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AnnouncementsBrief items The Document Foundation celebrates its second anniversaryThe Document Foundation celebrated its second anniversary. The project was announced September 28, 2010. "During the last 12 months, the foundation was legally established in Berlin, the Board of Directors and the Membership Committee were elected by TDF members, where membership is based on meritocracy and not on invitation, Intel became a supporter, and LibreOffice 3.5 and 3.6 families were announced. In addition, TDF has shown the prototypes of a cloud and a tablet version of LibreOffice, which will be available sometime in late 2013 or early 2014."The Foundation has also started a fundraising campaign. "'So far, volunteers have provided most of the work necessary to sustain the project, but after two years it is is mandatory to start thinking really big', says Italo Vignoli, the dean of the Board of Directors. 'We had a dream, and now that thousands around the world made that dream come true we want to get to the major league of software development and advocacy. By donating during the fourth quarter of 2012, donors will define the budget we have available for 2013'."
Articles of interest Free Software Supporter -- Issue 54The Free Software Supporter is the Free Software Foundation's monthly news digest and action update. Topics in the September issue include software patents, updating the Free Software Directory, Dreamhost makes a matching pledge, Apple v. Samsung, GPL violations, trademarks, and much more.
Education and Certification LPI Announces Linux Essentials for North AmericaThe Linux Professional Institute (LPI) has announced the availability of its Linux Essentials program in North America. LPI's Linux Essentials program is designed to measure foundational knowledge in Linux and Open Source Software. "Linux Essentials was initially released as a pilot program in Europe, the Middle East and Africa but due to popular demand has now expanded to North America."
Upcoming Events PyData NYC 2012 Speakers and Talks announcedThe schedule has been announced for PyData, which takes place October 26-28, 2012 in New York City, NY. "We're thrilled with the exciting lineup of workshops, hands-on tutorials, and talks about real-world uses of Python for data analysis."
OpenOffice track at ApacheCon EU 2012ApacheCon will take place November 5-8, 2012 in Sinsheim, Germany. The conference will feature an Apache OpenOffice track. "Several Apache OpenOffice (incubating) contributors will give talks on different topics around Apache OpenOffice and its ecosystem. They will be available for further discussions. General community sessions are also part of the schedule."
Announcing the CloudStack Collaboration ConferenceThe CloudStack Collaboration Conference will take place November 30-December 2, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. "The Collaboration Conference will give CloudStack users an opportunity to learn about improvements in the upcoming Apache CloudStack 4.0 release, and best practices for deploying and managing CloudStack. Users will also be able to attend sessions on projects and tools that work well with CloudStack for configuration management, storage, monitoring, creating a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) on top of CloudStack, and more."
LCA2013 Opens Registrationslinux.conf.au (LCA) has opened registrations. Discounted 'early bird' tickets are available for a limited time. "The 2013 conference builds on a long tradition of sharing technical know-how between seasoned open source gurus and newcomers to the community. Since its inception in 1999, the conference has moved around Australia and New Zealand, most recently to Ballarat, Victoria, and Brisbane, Queensland. This year, the conference is in Canberra in celebration of our national capital's centenary year. The conference was last hosted in Canberra in 2005, and it has grown significantly since then, bringing some unique challenges to the organising team." LCA takes place January 28-February 2, 2013.
SCALE 11X: Matthew Garrett to give keynoteThe Southern California Linux Expo has chosen Matthew Garrett as the first of two keynote speakers for SCALE 11X in February 2013. "Garrett's keynote is entitled “The Secure Boot Journey” and details his work over the past year – technical, political and diplomatic – in getting Linux to run on UEFI Secure Boot systems. He will outline the scenario where Linux users could not only be assured that they can run Linux out of the box in UEFI-based systems, but also how Secure Boot can be used to enhance security."
Events: October 4, 2012 to December 3, 2012The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
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