Announcements
Resources
The Case for Linux in Universities
Dan Kegel has written up a lengthy document on why universities should be teaching Linux to their students. It's a very good start, but he's seeking feedback on ways to make it more complete and convincing.LPI News-Letter
The Linux Professional Institute's LPI News-Letter for September, 2002 is available.Linux Gazette #83 available
Linux Gazette Issue #83 (October, 2002) is now available. It includes articles on replicating Linux systems, "Qubism," DVD authoring, and many other topics.September 2002 Netcraft Web Server Survey
The September 2002 Netcraft Web Server Survey has been released. "When counting by ip address, the supposed volatility of the past few months disappears, with Apache showing a three percentage point increase from 51% to 54% since the start of 2001, and Microsoft unchanged at 35%."
Upcoming Events
Software et Internet Expo + Linux Days
A Linux and software event will be held in Luxemburg from October 1-3, 2002. Click below for the full announcement (In French).High-Tech Circus Comes to Raleigh, N.C., Area
The Raleigh, N.C. News and Observer covers Robert Young's Lulu Technology Circus. "There will also be experts from all over the country who bring their expertise about everything from personal digital assistants to building a supercomputer using clusters of Linux PCs. Circus attendees can play advance copies of interactive video games from local companies, build a robot out of Legos, help edit a movie, listen to electronic music, learn how to burn a CD and, for those with disc-jockey talent, win the latest professional digital CD-player from Pioneer."
The Open Group Conference
The Open Group Conference in Cannes, France will feature speeches by Jon "Maddog" Hall, Bruce Perens, and Larry Rosen among others. The conference will be held on October 14. Thanks to Andrew Josey.Linux.conf.au 2003 registrations open
Registration for Linux.conf.au (Perth, January 22 to 25) is now open.MySQL Compact Seminars in D.A.CH
Four additional MySQL Compact Seminars have been scheduled for late october in Germany.Events: October 3 - November 29, 2002
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| October 9 - 10, 2002 | Linux EXPO-UK 2002 | (Olympia 2)London, England |
| 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
Gimp User Group forum returns
The Gimp User Group has announced the return of its online forum system.
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
Jon "maddog" Hall joins SGI
Long time Linux proponent Jon "Maddog" Hall is now working for SGI, click below for the announcement.
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