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AnnouncementsNon-Commercial announcements ATI Linux Driver PetitionAn online petition is being held for the purpose of persuading ATI to provide better Linux driver support for their graphics cards.
Commercial announcements Astaro and eIQnetworks to Provide Centralized Security Reporting Tool for Astaro Security LinuxAstaro has announced that it has entered into an OEM licensing agreement with eIQnetworks, Inc., which puts eIQnetworks FirewallAnalyzer into Astaro Security Linux.
Eagle PCB Layout Editor 4.13 releasedVersion 4.13 of Eagle, a commercial printed circuit board CAD package with a no-charge evaluation version, is out. Some of the changes include support for Mac OS X, better zooming, and more.
gumstix Launched Bluetooth enabled Linux Boards & Computersgumstix, inc. has announced its next generation of gumstix boards and computers, providing optional BluetoothT connectivity. They come with open source software including Linux kernel 2.6.7.
Novell's third quarter resultsNovell has announced its third quarter results. The company claims $23 million in income, but $19 million of that is a result of a legal judgment against our old friends the Canopy Group. "Also in the third fiscal quarter 2004, Novell recognized revenue of $12 million associated with its SUSE LINUX business. Sales of subscriptions to SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server reached 19,000 units in the quarter, with 12,000 of the units sold to one customer."
Red Hat Appoints Kate Johnson as Global Services HeadRed Hat, Inc. has announced the appointment of Kate Johnson as Vice President of Services. "Johnson possesses over 13 years of client service experience, from sales through delivery. Her experience ranges across several industries, mainly focusing on helping organizations manage through significant change and transformation. Johnson will be responsible for delivering Red Hat's training, support and consulting services globally."
GUPTA Opens Team Developer 2005 Beta ProgramGupta Technologies, LLC has announced a month-long beta program for its Team Developer RAD tool. "Team Developer 2005 introduces support for the Linux operating system. For the first time, it will be possible to use a Rapid Application Development approach for Linux and Windows Desktop business applications. Team Developer doubles productivity by enabling developers to create one line of code to support both OS's simultaneously. This powerful feature will help to expand Linux Desktop adoption as more solutions can be deployed faster than ever."
New Books "SpamAssassin" Released by O'ReillyO'Reilly has published the book SpamAssassin by Alan Schwartz.
Resources Guide to Updating Extensions for Firefox PR/Thunderbird 0.8 Available (MozillaZine)MozillaZine has announced the availability of a new guide for working with Firefox PR/Thunderbird extensions. "If your extension or theme still works and has no compatibility problems with the nightly builds, please look at the guide for updating to 1.0PR (this also applies to Thunderbird 0.8) for information about how to get update.mozilla.org to contain the newer compatibility information. If your extension or theme is incompatible, the guide also has information on how to provide a newer XPI or JAR file. Finally, people not hosted by update.mozilla.org but who use the custom RDF update system should also check out the guide as it provides links that explain changes to the RDF format since 0.9."
OSDL Bolsters Linux Kernel TestingThe Open Source Development Labs has announced the release of version 3.0 of its Scalable Test Platform (STP) testing services for the Linux kernel. "The latest release of STP, version 3.0, broadens the range of features to help developers simulate real-world data center environments on the Linux kernel and the impact of different workloads on the most widely-used open source databases, including MySQL, PostgreSQL and SAPDb."
The LDP Weekly NewsThe Linux Documentation Project Weekly News for August 25, 2004 is out with the latest new documentation releases.
GRASS News - The newsletter of the GRASS ProjectThe first edition of the GRASS newsletter has been published. Take a look for the latest news from the GRASS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System) GIS project. "The GRASS newsletter aims at covering the gap between scientific publications and manuals on one hand and the mailing list on the other hand. Articles shall not be as scientific/professional as in scientific journals and reach beyond the usual question-answer structure of a mailing list." Thanks to Bernhard Reiter.
Event Reports Live streams from aKademyFor those of you who couldn't make it to the big KDE gathering: there is a set of live audio and video feeds available from aKademy. Click below for the details.
Upcoming Events The 11th Annual Tcl/Tk ConferenceThe Eleventh Annual Tcl/Tk Conference will take place in New Orleans, LA on October 11-15, 2004.
Large Installation System Administration Conference 2004The Large Installation System Administration Conference (LISA) will be held in Atlanta, Georgia on November 1419, 2004.
Events: August 26 - October 21, 2004
Mailing Lists Mailing list for Python grant proposalsA new mailing list has been created for the purpose of discussing Python language grant proposals.
Software announcements This week's software announcementsHere are the software announcements, courtesy of Freshmeat.net. They are available in two formats:
Miscellaneous Linuxcafé is open in Basel SwitzerlandSwitzerland's first Linuxcafé has opened in Basel. "The Linuxcafé in Basel combines the agreeable atmosphere of an internet café with the opportunity to profit from the know-how of IT experts with years of experience. Here the internet café not only sets new standards with respect to quality and products offered, but also offers competent advice on all hardware and software questions arising in connection with the free Linux operating system, which is an absolute first in the Swiss computer landscape."
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