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AnnouncementsNon-Commercial announcements Debian joins Desktop Linux ConsortiumThe Debian Project announced that it is a founding member of the Desktop Linux Consortium (DLC). A recent survey on DesktopLinux.com indicated that Debian is the most popular GNU/Linux Distribution for the Desktop.
New DLC mailing listThe Desktop Linux Consortium has created a moderate volume mailing list for general discussions regarding the DLC.
openMosix celebrates first anniversaryThe openMosix project is celebrating its first anniversary. "This OpenSource project has quickly attracted thousands of users, building thousands of clusters. OpenSource is more than just free access to software source code. openMosix is a modern OpenSource project which encourages a very active user community."
Commercial announcements UCITA withdrawn from the ABAAn attempt to get American Bar Association approval for the UCITA "shrink-wrap software law" bill has been withdrawn after it became clear that it would not pass. ABA approval, while not strictly required, is a usual step taken before trying to push a law through state legislatures throughout the U.S. This is a big setback for UCITA, but experience over the years shows that this law (which, among other things, would legitimize a number of restrictive licensing practices, and potentially subject free software developers to liability claims) will be back before too long. (Thanks to Max Hyre).
Merant Showcases Solutions in IBMs Linux Center of CompetenceFinancial services are coming to Linux. Merant has announced that it is showcasing its solutions at IBMs Linux Center of Competence. Merant is offering financial organizations the opportunity to evaluate two of its leading products, PVCS Dimensions and PVCS Version Manager, in the Centers Linux environment.
Quicknet PC-to-Phone Service now available for Linux usersQuicknet Technologies announced the Linux Special Edition, a commercial PC-to-Phone supported service for Linux users in concert with GnomeMeeting.Org.
Press Release from Castle Technology LtdCastle Technology Limited has put out a press release concerning an alleged GPL violation. Source code is being made available to alleviate the concern. Thanks to Jonathan Riddell.
Linux LPI BootcampJim Dennis will be teaching the first in a series of Linux LPI Bootcamp courses in Concord, California, starting on Febrary 24, 2003.
SnapGear Develops Linux-Based Integrated Development Toolchain for Intel XScale ProcessorSnapGear, Inc. has announced an open source developement environment for the Intel XScale(TM) (IXP425) microprocessor.
Resources Study: comparing free and proprietary network stacksA company called Reasoning has put out a press release on a defect study it did of six different TCP/IP stacks. "Reasoning found 8 defects in 81,852 lines of Linux kernel source code - the fewest number of defects of the various implementations of TCP/IP inspected by Reasoning as part of its study."
Beginning Perl available onlineWrox Press has made Simon Cozens' book Beginning Perl available online at no charge.
wxWindows Tutorials onlineJulian Smart's FOSDEM 2003 presentation and tutorial on the wxWindows cross-platform GUI framework are available online.
Upcoming Events NOIE Open Source Software SeminarThe National Office for the Information Economy is hosting a seminar for departmental Chief Information Officer's (CIO's), Chief Technology Officer's (CTO's), agency ICT professionals and invited guests on government demand for Open Source Software. The seminar will take place at the National Press Club in Canberra, Australia on February 18, 2003.
OpenOffice.org Conference 2003The first OpenOffice.org conference will be happening March 20 and 21 in Hamburg, Germany - right after CeBIT. Speakers will include Bruce Perens and Curtis Sasaki (the VP of Engineering of the Desktop Systems Group at Sun Microsystems).
GUADIC 2003 - the first Italian GNOME Users and Developers ConferenceGUADIC 2003 - the "GNOME Users And Developers Italian Conference" will be held February 22 in Florence. Click below for the full announcement (in Italian).
FSF Announces Date for Annual Associate Membership MeetingThe Free Software Foundation will hold an annual meeting on March 15, 2003. The event will include a panel discussion with some board members of FSF.
KDE Developers Meet In Brussels For FOSDEMKDE.News covers KDE developers at FOSDEM. "Activities included bugfixing, development discussions and presentations, keysigning and of course socializing. Pictures are available."
Copenhagen Perl Workshop in April (use Perl)Use Perl reports on work by the Copenhagen Perl Mongers to put together a Perl Workshop in Copenhagen. The event it tentatively scheduled for the end of April.
Call for Candidates YAPC::Europe::2004 (use Perl)A Call for Candidates has been posted for the YAPC::Europe::2004 conference.
Open Source for National and Local eGovernment Programs in the U.S. and EUThe Open Source for National and Local eGovernment Programs in the U.S. and EU conference will be held in Washington, D.C. on March 17-19, 2003.
Events: February 13 - April 10, 2003
Web sites ALU.CLiki.net web sitealu.cliki.net is the location of a new CLiki-based web site which contains general LISP information.
KDE-Forum.org and KDE-Look.org Hosting UpdatesKDE.News reports on the resurfacing of KDE-Forum.org. "We're pleased to note that KDE-Forum.org is now back online after a rocky start. A big thanks goes out to Pierre-Emmanuel Muller and Cyberbrain who are now hosting this site, and of course to zenok, fan of KDE and creator of KDE-Forum.org for web-based KDE-related discussions."
Software announcements This week's software announcementsHere are the software announcements, courtesy of Freshmeat.net. They are available in two formats:
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