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Extending Linux

The Linux Standards Base has sent out a press release announcing a "brainstorming phase" concerning the extension of the LSB. "Now it is time to expand LSB's coverage, to better meet the needs of Linux based application developers and "normalize" the use and acceptance of free and open source software. While the LSB is already moving forward with planned updates that will include more interfaces (such as C++) and features (such as standardized package management) we need your input. We need to know what interfaces and features future versions of the LSB should include. For that mater, we need to know what interfaces and features Linux itself is missing."

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Recording Audio from JACK-Enabled Applications in Ardour

QuickToots has a tutorial by A. J. (Tony) Schiavone on using Ardour with JACK. "The Jack Audio Connection Kit (JACK) provides a method for JACK-enabled Linux applications to share audio data. Some of the growing number of applications that are currently JACK-enabled include Alsaplayer (an audio player that uses the Linux ALSA sound interface), MusE (a MIDI sequencer with softsynth support) and Ardour (a multi-track digitial audio recorder and workstation). This tutorial describes the method for using Ardour to record audio output from external applications such as Alsaplayer and MusE."

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Balancing your books? GnuCash is the answer (LinuxWorld.com)

LinuxWorld.com is running a tutorial on GnuCash. "Joe Barr walks us through his experience with GnuCash personal-accounting software. His conclusion? GnuCash is good enough to trust with the bookkeeping chores at a miniature donkey ranch."

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The Perl Journal Returns Online (use Perl)

According to Use Perl, The Perl Journal, a recently discontinued print magazine, will be returning as a subscription-based online magazine. "CMP, owners of The Perl Journal, have brought the journal back, in the form of an online monthly magazine, in PDF form. The subscription rate is $12 a year. They need 3,000 subscriptions to move forward (no word if existing subscriptions will be honored, or included in the 3,000)."

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September Yadda Lambda is out.

The September issue of the lisp-p.org Lisp Magazine (also known as Yadda Lambda) is out. "It features an introductory article on partial evaluation and the account of how an experienced programmer approached Common Lisp." Thanks to Paolo Amoroso.

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Upcoming Events

Call for nominations for the FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software

The Free Software Foundation has sent out a call for nominations for its 2002 award for the advancement of free software. "Any kind of activity could be eligible -- writing software, writing documentation, publishing CDs, even journalism -- but whatever the activity, we want to recognize long-term central contributions to the development of the world of software freedom."

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'Perl 6: Right Here, Right Now' slides available. (use Perl)

Use Perl has mentions the availability of Leon Brocard's slides from his London Perlmongers talk on Perl 6.

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HiverCon Speakers Announced

Ten speakers have been selected for the HiverCon 2002 security conference.

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Events: September 19 - November 14, 2002

Date	Event	Location
September 19 - 20, 2002	Yet Another Perl Conference Europe 2002(YAPC::Europe 2002)	Munich, Germany
September 19 - 20, 2002	9th Annual Tcl/Tk Conference	Vancouver, BC, Canada
September 25 - 27, 2002	The Second Open Source Content Management Conference(OSCOM)	(Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California)Berkeley, CA
September 27 - 29, 2002	Lulu Tech Circus	(State Fairgrounds Complex)Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
October 11 - 13, 2002	V Congreso Hispalinux	San Sebastian-Donostia, Spain
October 14 - 16, 2002	The Singapore Linux Conference 2002	(Le Meridien Singapore)Singapore
October 14 - 15, 2002	The Open Group Conference	(Hotel Martinez Palace)Cannes, France
October 17 - 18, 2002	Open Source for E-Government	Washington, DC
October 24 - 25, 2002	PHPCon 2002	(The Clarion Hotel SFO)Millbrae, California
October 28 - 31, 2002	International Lisp Conference 2002 - The Art of Lisp	San Francisco, CA
October 30 - 31, 2002	Think-Linux, The Solutions Show	(The Pinnacle)Toledo OH
November 1 - 3, 2002	2nd Annual Ruby Conference(RubyConf 2002)	(Washington State Trade and Convention Center)Seattle, Washington
November 2, 2002	Southern CaliforniA Linux Expo 2002(SCALE)	(Davidson Conference Center, University of Southern California)Los Angeles, CA
November 3 - 6, 2002	International PHP 2002 conference	Frankfurt, Germany
November 3 - 8, 2002	16th System Administration Conference(Lisa '02)	Philadelphia, PA
November 14 - 15, 2002	The Open Source Health Care Alliance(OSHCA)	(UCLA Medical Center)Los Angeles, CA

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Software announcements

This week's software announcements

Here are the software announcements, courtesy of Freshmeat.net. They are available in two formats:

• Sorted alphabetically,
• Sorted by license.

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