Announcements

Non-Commercial announcements

EFF's Coders' Rights Project

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has announced the launch of the Coders' Rights Project. "'Coders who explore technology through innovation and research play a vital role in developing and securing the software and hardware we use everyday. Yet this important work can be stymied by bogus legal threats,' said EFF Civil Liberties Director Jennifer Granick, who is heading up the project. 'EFF's Coders' Rights Project will provide a front-line defense for coders facing legal challenges for legitimate research activities.'"

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EFF Releases "Switzerland" ISP Testing Tool

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has announced the release of the Switzerland ISP Testing Tool. "San Francisco - Hours before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to take action against Comcast for violating the FCC's net neutrality principles, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is releasing "Switzerland," a software tool for customers to test the integrity of their Internet communications."

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FSF demonstrates iPhone's incompatibility with free software and GPLv3

The Free Software Foundation has sent out a press release concerning Apple's position on free software on the iPhone. "The statement contrasts the iPhone with other proprietary computer operating platforms that have allowed free software access, saying "For many years, we have been suffering from Microsoft's PC monopoly; a platform that has allowed Microsoft to inflict untold harm on computer users and the computing industry. The free software community has been working for many years to give people an opportunity to escape to GNU/Linux from Windows, but the iPhone would allow no such escape route.""

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Commercial announcements

IBM, Canonical, Novell, and Red Hat go for the desktop

IBM, Canonical, Novell, and Red Hat have jointly announced a scheme aimed at making progress in "the one billion-unit desktop market." "The four leaders are working with their local business partners in markets around the world to build and distribute a pre-loaded PC offering that features IBM's Open Collaboration Client Solution (OCCS) including Lotus Notes, Lotus Symphony and Lotus Sametime; the Linux operating system of each distributor; and software applications and installation services from the local partners in each market. The final product will be branded by the local IT firms that bring it to market."

IBM has launched a number of other initiatives as well, celebrating its ten years of support for Linux.

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BitRock partners with Rightscale

BitRock and Rightscale have announced a partnership. "BitRock Inc., the leading provider of tools and services for deploying open source applications, and RightScale, the leader in cloud computing management, announced today a partnership to provide one-click deployments of popular open source applications on Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). Users of RightScale's cloud computing management system can now select from a menu of applications, such as Drupal, Joomla!, Wordpress, and MediaWiki, and launch them in an instant to EC2."

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Funambol Version 7 has been released

Funambol has announced the release of Funambol Version 7, a push email and mobile sync system. "Funambol v7's new capabilities include open source software for BlackBerry push email and PIM sync, an iPhone plug-in for contacts sync, an enhanced Java ME push email client for hundreds of millions of feature phones, Yahoo! and Gmail contact import into the Funambol Portal, server syncing of tasks and notes via native SyncML clients, an enhanced SDK and greater scalability. Funambol v7 ties into key trends in the mobile industry, the first being open source."

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MontaVista Linux supports Cavium OCTEON processors

MontaVista Software, Inc. has announced support for Cavium Networks OCTEON processor family. "MontaVista® Software, Inc., the leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, today announced that MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) 5.0 now supports Cavium Networks OCTEON CN58XX, CN56XX, CN52XX, CN50XX, and CN38XX processor families, enabling embedded developers to use the widely adopted MIPS64-based OCTEON architecture to create high performance multicore applications that are multi-threaded and core-aware while delivering the interoperability, high availability, and field serviceability that carriers need."

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Openmoko publishes schematics for Neo phones

Openmoko has announced the forthcoming release ("under a Creative Commons License") of the schematics for its Neo 1973 and Neo FreeRunner phones. "Just as Free and Open Source Software provides source code information, open schematics provide vital information to engineers who may want to add functionality, external instruments or sensors, or assist the company in debugging problems, ultimately creating a better product for the entire mobile community."

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Partners Embrace Oracle Unbreakable Linux Support Program

Oracle has posted a LinuxWorld press release that promotes the Unbreakable Linux support program. "Further demonstrating its commitment to support, promote and advance Linux in the enterprise, Oracle today announced continued momentum across its Linux partner ecosystem with new partners adopting the Oracle(R) Unbreakable Linux Support Program, by certifying with Oracle Enterprise Linux and participating in the Oracle Validated Configurations testing program. In addition, Oracle announced an enhanced Linux partner program provided through the Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN)."

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Promise Technology announces Linux support for RAID subsystems

Promise Technology has announced Linux support for its products. "Promise Technology, Inc., a global supplier of sophisticated RAID storage solutions for enterprise and SMB customers, today announced Linux support for all its products as an important extension of its Linux business strategy."

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RedPost announces next phase of it's Ubuntu-based DIY hardware platform

RedPost has announced a new Ubuntu-based digital photo frame device. "Today, RedPost inc. announced the next phase of its Ubuntu-driven hardware with the formation of a strategic partnership with Hurco Automation Ltd., a Taiwan-based industrial computer manufacturer with a twelve year history of building specialized, quality electronics. Hurco will manufacture RedPost's new Sign, a 19" all-in-one PC with the capability of a digital photo frame or as a digital sign when connected to RedPost's software."

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New Books

FBML Essentials--New from O'Reilly

O'Reilly has published the book FBML Essentials by Jesse Stay.

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Intellectual Property and Open Source - New from O'Reilly

O'Reilly has published the book Intellectual Property and Open Source by Van Lindberg.

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The Productive Programmer - New from O'Reilly

O'Reilly has published the book The Productive Programmer by Neal Ford.

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Learning the vi and Vim Editors - New from O'Reilly

O'Reilly has published the book Learning the vi and Vim Editors by Arnold Robbins, Elbert Hannah, and Linda Lamb.

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Resources

Git Magic

Git Magic may not be exactly new, but some of us have stumbled across it later than others. It is a highly readable introduction to git with lots of examples of how to get things done. "As Arthur C. Clarke observed, any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. This is a great way to approach Git: newbies can ignore its inner workings and view Git as a gizmo that can amaze friends and infuriate enemies with its wondrous abilities. Rather than go into details, we provide rough instructions for particular effects. After repeated use, gradually you will understand how each trick works, and how to tailor the recipes for your needs."

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Contests and Awards

Nominations Open for 2008 Linux Medical News Freedom Award (LinuxMedNews)

LinuxMedNews has announced the opening of nominations for the Linux Medical News Freedom Award. "Nominations are officially open for the 8th annual Linux Medical News Freedom Award to be presented at the November 8th-12th AMIA Fall conference at the Hilton Washington and Towers, Washington, D.C. Deadline for entries is August 31th, 2008."

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15 Proposals for Third Quarter of TPF Grants (use Perl)

use Perl looks at the proposals received for the 2008 Perl Foundation Grants. "The Perl Foundation grants committee received 15 proposals during the third call for grant proposals for 2008. These proposals are published for public discussion. You are invited to comment each proposal about its relevance and objectives."

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Event Reports

OSCON 2008 Proceedings are online

The proceedings from the 2008 O'Reilly Open Source Convention have been published. "Presentation files will be made available after the session has concluded and the speaker has given us the files. Check back if you don't see the file you're looking for—it might be available later! (However, please note some speakers choose not to share their presentations."

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Calls for Presentations

O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing 2009 Conference opens Call for Proposals

A Call for Proposals has gone out for te O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference. "The O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference 2009 will parse the future February 9-11, 2009, at the Marriot Marquis in New York City. Following last year's sold-out conference in New York, Program Chair Andrew Savikas invites proposals for conference sessions and tutorials for this third year of the TOC Conference." The proposal deadline is August 25.

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Upcoming Events

Installfest for Schools at LinuxWorld

For those attending LinuxWorld next week, who might have a little time on their hands, the Installfest for Schools is looking for volunteers. "Building on the success of the first Installfest for Schools on March 1st, 2008, we are launching a global installfest this Summer at LinuxWorld! We'll be refurbishing older computers, recycled by the Alameda County Computer Resource Center, right on the LinuxWorld Expo floor August 4-7, 2008. With over 10,000 GNU/Linux users attending LinuxWorld, theres no telling how many F/OSS computers we can donate to Schools. But why stop there? We're working with volunteers all over the world to organize Installfests for Schools in their own neighborhoods during the week of LinuxWorld."

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Linux Foundation announces End User Summit

The Linux Foundation End User Summit has been announced. "Join us on October 13 & 14 as the Linux Foundation holds the first Linux Foundation End User Collaboration Summit at the Desmond Tutu Center in New York City. This event is gathering the leaders of the Linux development and vendor communities to collaborate with CTOs, architects and senior IT representatives from the largest and most dynamic end users in the world to accelerate problem solving and advance the Linux platform."

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Registration opens for the OpenOffice.org annual conference

Registration for the OpenOffice.org annual conference has been opened. "Please note we have now opened registration for our annual international conference OOoCon 2008, to be held in Beijing, China between 5th.-7th. November. This OOoCon is a double first - it's the first OOoCon to be held outside Europe, and it will also see the biggest concentration of OpenOffice.org developers ever assembled in one location on the planet."

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Events: August 14, 2008 to October 13, 2008

The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.

Date(s)	Event	Location
August 9 August 16	Akademy 2008	Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium
August 9 August 17	Linuxbierwanderung (Linux Beer Hike)	Samnaun/Compatsch, Switzerland
August 10 August 16	Debian Conference 2008	Mar del Plata, Argentina
August 11 August 15	SAGE-AU'2008	Adelaide, Australia
August 12 August 14	Flash Memory Summit	Santa Clara, CA, USA
August 13 August 15	YAPC::Europe 2008	Copenhagen, Denmark
August 18	Debian Day	Buenos Aires, Argentina
August 19 August 24	SciPy 2008 Conference	Pasadena, CA, USA
August 20 August 22	Jornadas Regionales de Software Libre	Buenos Aires, Argentina
August 23 August 24	FrOSCon 2008	Saint Augustin, Germany
August 26 August 29	WebGUI Users Conference 2008	Madison, WI, USA
August 27 August 30	Drupalcon Szeged 2008	Szeged, Hungary
August 28 August 30	Utah Open Source Conference 2008	Salt Lake City, UT, USA
September 2 September 4	RailsConf Europe 2008	Berlin, Germany
September 5 September 7	FUDCon Brno 2008	Brno, Czech Republic
September 6 September 7	DjangoCon 2008	Mountain View, CA, USA
September 7 September 10	Workshop on Open Source Software for Computer and Network Forensics	Milan, Italy
September 7 September 14	Python Game Programming Challenge	Online,
September 8	Encontro Nacional de openSUSE	Porto, Portugal
September 9 September 11	EFMI STC 2008	London, England
September 12 September 14	The UK Python Conference	Birmingham, England
September 15 September 18	ZendCon PHP 2008	Santa Clara, CA, USA
September 15 September 16	Linux Kernel Summit 2008	Portland, OR, USA
September 16 September 19	Web 2.0 Expo	New York, NY, USA
September 17 September 19	The Linux Plumbers Conference	Portland, OR, USA
September 18 September 19	Italian Perl Workshop	Pisa, Italy
September 19 September 20	Maemo Summit 2008	Berlin, Germany
September 20	Celebrating Software Freedom Day in Riga, Latvia	Riga, Latvia
September 22 September 25	Storage Developer Conference 2008	Santa Clara, CA, USA
September 23 September 25	4th International Conference on IT Incident Management and IT Forensics	Manheim, Germany
September 24 September 25	OpenExpo 2008 Zürich	Winterthur, Switzerland
September 25 September 27	Firebird Conference 2008	Bergamo, Italy
September 26 September 27	PGCon Brazil 2008	Sao Paulo, Brazil
September 26	Far East Perl Workshop 2008	Vladivostok, Russia
September 26 September 28	ToorCon Information Security Conference	San Diego, CA, USA
September 27 September 28	WineConf 2008	Bloomington, MN, USA
September 29 October 3	Netfilter Workshop 2008	Paris, France
September 29 September 30	Conference on Software Language Engineering	Toulouse, France
September 30 October 1	BA-Con 2008	Buenos Aires, Argentina
October 1 October 3	Vision 2008 Embedded Linux Developers Conference	San Francisco, USA
October 2 October 3	ekoparty Security Conference	Buenos Aires, Argentina
October 3 October 4	Open Source Days 2008	Copenhagen, Denmark
October 4	PyArkansas 2008	Central Arkansas, USA
October 4 October 5	Texas Regional Python Unconference 2008	Austin, TX, USA
October 7 October 10	OWASP NYC AppSec 2008 Conference	New York, NY, USA
October 7	Openmind 2008	Tampere, Finland
October 7 October 10	Linux-Kongress 2008	Hamburg, Germany
October 7	Red Hat Government Users and Developers Conference	Washington, DC, United States
October 10 October 12	Ohio LinuxFest 2008	Columbus, Ohio, USA
October 10 October 12	PostgreSQL Conference West 08	Portland, OR, USA
October 10 October 12	Skolelinux Developer Gathering	Oslo, Norway
October 11 October 12	Pittsburgh Perl Workshop	Pittsburgh, PA, USA
October 11 October 12	MerbCamp	San Diego, CA, USA

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Audio and Video programs

RHT CEO Talks Biz (CNBC.com)

CNBC.com presents a video interview (Flash format) with Red Hat's Jim Whitehurst. "Discussing Red Hat's stock and business, with Jim Whitehurst, president and CEO of Red Hat, and Mad Money host Jim Cramer." (Thanks to Scott Dowdle).

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