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AnnouncementsCommercial announcements Ingres DB now available within SUSEIngres and Novell have announced that the Ingres database is available within SUSE Studio as part of the SUSE Appliance Program. "Both companies have entered into a cooperative agreement to make it easier and more cost-effective for independent software vendors (ISVs) and system integrators (SIs) to build appliances that deliver business critical software applications which require an enterprise-class database. As part of the agreement, Novell and Ingres will jointly support and market the SUSE Studio Appliance Template for Ingres Database to a large ecosystem of ISVs who are seeking a simplified appliance infrastructure."
Resources ODBMS.ORG new section on NoSQL Data Stores.ODBMS.org (Object Database Management Systems) has added a section on NoSQL data stores, "where you will be able to download Free Software, Articles, Papers, Presentations and Tutorials."
Articles of interest Building an open source business (opensource.com)Over at opensource.com, OpenNMS's Tarus Balog looks at the process of starting an open source business. This article covers much of the same material as his recent SCALE 8x keynote. "You might think that I was motivated by some sort of idealistic love of open source software. Nothing could be further from the truth. At the time, I was still running a Windows desktop. I undertook the OpenNMS project because I believed one thing: in the area of network management, open source represents the best business solution."
Hackable Linux clamshell goes on sale for $99 (LinuxDevices)LinuxDevices looks at the Ben NanoNote, a small, open machine produced by Qi Hardware. "The Ben NanoNote offers OpenWRT Linux pre-installed, and the device can also boot over USB. (OpenWRT is a small footprint distribution commonly found on routers.) Other components in the distribution include the Uboot boot-loader, although one of the many project pages on Qi Hardware notes that the eventual plan is to move to the lightweight Qi boot-loader."
Simon Phipps elected as OSI director (The H)The H reports that the Open Source Initiative (OSI) has elected Simon Phipps, formerly Sun's Chief Open Source Officer, to the board of directors. "As a director, Phipps hopes to help the organisation change so that it becomes more member-oriented, more active in promoting open source in education, in policy development and possibly in organisational support for open source projects; "My goal as a Director will be to facilitate that change, a change that is already well under way following recent face to face discussions and the great work that Andrew Oliver and Danese Cooper have already put in"."
Interviews Interview: Eben Moglen - Freedom vs. The Cloud Log (The H)The H has an interview with Eben Moglen. "And so, basically, what I am proposing is that we build a social networking stack based around the existing free software we have, which is pretty much the same existing free software the server-side social networking stacks are built on; and we provide ourselves with an appliance which contains a free distribution everybody can make as much of as they want, and cheap hardware of a type which is going to take over the world whether we do it or we don't, because it's so attractive a form factor and function, at the price."
Contests and Awards Mozilla Launches Firefox Mobile Add-On Challenge (Linux.com)Nathan Willis covers Mozilla's contest to provide add-ons for the Firefox for Mobile browser. "Mozilla has launched a contest to spur on development of add-ons for its recently-released Firefox for Mobile browser. Between now and April 12, developers are encouraged to create extensions or other add-ons tailored for the mobile browser. The top ten submissions (as judged by Mozilla's Add-ons and Mobile teams) will each be awarded a package containing a Mozilla t-shirt, phone case, and a brand-new Nokia N900 phone -- which runs the Maemo mobile Linux operating system and was the very first device to support Firefox for Mobile."
Education and Certification LPI promotes Linux certification within Spanish public schoolsThe Linux Professional Institute (LPI) affiliate in Spain has partnered with Proyecto Universidad Empresa (PUE) to promote LPI certification and training within Spain's public schools. "Under this initiative with PUE, LPI-Spain will promote the LPI Approved Academic Partnership (LPI-AAP) program with public sector education programs in Spain to ensure high quality Linux training and certification. This will also include the provision of discounted LPI exam labs throughout the country at public academic institutions."
Calls for Presentations LinuxCon Japan Call for ParticipationLinuxCon Japan, formerly known as the Japan Linux Symposium, has announced its call for participation (CFP). This Linux Foundation sponsored conference will be held in Tokyo September 27-29. The CFP lists a number of topic areas that are of particular interest including desktop Linux, embedded and mobile Linux, Linux adoption, and so on; it closes on May 14. "LinuxCon Japan is the premiere Linux conference in Asia that brings together a unique blend of core developers, administrators, users, community managers and industry experts. It is designed not only to encourage collaboration but also to support future interaction between Japan and other Asia Pacific countries and the rest of the global Linux community. The conference includes presentations, tutorials, birds of a feather sessions, keynotes, sponsored mini-summits."
Debconf 10: Call for ContributionsThe Debconf team has announced that they are now accepting proposals for contributions to this year's Debian conference. The deadline for proposals is May 1, 2010. DebConf 10 will be held August 1-7, 2010 in New York City. "There are many ways you can contribute, you could present a technical paper, host a panel discussion, put on a tutorial, do a performance, an art installation, a debate, host a meeting (BoFS, or Birds of a Feather Session), or other possibilities that you devise. This year we are also accepting proposals for tracks-a thematic grouping around a particular subject, and people to coordinate those tracks. If you are looking for ideas of things that you could contribute, or have ideas for things that you would like to see happen at Debconf, have a look at the Contribution Brainstorm page."
EuroPython 2010 - Open for registration and reminder of participationRegistration is open for EuroPython 2010. The conference will be held July 17-24, 2010 in Birmingham, UK. "EuroPython is a conference for the Python programming language community, including the Django, Zope and Plone communities. It is aimed at everyone in the Python community, of all skill levels, both users and programmers." Register before May 10, 2010 for the Early Bird rate. The Call for Participation is open until April 30, 2010.
GUADEC 2010 cfp deadline nearingGUADEC, the GNOME Users' And Developers' European Conference, 2010 will be held in The Hague, the Netherlands July 24-30, 2010. The call for papers ends March 20, 2010.
Call for Presentations - Flash Memory SummitThe call for presentations for the Flash Memory Summit is open until May 7, 2010. The conference runs August 17-19, 2010 in Santa Clara, California.
Upcoming Events Embedded Linux Conference 2010 Program is availableThis year's Embedded Linux Conference, which will be held in San Francisco April 12-14, has announced that its program is now available. The keynote speakers will be Greg Kroah-Hartman ("Android: a Case Study of an Embedded Linux Project") and Matt Asay ("Embedded in 2010: an End to the Entropy?") along with a whole slate of over 50 presentations, tutorials, and BoFs. "This is your chance to meet leading developers from the embedded Linux community, and learn about the latest changes in Linux. Also, you can talk to engineers working on real products at some of the largest CE companies in the world, describing how they solved real issues in their own development projects." Click below for the full announcement.
Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit keynotes announcedThe Linux Foundation has announced the program for the Collaboration Summit to be held April 14-16 in San Francisco. This is an invitation-only event, though invitations can still be requested. Highlights include a full-day session on Meego, the Linux kernel roundtable, keynotes by Josh Berkus, Dr. Daniel Frye, Jim Zemlin, and others, a cloud computing roundtable, and more. "The Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit is the only event where a true cross-section of leaders from the Linux developer, industry and end user communities meet face-to-face to tackle todays most pressing issues facing Linux, including technical development, legal topics, ISV porting and end user requirements."
GNOME Foundation and KDE e.V. to Co-Host Conferences in 2011There will be a second Desktop Summit in 2011 and the bidding is open for a location. "Following the successful Gran Canaria Desktop Summit in 2009, the GNOME Foundation and KDE e.V. Boards have decided to co-locate their flagship conferences once again in 2011, and are taking bids to host the combined event. The Desktop Summit 2011 will be the largest free desktop event ever."
Register now for the Netbook SummitRegistration is open for the Netbook Summit, May 24-25, 2010 in San Francisco, California.
Events: March 25, 2010 to May 24, 2010The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
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