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Linux Foundation Monthly Newsletter: November
In This Month's Linux Foundation Newsletter: * New OpenMAMA Project Announced * New Long Term Stable Kernel Initiative to Support CE Makers * Paper: Making UEFI Secure Boot Work with Open Platforms * Keynotes Confirmed for First-Ever Automotive Linux Summit * Yocto Project Introduces New Features * The Linux Foundation Welcomes New Members * Exclusive Newsletter Discounts for Linux Training Opportunities * The Linux Foundation in the News == New OpenMAMA Project Announced == The Linux Foundation is hosting a new open source project called OpenMAMA. OpenMAMA is a high-performance Middleware Agnostic Messaging API (MAMA) that provides a common, consistent layer over a variety of message-oriented middlewares. Until now there has not been a common open source API that connects multiple transports to applications. The move to high-volume, low-latency message in multiple market sectors has created the need for an open source project and standard. The OpenMAMA project will provide a way for companies to collaborate across industries and accelerate adoption of this common API for any architecture. Initial Steering Group members include Bank of America Merrill Lynch, EMC, Exegy, Fixnetix, J.P. Morgan and NYSE Technologies. Read the OpenMAMA Project announcement: http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/laboration-new-openm... You can also visit the project website and start participating today: http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/2011-11-21/27M29/133... == New Long Term Stable Kernel Initiative to Support CE Makers == The Linux Foundation's Consumer Electronics Working Group (CEWG) has formed a new project, the Long Term Support Initiative (LTSI). LTSI provides for both an annual release of a Linux kernel suitable for supporting the lifespan of consumer electronics products and regular updates of those releases for two years. LTSI is an industry-wide project created and supported by Hitachi, LG Electronics, NEC, Panasonic, Qualcomm Atheros, Renesas Electronics Corporation, Samsung Electronics, Sony and Toshiba and hosted at The Linux Foundation. The project will maintain a common Linux base for use in a variety of consumer electronics products. LTSI creates and maintains a long-term industry tree, which is expected to be stable in quality for the typical lifetime of a consumer electronics product (typically 2-3 years). Through collaboration on this project, CE vendors will reduce duplication of efforts on back-porting, bug testing and driver development, saving substantial costs and resources. Read More: http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/lectronics-long-term... == Paper: Making UEFI Secure Boot With Open Platforms == "Secure boot" is a technology described by recent revisions of the UEFI specification; it offers the prospect of a hardware-verified, malware-free operating system bootstrap process that can improve the security of many system deployments.Linux and other open operating systems will be able to take advantage of secure boot if it is implemented properly in the hardware. Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board members James Bottomley and Jonathon Corbet co-authored this report, which provides a blueprint for OEMs and Linux users. Read the Publication: http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/-boot-work-with-open... == Keynotes Confirmed For First-Ever Automotive Linux Summit == The Automotive Linux Summit is taking place November 28, 2011 in Yokohama, Japan. Confirmed keynote speakers include: * Toyota's Ken-ichi Murata, project general manager, Electronics Development Division #1. Murata will present "Opening Up the Automotive Industry." * Nissan's Toshiro Muramatu and BMW's Head of Infotainment Architecture Design Graham Smethurst will join The Linux Foundation's Jim Zemlin and Toyota's Ken-ichi Murata for a closing panel on "How Can We Make It Happen?" * Intel Japan's Director and Vice President Yoshie Munakata will address how shared technology will accelerate innovation in the automotive marketplace. * Graham Smethurst, who is also president of the GENIVI Alliance, will share the organization's lessons learned with open source software. * Linux kernel developer and SUSE's Greg Kroah-Hartman will present a history of the Linux kernel and the kernel community. * Symbio's CTO of Device Creation, Juha Matti Liukkonen, will talk about how next generation IVI systems are built. * The Linux Foundation's Jim Zemlin will open the event with an overview of the challenges to overcome for Linux in the automotive space. The Automotive Linux Summit is bringing together the brightest minds from the automotive industry, the Linux developer community and the mobility ecosystem. As the premier vendor-neutral business and technical conference focused on Linux and automotive technologies, attendees can expect to learn about how to use Linux and open source software in automotive applications ranging from in-vehicle on-board systems to cloud solutions for vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications. Learn More or Register: http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/vents-automotive-lin... == Yocto Project Introduces New Features == The Linux Foundation's Yocto Project recently announced the availability of Yocto Project Release 1.1, as well as a variety of one-year milestones. The collaborative project brings together the elements needed to make the normally difficult embedded Linux development process much easier. The following milestones and activities are contributing to a vibrant community for embedded development: * Alignment of OpenEmbedded technology and the inclusion of OpenEmbedded representation in the Yocto Project governance structure. The projects share a common core that consists of software build recipes and core Linux components that prevent fragmentation and reinforce the OpenEmbedded methodology as an open standard for embeddedLinux build systems. * Contribution of tools and technologies such as Cross-prelink, EGLIBC, Pseudo, Shoeleather Lab (for automated testing) and Swabber have been contributed by Intel, Mentor Graphics, MontaVista Software and Wind River. * Commercial adoption with examples such as FIC's Pegasus platform powered by Tridium's Niagara Framework. The Pegasus platform is an industrial tablet design that was quickly ported to Linux based on existing Yocto Project Board Support Packages. Tridium is a world leader in software frameworks, automation infrastructure technology and device-to-enterprise integration solution, and FIC is a global designer and manufacturer of mobile and commercial hardware solutions. * Board Support Packages that include Intel's Atom-PC, Freescale's MPC8315e-RDB, TI's BeagleBoard and Ubiquiti's RouterStation Pro, among others. Learn More: http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/roject-introduces-ne... == Linux Foundation Welcomes New Members == Throughout this fall, The Linux Foundation has welcomed a variety of new members to the organization. More companies and organizations than ever are using Linux and looking to maximize their investments in the platform through collaboration. Please join us in welcoming the following new members: October 5, 2011: Eucalyptus Systems, Nebula and Virtual Bridges Read Press Release: http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/g-new-members-linux-... October 11, 2011: Codethink, KeyPoint Technologies, Lanedo, Meinberg Funkuhren, Picochip, Puzzle ITC and RPA RusBITech Read Press Release: http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/-new-members-through... October 26, 2011: AboveIT, Comarch, CSR, Symbio and Tieto Read Press Release: http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/nces-five-new-europe... November 15, 2011: DENSO Corporation, Integrated Computer Solutions (ICS), ProFUSION Embedded Systems and Savoir-Faire Linux Read Press Release: http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/-four-new-members-ar... == Exclusive Newsletter Discounts for Linux Training Opportunities == Linux Kernel Internals and Debugging December 12-16, 2011 View Course Overview: http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/kernel-internals-and... Enroll Now: http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/er-Checkin-aspx-Even... (5% Off Discount Code: NOV05) Developing Applications for Linux January 9-13, 2012 View Course Overview: http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/eloping-applications... Enroll Now: http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/er-Checkin-aspx-Even... (10% Off Discount Code: TRG10P) Developing Linux Device Drivers January 16-20, 2012 View Course Overview: http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/eveloping-linux-devi... Enroll Now: http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/er-Checkin-aspx-Even... (10% Off Discount Code: TRG10P) == Linux Foundation In The News == Wall Street Won't Share the Wealth, but it Will Share the Code http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/rprise-2011-10-nyse-... Wired Secure Boot Need Not be a Problem http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/oot-need-not-be-a-pr... PC World Three New Enterprise Companies Join Linux Foundation http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/bridges-join-linux-f... TechCrunch Linux Foundation Memo: How to Make a Computer that Doesn't Lock Out Linux http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/-doesnt-lock-out-gnu... BoingBoing/Cory Doctorow How to Land a Linux Job http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/0-how-to-land-a-linu... PC World Why OpenMAMA is the Future of Open Source http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/the-future-of-open-s... InternetNews NYSE Technologies Offers Middleware as Open Source http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/ers-middleware-as-op... Forbes Our World Would Collapse Without Linux http://go.linuxfoundation.org/e/6342/s-2120205-world-coll... The Inquirer This newsletter is a service of The Linux Foundation. Should you no longer wish to receive these messages, please go here: http://go.linuxfoundation.org/unsubscribe/u/6342/999d6a65... (Log in to post comments)
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