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AnnouncementsNon-Commercial announcements FSFE initiates fundraising-campaign The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) has sent out a press release that details some of its recent activities in Europe, it also mentions a need for more funding.
OSDL launches new college affiliate program The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) has announced a new college and university affiliate program.
Aduva joins OSDL The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) has announced that Aduva Inc., a provider of Linux management automation solutions for distributed and mainframe-based environments, has joined OSDL and will participate in the Lab's Desktop Linux and Data Center Linux working groups.
Perl Mongers Housekeeping (use Perl) The official list of Perl Mongers groups is being cleaned up. "There are, however, still a couple of hundred groups whose status is unknown. These are the groups that I got no response from when I tried to contact them a couple of years ago. If you're a member of a Perl Monger group that isn't listed here then please email me and let me know about your group."
Commercial announcements theKompany.com Releases Aethera 1.1 (KDE.News) theKompany.com has released version 1.1 of Aethera, a cross-platform email/PIM/groupware client. "Aethera is offered for free under GPL in English, German and French while additional plugins for Jabber (including peer to peer file transfer), whiteboarding and voice over IP are offered commercially."
Eclipse 3.0 bundled with free plugins Innoopract, a provider of Eclipse-based tools and services announced the introduction of Yoxos, an Eclipse Distribution. Yoxos is a distribution of the new Eclipse 3.0 plus a choice of the most popular Open Source plugins, and prepackaged bundles of plugins.
Jataayu and MontaVista partnership Jataayu Software has announced that it has entered into an alliance with MontaVista Software Inc., to make available Jataayu's Infrastructure and Mobile device solutions on the MontaVista Linux platform.
Mandrakesoft reaches definitive agreement to acquire Edge-IT Mandrakesoft will be acquiring the company Edge-IT. "Mandrakesoft, publisher of the Mandrakelinux distribution, and Edge IT a provider of support and services in the Linux market, reached a definitive agreement by which Mandrakesoft will acquire all outstanding shares of Edge-IT."
New Books "Programming Jakarta Struts, Second Edition" Released by O'Reilly O'Reilly has published the book Programming Jakarta Struts, Second Edition by Chuck Cavaness.
"Java Cookbook, Second Edition" Released by O'Reilly O'Reilly has published the book Java Cookbook, Second Edition by Ian F. Darwin.
"The Spam Letters" Released by No Starch Press No Starch Press has published the book The Spam Letters by Jonathan Land.
Resources FSF Europe Newsletter The July 6, 2004 edition of the FSF Europe Newsletter has been published.
linuxfocus.org July issue available The July issue of LinuxFocus is out, with a report from LinuxTag, an interview with Jeff Dike, a look at Dia, and other articles.
July Linux Gazette The July issue of Linux Gazette is now available with articles, tips and features to help you get the most out of our Linux system.
Terminology Wars: A Web Content Analysis Eric S. Raymond has put together an analysis on the use of the terms "open source" and "free software" on the web. Here are some of his conclusions:
Contests and Awards Voting for 2004 Readers' Choice Awards Now Open (Linux Journal) You can cast your vote for the 10th annual Linux Journal Readers' Choice Awards, according to this announcement. "Vote for your favorites in over 20 categories, from favorite programming language to favorite programming beverage. If your favorite isn't on the list, use the write-in option for each category. Voting will take place from July 6 through August 5, and winners will be published in the November 2004 issue of Linux Journal."
Event Reports KDE @ LinuxTag 2004: A Great Success Bodes Well for aKademy (KDE.News) KDE.News covers the KDE presence at the LinuxTag conference. "As usual, the KDE booth in the exhibition area was crowded. Six to eight demopoints were available for LinuxTag visitors to learn about the current KDE 3.2 release, accessibility, the KDE FreeNX project, personal information management (KDE PIM), the award-winning KDevelop IDE as well as the future of KDE. Many users also took the opportunity to personally provide developers with valuable feedback and suggestions. KDE developers used the hacking area to work on KDE FreeNX, jointly develop new ideas and generally hack on KDE."
Upcoming Events Audacity Party 2004 The members of the Audacity audio editor project have announced a party. The event will take place near Seattle, WA on Sunday, July 25, 2004. "If you're an Audacity fan, and you live near Seattle, WA or would be interested in traveling there this summer, we would love to meet you! This is your chance to meet the Audacity developers, hang out with other Audacity users, see demos of cool new features under development, and in general have a good time. You must RSVP by Monday, July 19 in order to attend, because the exact location of this event will be determined based on demand. It will likely be at a restaurant with a private room."
NMS Communications Discussion of Linux for Telecom in Brazil NMS Communications has announced a one day conference in Sao Paolo, Brazil on global telecommunication trends. The event will take place on July 13, 2004. "Special emphasis will be given to the recent Brazilian government position advocating the use of free software like Linux to correct the imbalance between software imports and exports and how realistic this is for the telecom market, where consumers and businesses take for granted the highest reliability from applications and infrastructure."
The Minneapolis Cluster Summit, July 29-30 Red Hat is sponsoring the "Minneapolis Cluster Summit," happening on July 29 and 30. "We call this the 'Cluster Summit' because it goes well beyond GFS, and is really about building a comprehensive cluster infrastructure for Linux, which will hopefully be a reality by the time Linux 2.8 arrives. If we want that, we have to start now, and we have to work like fiends, time is short." Click below for the details.
Damian Conway Gives Free Talks in Toronto (use Perl) Damian Conway will give two public talks in Toronto, Canada on July 17 and 19, 2004.
Italian Perl Workshop Registration Opens (use Perl) Registration is open for the Italian Perl Workshop. The event will take place in Pisa, Italy on July 19 and 20, 2004.
7th German Perl Workshop: Call for Venues (use Perl) A Call for Venues has gone out for the 7th German Perl Workshop. The event will take place in the Spring of 2005 before the CeBit conference.
Linux Installfest workshop in Davis - Saturday, July 17th The Linux Users' Group of Davis will be holding another Linux Installfest on July 17, 2004 in Davis, CA.
Events: July 8 - September 2, 2004
Web sites Advogato returns The popular community site Advogato is back on the net after several weeks of down time. The future of the site is still unclear, however; as described in this article, Advogato needs a volunteer to help keep the site going. Advogato is worth keeping around; here's hoping that the necessary resources can be found shortly. (Thanks to Nathan Myers).
Software announcements This week's software announcements Here are the software announcements, courtesy of Freshmeat.net. They are available in two formats:
Miscellaneous Job Opportunities at Care2x (LinuxMedNews) LinuxMedNews mentions a medical company's job posting. "Ok, guys, here you have it. Open source does not ruin the economy, it creates jobs! A notice to all open-source programmers: A Care2x service provider is looking for developers (its paid) to work on Care2x customizations."
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