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AnnouncementsNon-Commercial announcements LPI Plans Linux Desktop Certification InitiativeThe Linux Professional Institute has announced its plans for a Linux desktop certification program. "The Linux Professional Institute, the premier international professional certification program for the Linux community, is planning a Linux desktop certification initiative to seek support and prospective partnerships to build a community/commitment to meet the market demand for the Linux desktop."
OSDL Releases Position Paper on SCO and LinuxThe Open Source Development Lab has announced the availability of a "position paper" on the whole SCO mess; the paper was written by FSF counsel Eben Moglen. There is a summary of the paper's points in the announcement, or the whole thing is available in PDF format. As one might imagine, the paper does not take a particularly friendly position towards SCO's claims.
Commercial announcements Gartner's Australian Linux seminarsRemember the Gartner Group, which recently proclaimed that Linux would remain a niche technology in Australia? It turns out that the company is offering a set of seminars in Australia entitled "Open Source Revealed." "Open Source software has emerged as a stunning agent of change for enterprise technology today. It will be considered as a viable contender for at least one-third of all large-scale projects by the end of next year." As niches go, that's a nicely sized one. For those who are interested, the one-day events are happening in Canberra, Melbourne, and Sydney starting in late August. (Thanks to Con Zymaris).
Linux For You publishes Indian language magazineLinux For You, an Asian Linux magazine, is now available in all of the major Indian languages.
RealNetworks launches Helix Player projectRealNetworks has announced the launch of the "Helix Player" project - an effort to create "a comprehensive open source media player" for Linux and Unix systems. It appears that, to be truly "comprehensive," this player will still require binary plugins for the RealAudio and RealVideo formats, however.
Sun and SuSE make a dealHere's the press release describing the deal between Sun and SuSE. Essentially, SuSE includes Sun's Java virtual machine in its distribution, and Sun sells x86 systems with SuSE preinstalled.
Sun Joins OSDLSun may yet become a Linux company; it has just announced that it has joined the Open Source Development Laboratory. Sun plans "...to help drive the development of open-standard software including Linux and to lend its expertise in the data center and carrier-grade markets."
LinuxWorld press releasesHere is a carefully-chosen subset from the large pile of press releases that were issued during the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo.
New Books "PC Hardware in a Nutshell, Third Edition" Released by O'ReillyA new edition of "PC Hardware in a Nutshell" has been published. "A longtime favorite among PC users, the third edition of the book now contains information for people running either Windows or Linux operating systems."
Resources Evans Data survey on the SCO suitEvans Data has announced the results of a new survey. "Of more than 400 developers focused on Linux development more than 70% said that the SCO lawsuit will 'probably not' or 'absolutely not' impact their companies decision to use Linux, 12% said that the lawsuit will affect adoption plans and 17% had no opinion." The survey also has concluded that there are more KDE than GNOME users.
Linux Gazette Issue 93Issue #93 of the Linux Gazette has been published by the folks at Linux Journal.
Event Reports KDE at UKUUG Linux 2003Jonathan Riddell has published a report on KDE at the UKUUG Linux2003 Conference. "The KDE stall was helped along by Eilidh the booth babe and Kenny the booth boy (photo with me in middle). This was a technical conference so everyone knew what KDE was but people were interested in some of the new applications such as JuK and Kexi. KPlayer, while not part of KDE itself, impressed everyone by being a media player with a useable interface. We also demonstrated the Kolab server to a couple of people interested in using it for their clients."
Upcoming Events YAPC::NA 2004 Call for Venue Reminder (use Perl)A Call for Venue has been issued for the 2004 YAPC::NA Perl conference. "The YAPC::NA Conference Committee is planning to choose the 2004 venue, in roughly two weeks (August 15th). This date will be flexible enough to insure that all interested parties have enough time to finalize submissions."
Events: August 7 - October 2, 2003
Web sites GNOME Hacks (GnomeDesktop)GnomeDesktop.org has an announcement for the new GNOME Hacks web site. "I've just thrown together a site called GNOME Hacks which I hope will become a repository for those little cool and useful tricks we all pick up. If you've learnt something neat that you think other people will find useful, why not submit it so that we can all benefit from your experience."
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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