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AnnouncementsBrief items Help Ken Starks and HeliOSKen Starks is the founder of the HeliOS project, an effort to get Linux computers into the hands of school children. Ken is ill (more information on the HeliOS blog), and in need of funds for medication and surgery. Thomas A. Knight has set up a donations campaign to help Ken out. Surplus funds will go to the HeliOS project.
Baserock secret-volcano release and Slab hardwareLars Wirzenius wrote in to call attention to two recent releases from his projects. The first is "secret volcano," the first stable release of Baserock, "a method and toolset for developing embedded Linux systems in a way that we believe is going to be much better than anything currently out there." The second is an ARM-based server product designed for Baserock development.
Articles of interest Kamp: A Generation Lost in the BazaarHere's a troll of sorts by Poul-Henning Kamp, posted to the ACM Queue site. "That is the sorry reality of the bazaar [Eric] Raymond praised in his book: a pile of old festering hacks, endlessly copied and pasted by a clueless generation of IT 'professionals' who wouldn't recognize sound IT architecture if you hit them over the head with it. It is hard to believe today, but under this embarrassing mess lies the ruins of the beautiful cathedral of Unix, deservedly famous for its simplicity of design, its economy of features, and its elegance of execution." Perhaps it's just venting by somebody who got left behind, but perhaps he has a point: are we too focused on the accumulation of features at the expense of the design of the system as a whole?
New Books Super Scratch Programming Adventure!--New from No Starch PressNo Starch Press has released "Super Scratch Programming Adventure!" "This book is a translation from a Chinese edition by the Learning through Engineering, Art, and Design (LEAD) Project, an educational initiative established to encourage the development of creative thinking through the use of technology."
Calls for Presentations PyCon ZA 2012 - Call for SpeakersPyCon ZA will take place October 4-5 in Cape Town, South Africa. The call for proposals deadline is September 15.
Upcoming Events LPI supports Software Freedom Day in Kenya with Linux EssentialsThe Linux Professional Institute (LPI) and LPI-East Africa will host a "Linux Essentials" exam lab during Software Freedom Day, September 1, 2012 in Nairobi, Kenya. "LPI-East Africa is also co-sponsoring an "Open Source Developer Challenge" during the event with the Linux Professional Association of Kenya."
DjangoCon Keynotes AnnouncedDjangoCon will be held September 3-8, 2012 in Washington, D.C. The keynote speakers have been announced. "The conference, themed "the Django community and ecosystem," showcases an array of tutorials, two tracks of talks over three days, lightning talks and a development sprint on topics such as creating dynamic applications, debugging live python web apps, internationalization, PostgreSQL and design tips."
PyCon Ireland 2012PyCon Ireland 2012 will take place October 13-14 in Dublin, Ireland. A list of speakers and talks is now available. They are looking for volunteers to help with sprints, workshops and tutorials.
LCA2013 Cloud Computing Miniconfs AnnouncedLCA (linux.conf.au) will take place January 28-February 2, 2013 in Canberra, Australia. The first three miniconferences will be "Cloud Infrastructure, Distributed Storage and High Availability", "OpenStack" and "MobileFOSS".
Events: August 23, 2012 to October 22, 2012The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
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