Non-Commercial announcements
ATI Linux Driver Petition
An online petition is being held for the purpose of persuading
ATI to provide better Linux driver support for their graphics
cards.
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Commercial announcements
Astaro and eIQnetworks to Provide Centralized Security Reporting Tool for
Astaro Security Linux
Astaro has announced that it has entered into an OEM licensing agreement
with eIQnetworks, Inc., which puts eIQnetwork’s FirewallAnalyzer into
Astaro Security Linux.
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Eagle PCB Layout Editor 4.13 released
Version 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.
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gumstix Launched Bluetooth enabled Linux Boards & Computers
gumstix, 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.
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Novell's third quarter results
Novell 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."
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Red Hat Appoints Kate Johnson as Global Services Head
Red 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."
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GUPTA Opens Team Developer 2005 Beta Program
Gupta 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."
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New Books
"SpamAssassin" Released by O'Reilly
O'Reilly has published the book
SpamAssassin by Alan Schwartz.
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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."
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OSDL Bolsters Linux Kernel Testing
The 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."
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The LDP Weekly News
The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News for August 25, 2004 is
out with the latest new documentation releases.
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GRASS News - The newsletter of the GRASS Project
The 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.
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Event Reports
Live streams from aKademy
For 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.
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Upcoming Events
The 11th Annual Tcl/Tk Conference
The Eleventh Annual Tcl/Tk Conference will take place in New Orleans, LA
on October 11-15, 2004.
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Large Installation System Administration Conference 2004
The Large Installation System Administration Conference (LISA) will
be held in Atlanta, Georgia on November 14–19, 2004.
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Events: August 26 - October 21, 2004
| Date | Event | Location |
| August 26 - 29, 2004 | KDE Community World Summit 2004(aKademy) | (Filmakademie Ludwigsburg)Ludwigsburg (Stuttgart Region), Germany |
| September 2 - 3, 2004 | Python for Scientific Computing(SciPy) | (CalTech)Pasadena, CA |
| September 2 - 4, 2004 | 2nd Swiss Unix Conference | (Technopark)Zurich, Switzerland |
| September 9 - 10, 2004 | Linux Expo Shanghai | (Shanghai Exhibition Center)Shanghai, China |
| September 13 - 16, 2004 | Embedded Systems Conference | (Hynes Convention Center)Boston, MA |
| September 15 - 17, 2004 | YAPC::Europe 2004 | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| September 20 - 23, 2004 | New Security Paradigms Workshop(NSPW) | (White Point Beach Resort)Nova Scotia |
| September 20 - 22, 2004 | Plone Conference 2004 | Vienna, Austria. |
| September 22 - 24, 2004 | OpenOffice.org Conference(OOoCon 2004) | (Humboldt University)Berlin, Germany |
| September 22 - 24, 2004 | php|works 2004 | (Holiday Inn Yorkdale Hotel & Conference Centre)Toronto, Canada |
| September 27 - October 1, 2004 | 4th International SANE Conference(SANE) | (Amsterdam RAI Centre)Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| September 27 - 29, 2004 | ConSec '04 | (J.J.Pickle Research Center)Austin, Texas |
| September 29 - October 1, 2004 | OSCOM 4 | (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)Zurich, Switzerland |
| October 2, 2004 | Ohio LinuxFest | Columbus, Ohio |
| October 6 - 7, 2004 | LinuxWorld Conference and Expo | (Olympia Exhibition Centre)London, England, UK |
| October 8 - 10, 2004 | Linucon | (Red Lion Hotel)Austin, TX |
| October 10 - 17, 2004 | MySQL Swell | Across the Mediterranean |
| October 11 - 15, 2004 | 11th Annual Tcl/Tk Conference | (Bourbon Orleans Hotel)New Orleans, LA |
| October 21 - 22, 2004 | Web.It 2004 | Bari, Italy |
| October 21 - 22, 2004 | 5. Encuentro Linux | Valparaiso, Chile |
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Mailing Lists
Mailing list for Python grant proposals
A new mailing list has been created for the purpose of discussing
Python language grant proposals.
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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:
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Miscellaneous
Linuxcafé is open in Basel Switzerland
Switzerland'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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