Announcements
Resources
Linux Laptop Sound Configuration (O'Reilly)
Dave Phillips writes about his experience of installing sound on an HP Omnibook 4150 laptop. "Configuring sound for laptops running Linux can be a very tricky process. Drivers may be difficult to find or install, reference materials may be incomplete or misleading, and even after careful configuration, your system may still emit no more than the beep from its internal speaker. In other words, setting up sound on a Linux laptop can quickly become an unwanted exercise in patience and frustration."
Top Five Open Source Packages for System Administrators
O'Reilly has an article on using Amanda for doing Linux backups. "Amanda stands for Advanced Maryland Automated Network Disk Archiver. It was developed at the University of Maryland. James da Silva was the initial author. Amanda is a network-based enterprise backup utility that includes features previously available only in expensive commercial packages."
Upcoming Events
Barbarians at the Gates! Bruce Perens speaks on Creating a Level Playing Field for Computer Software
Bruce Perens will be speaking at Stanford's Gates Computer Science Building lecture hall B03 on Wednesday September 25, 4:15 to 5:30 PM. The talk is open to the public, and will be webcast live and broadcast over the SITN network.YAPC 2003 Call For Venues (use Perl)
A call for papers has been issued for the 2003 YAPC::America conference. The venue will be announced this November.The Business Case for Open Source Software: a panel discussion.
Register now to attend The Business Case for Open Source Software: Successful Models and Implementations - a panel discussion scheduled for October 1, 2002 at Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, New York.Events: September 26 - November 21, 2002
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| September 26 - 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 |
| November 18 - 21, 2002 | Embedded Systems Conference, Boston | (Hynes Convention Center)Boston, Mass |
Web sites
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.
Miscellaneous
The Great Perl Monger Cull Of 2002 (use Perl)
Use Perl mentions that the list of Perl groups on the Perl Mongers site is being culled and verified. Here's your chance to get your favorite Perl group represented.
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