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AnnouncementsBrief items OIN Announces Broad Expansion of Linux System DefinitionOpen Invention Network (OIN) has announced that it has expanded and updated the Linux System technologies covered in its protective network of royalty-free patents. "Over 700 new software packages – including popular packages such as KVM, Git, OpenJDK, and WebKit – will now receive coverage. In addition, coverage for over 1,000 existing software packages has been updated."
New members for the Linux FoundationThe Linux Foundation has announced that Fluendo, Lineo Solutions, Mocana and NVIDIA have joined as members. "'NVIDIA is strongly committed to enabling world-class experiences and innovation with our GPU and mobile products. Membership in The Linux Foundation will accelerate our collaboration with the organizations and individuals instrumental in shaping the future of Linux, enabling a great experience for users and developers of Linux,' said Scott Pritchett, VP of Linux Platform Software at NVIDIA."
Articles of interest FSFE Newsletter - March 2012The March edition of the Free Software Foundation Europe Newsletter covers Free Your Android press coverage, a report from "I love Free Software day", an FSFE FOSDEM report, and more.
Raspberry Pi interview: Eben Upton reveals all (Linux User)Linux User has an interview with Raspberry Pi co-founder Eben Upton. In it he talks about the design of the low-cost ARMv6-based board, the non-profit status of the company, and its competition. "It’s not entirely clear to me why the Beagleboard is so expensive. Somebody in that Beagleboard value chain has got to be making a pile of money – I mean, $175 for a Pandaboard or $100 for a Beagleboard? Somebody’s got to be amassing a pile of cash there, because that’s a $10 chip in that device. I don’t know why they’re so expensive. Raspberry Pi, in terms of multimedia, outperforms any other dev board in existence – which is nice. [...] In terms of general purpose computing, it’s got this 700MHz ARM11, and our benchmark shows it’s about 20 per cent slower than a Beagleboard for general purpose computing. But, you know, it’s a quarter of the price – somewhere between a sixth and a quarter of the price – so yeah, I expect that our first customers are going to be Beagleboard-type customers."
Education and Certification LPI announces Linux Essentials ProgramThe Linux Professional Institute (LPI) has announced "Linux Essentials," a new program measuring foundation knowledge in Linux and Open Source Software. "Targeted at new technology users, the "Linux Essentials" program is set to be adopted by schools, educational authorities, training centers and others commencing June 2012."
LPI announces Linux Training Program with the International Telecommunication Union in the League of Arab StatesThe Linux Professional Institute (LPI) has announced a certification and training project in partnership with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) throughout the 22 countries in the League of Arab States. "The three year ITU project, called "Establishment of Training Centres in Linux Curricula and Certification", will establish 132 Linux "train-the-trainer" centers on all three levels of Linux Professional Institute Certification"
Calls for Presentations Call for music -- LAC 2012 video-trailer soundtrackLinux Audio Conference (LAC) 2012 will take place April 12-15 in Stanford, California. This year the conference video recordings will be prefixed by a short video and the conference organizers have opened a call for music to accompany this video. Submissions are due by April 1.
Flossie 2012 CfPFlossie 2012 is a free, two-day event for women who work with, or are interested in, Software Libre/FOSS in Open Data, Knowledge Digital Arts and Education. The conference takes place in London, UK on May 25-26, 2012. The call for papers is open until March 12.
EuroPython 2012: Call for ProposalsEuroPython 2012 will take place July 2-8 in Florence, Italy. The call for proposals is open until March 18. "We're looking for proposals on every aspect of Python: programming from novice to advanced levels, applications and frameworks, or how you have been involved in introducing Python into your organisation."
LSM embedded and open hardware track 2012 CfpThe 2012 Libre Software Meeting (LSM) will take place in Geneva, Switzerland July 7-12. The call for presentations for the "Embedded Systems and Open Hardware" session is open until March 31.
Upcoming Events Events: March 8, 2012 to May 7, 2012The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
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