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AnnouncementsNon-Commercial announcements FSF reboots its High Priority list with a grant and call for inputThe Free Software Foundation has announced an adjustment of its high priority list. "The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced a "reboot" of its High Priority Projects list with an accompanying $10,000 grant from Worldlabel.com Inc. The grant will seed a new fund to promote projects on the list, and the FSF is calling for a community conversation about the biggest challenges computer users face using free "as in freedom" software."
Untangle Joins The Linux FoundationThe Linux Foundation has announced that Untangle is the newest member of the Foundation. "Untangle, developers of the Open Source Network Gateway, is joining the Linux Foundation as a way to further contribute to the open source community. It plans to take advantage of the exclusive Linux Foundation events and to collaborate with the Foundation on outreach to Linux User Groups (LUGs) throughout the globe."
2008Q4 Call for Grant Proposals (use Perl)use Perl has announced the 2008Q4 Call for Grant Proposals. "The Perl Foundation is looking at giving some grants ranging from $500 to $3000 in November 2008. In the past, we've supported Adam Kennedy's PPI and Strawberry Perl, Nicholas Clark's work on Perl internals, Jouke Visser's pVoice, Chris Dolan on Perl::Critic and many others".
Commercial announcements The Brazilian GNU/Linux Insigne Momentum 5.0 Operating System Strengthens Brazilian Digital Inclusion ProgramThis press release looks at the Brazilian "Computador para Todos" (Computer for Everyone) program that was announced in November 2005. The open source Insigne OS has been key to the success of the program. ""It has been hard but pleasant work reaching 1.5 million families," says Joao Pereira da Silva Jr., Insigne's CEO. "Brand-new users considered the system very friendly, and the other systems' former users expressed admiration and a desire to migrate to Insigne. We are motivated to improve the Insigne OS to increase our market share.""
New MySQL Distribution: ExtSQL Provides Usage AccountingSoftware Workshop has developed their own modifications to MySQL and called it ExtSQL. ExtSQL gives database administrators a simple way to monitor activity by individual users, database, or even connection. ExtSQL has new commands built into the server as an extension to the SQL language. ExtSQL is being released under the GPL.
SourceLabs announces Top Ten Open Source Software Support IssuesSourceLabs has announced its September, 2008 compilation of the Top Ten Open Source Software Support Issues. "SourceLabs, the company innovating support and search technology for open source software, today announced the top ten most prevalent support issues and search data for supporting Linux and Open Source Java for the month of September 2008. The report is compiled from monthly searches performed by users of SourceLabs' Self-Support Suite (http://webui.sourcelabs.com)."
New Books The Daemon, the Gnu, and the Penguin in printed book formatReed Media Services has published the book The Daemon, the Gnu, and the Penguin by Peter H. Salus.
Learning OpenCV--New from O'ReillyO'Reilly has published the book Learning OpenCV by Gary Rost Bradski and Adrian Kaehler.
A Sane Approach to Database DesignG2W Press has published the book A Sane Approach to Database Design by Mark Johansen.
Version Control with Subversion--New from O'ReillyO'Reilly has published the book Version Control with Subversion by Ben Collins-Sussman, Brian W. Fitzpatrick, and C. Michael Pilato.
Resources Linux Gazette #155 is outIssue number 155 of the Linux Gazette has been published. Topics include: Mailbag, Talkback, 2-Cent Tips, News Bytes by Deividson Luiz Okopnik and Howard Dyckoff, Away Mission: Google I/O and Better Software Practices by Howard Dyckoff, HugeTLB - Large Page Support in the Linux Kernel, by R. Krishnakumar, Book Review: Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing by Rick Moen, Joey's Notes: Using the Automounter by Joey Prestia, Our monthly column of basic Linux advice and education HelpDex by Shane Collinge, Ecol by Javier Malonda, XKCD by Randall Munroe and The Linux Launderette.
Contests and Awards OO.o Community Innovation Program WinnersThe winners of the OpenOffice.org Community Innovation Program have been announced. "The Community Innovation Program Awards Committee is pleased to announce the winners of this year's contest. We were impressed by the quality of the submissions and by the work demonstrated, and on behalf of the OpenOffice.org Community, look forward to working with the Entrants. There were four award levels, Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Honourable Mention."
Surveys Announcing the Ubuntu Server SurveyA new Ubuntu Server Survey has been announced. "The Ubuntu Server Team wants to know how you use Ubuntu Server in day-to-day operations to help the team prioritize the support and development of future Ubuntu Server Editions. In an effort to better understand, support and further the Ubuntu Server Edition we would like to ask you to take this survey which should take between 10 to 20 minutes to complete. The information provided will help us determine where we can improve support, where to add additional resources and to generate a better understanding of the community which we work within."
Calls for Presentations linux.conf.au 2009 Open Mobile Miniconf cfpA Call for Presentations has gone out for the Open Mobile Miniconf at linux.conf.au 2009. The conference takes place in Hobart, Tasmania on January 19-20, 2009.
SCALE calls for non-profit exhibitorsThe Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) has announced a call for non-profit exhibitors. "Wide spread acceptance and encouragement from the user community has established SCALE as a premiere Open Source Software conference. Continuing our efforts to promote Open Source software, we invite you to share your work on Free and Open Source projects with the rest of the FOSS community. If you'd like a expo booth for your project at the 7th Annual So Cal Linux Expo, please submit your proposal."
Upcoming Events Linux.conf.au announces keynotes for 2009The 2009 edition of linux.conf.au has announced three keynote speakers for the conference. It will be held January 19-24, 2009 in Hobart, Tasmania. "The speakers are: internationally recognised author, speaker and systems administrator, Tom Limoncelli; co-founder of Wikia and Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Advisory Board, Angela Beesley; and Chief Open Source Officer at Sun Microsystems, Simon Phipps." Click below for more information.
Harald Welte to keynote co-located NLUUG and Embedded Linux Conference EuropeHarald Welte will be giving a keynote speech—entitled "How chip makers should (not) support free software"—at the NLUUG autumn conference [Dutch] and co-located Embedded Linux Conference Europe. Both conferences have recently opened for registration. The conferences will be held in Ede, the Netherlands on November 6 and 7. A combined program [PDF in both Dutch and English] for the conferences is available. In addition to Welte's keynote, there are presentations on many different topics from members of the Linux community.
LinuxWorld Expands To OpenSource World Conference & ExpoIDG World Expo has announced the launch of OpenSource World(TM) Conference & Expo. "OpenSource World will include the key features of LinuxWorld(R), but will offer a strong focus on supporting and enlarging not only the Linux market, but the overarching open source technology umbrella. OpenSource World is scheduled to take place August 10-13, 2009, at San Francisco's Moscone Center."
Events: October 16, 2008 to December 15, 2008The 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 Mastering IPTables, Part I (Linux Journal)Linux Journal presents part one of a video tutorial on Mastering IPTables by Elliot Isaacson.
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