blog. The project is working on changing this state of affairs; in the mean time, however, the site has move to agnula.info.
Lobbying effort ATI and NVIDIA David A. Wheeler has sent in news regarding a video driver email campaign: "Lobby4linux is stirring up a lobbying campaign to NVIDIA and ATI to support FLOSS 3D drivers."
Commercial announcements CrossOver 6 Announced Version 6 of CrossOver for Mac and Linux is out. "Users of Intel based Mac systems can now seamlessly run many Windows applications on their Mac without needing a Windows license. Supported applications include Outlook, Visio, Project, Quicken, Steam based games such as Half Life 2, and many more. For Linux users, we have added support for Outlook 2003, World of Warcraft, a range of Steam based games such as Half-Life 2, and a number of other applications. Additionally, CrossOver 6 represents another major step forward in the evolution of Wine, so most users will find substantial improvements in the overall compatibility and behavior of CrossOver as compared to version 5."
Open Country Announces Partnership with Turbolinux Open Country and Turbolinux have announced a partnership. "Open Country, a next-generation systems management software company, today announced it has entered into a partnership agreement with Turbolinux, Inc., a global provider of Linux-based solutions, to deliver powerful end-to-end management capabilities for Turbolinux’s Chinese customers. Under the terms of the agreement, a customized Mandarin version of Open Country's Universal Systems Management Suite will be bundled with Turbolinux Server 10.5 for the Chinese market."
An OpenMoko update Rumor has it that some telephone products have been announced this week. A little more quietly, it was announced that the Linux-based (and open) OpenMoko phone would begin to ship in February, though widespread availability will probably take a little longer. There's also some details on the final hardware configuration, click below for the full text.
Second Life software to be released Linden Labs has announced that it has released the code for its "viewer" application as open source. "The Second Life Viewer is used by subscribers or 'Residents' to access the virtual world's Grid. Freely-downloadable from the Second Life website, the Viewer software enables Residents to control their in-world avatars, interact with each other via Instant Message, create content, buy and sell objects, access multimedia content and to navigate around the virtual environment." One has to dig a bit, but the associated FAQ states that the GPL is being used, "as well as a separate license for entities that wish to reserve the ability to create proprietary extensions for the viewer." (Thanks to Francesco Lovergine).
Storix, Inc. launches backup and adaptable system recovery software Storix, Inc. has announced the launch of Storix System Backup Administrator version 6 for Linux and AIX. "SBAdmin is designed for daily backup management, as well as Adaptable System Recovery (ASR), providing the flexibility to migrate systems to different hardware or to provision new systems. This ability, coupled with the free annual maintenance offered by the company to its customers, significantly reduces the user's TCO and increases productivity by minimizing downtime."
Nokia N800 announced Nokia has announced the availability of the N800, the much-rumored upgrade of the Linux-based 770 tablet. "Building on the success of the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet, the Nokia N800 introduces faster performance, full screen finger qwerty keyboard, easier continuous connections through Wi-Fi or via Bluetooth phone, integrated web camera as well as a new elegant design." There is a page with some photos available.
Resources Optaros publishes an open source catalog Opteros has announced the release of an "Open Source Catalog," designed to help companies decide which projects are "enterprise ready." Actually downloading the report requires registration, but it's under a Creative Commons license, so we've made a copy available [PDF]. There are some interesting conclusions (qmail is said to be more enterprise-ready than postfix or sendmail, despite scoring lower in the "community" and "functionality" categories), but it still might serve as a useful starting point for people trying to choose free software.
Contests and Awards Qt Centre Programming Contest (KDE.News) KDE.News has announced the Qt Centre Programming Contest 2007. "Qt community site Qt Centre is celebrating its first anniversary with a programming contest. The contest is open until the end of May and the winner is the best Qt 4 or Qtopia application or component in one of several categories. Great prizes to be won include a MacBook and two Qtopia Greenphones. The contest is sponsored by Basyskom, froglogic, ICS, KDAB and Trolltech."
InfoWorld Honors SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop Novell, Inc. has announced the winning of a technical award by the SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10. "Novell today announced its SUSE(R) Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 has earned a 2007 InfoWorld Technology of the Year Award, being named "Best Linux Desktop." According to InfoWorld, "Novell's revamped desktop Linux* distribution combines professional fit and finish with unique usability features not available from other vendors... A class act, [SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop] 10 gives business users new reason to consider Linux for enterprise desktops.""
Event Reports Transcript: Richard Stallman on free software Ciaran O'Riordan has posted a transcript of Richard Stallman's talk on free software in Zagreb last March. It is, he says, the first transcript of a general RMS talk since 1986. The 1986 transcript is also available for anybody who would like to see what's changed over the last twenty years.
Calls for Presentations Call for Papers: aKademy 2007 aKademy 2007 will be held in Glasgow, Scotland from June 30 to July 7. KDE 4 will clearly be a big topic at this gathering. The call for papers has gone out; click below for the details. Abstracts are due by February 14.
KDE Room at FOSDEM 2007 (KDE.News) KDE.News has posted a call for participation for the upcoming FOSDEM conference. "These annual meetings are organised by volunteers, free of charge and generally recognised as one of the most productive gatherings available on the European stage. This year it will be held on the weekend of 24/25th February 2007 on the ULB Campus Solbosh in Brussels, Belgium. We are now looking for KDE contributors to talk about what they are working on. Talks in previous years have included PyKDE, Krita, KDE Marketing, KDevelop and Context Linked Desktops. We want to hear from all parts of KDE in the devroom, so do not think your area of work is too insignificant."
CFP for RAID 2007 A call for papers has been posted for the Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection 2007 conference (RAID 2007). The event takes place in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia on September 5-7, 2007, papers are due by March 31.
Red Hat Summit 2007 call for sessions A call for sessions has been posted for the Red Hat Summit 2007. The event takes place in San Diego, CA on May 9-11, 2007, submissions are due by January 19.
Upcoming Events Terra Soft Hosts Cell Hack-a-thon Terra Soft Solutions has announced the first Cell processor "hack-a-thon". The event takes place in Loveland, Colorado on January 20-26, 2007. "Glen Otero, Ph.D., Chief Scientist at Terra Soft describes this week long event as, "A gathering of researchers from all over the globe who wish to port science and engineering applications to the Cell processor and create the initial knowledge base of Cell-optimized code. Code authors have the option to release code through the newly formed HPC Consortium, making it available to researchers everywhere."
DebConf7 registration/sponsorship/CFP deadline An update report has been sent out for DebConf7, which will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland on June 17-23, 2007. Regarding registration for sponsored accommodation: "We need this information now to make financial estimates. In particular, we would like to calculate how much money we can allocate to travel sponsorship. Even if you are not applying for travel sponsorship, we suggest you organise travel soon. For example, for those coming from Europe some budget airlines recently opened booking for flights that are currently very cheap, and will increase in price over the next few months." Also, the event submission deadline is January 31.
ETel Adds New Speakers and Sessions New speakers have been announced for the O'Reilly Emerging Telephony Conference. "The program schedule is nearly final for ETel, the OÂ’Reilly Emerging Telephony Conference. A cross-section of noted industry experts will be leading more than 50 sessions and hands-on workshops designed to capture the trends of the evolving telecom industry and provide the means to navigate the communication opportunities ahead. ETel 2007 is scheduled for February 27 through March 1, 2007 in Burlingame, California."
Django at PyCon The Django weblog mentions some Django web development system events at PyCon 2007. "On Feb 22nd (the tutorial day) I (Jacob) will be teaching back-to-back three-hour Django tutorials. The morning tutorial is an introduction to Django designed for anyone interested in getting started with Django. After lunch, I'll move on to an advanced Django tutorial, covering a lot of what goes on under the hood. Anyone who knows Django and wants to dig deeper should really enjoy this one. You can, of course, sign up for both."
PyCon 2007 Funding Available The Python Software Foundation has announced the availability of funding for PyCon 2007 attendees. "The Python Software Foundation has allocated some funds to help people attend PyCon 2007. If you'd like to come to PyCon but can't afford it, maybe the PSF can help you." Funding requests are due by January 19.
Linux Installfest workshop in Davis, CA The Linux Users' Group of Davis will hold the next Linux Installfest workshop in Davis, CA on Saturday, January 20, 2007.
Events: January 18, 2007 to March 19, 2007 The 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 Web 2.0 Podcast: A Conversation with Bruce Chizen (O'ReillyNet) O'Reilly presents an interview with Bruce Chizen in audio and video formats. "Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen talked with Web 2.0 Summit program chair Tim O'Reilly about the ubiquity of Flash and PDF, and the fine line that his company walks between open standards and open source. They talked about everything from eBooks and Apollo to competing with Microsoft. This episode is sponsored by the Intel Software Partner Program."
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