Announcements
Non-Commercial announcements
A New Linux Business Model
Benjamin Rossen calls for a discussion on a new Linux business model. "Advantages to this business model:(1) At present people contributing to the Open Source Movement and Free Software Foundation do their work for the love of it, or for intangibles such as kudos from the community of open source colleagues, but they cannot live from their efforts. This initiative should make if possible for people who write code to live from their work. In principle, it should be possible to divide the source of Bill Gates' billions among the people who are actually doing the creative work. By commoditizing the process, as we shall be doing (and as shall happen regardless of what we do), the billions may become mere hundreds of millions; but that that should be enough for us to live from."
The PSF has awarded three grants
The Python Software Foundation has announced the award of three grants. Projects include Moving Jython Forward, Implementation of SNMPv3, and Software Engineering with Python for Scientists and Engineers.FSFE Letter to the WHO Director General
The Free Sofware Foundation, Europe has sent an open letter to Mr. Lee Jong-wook, Director General of the World Health Organization concerning software patents. "In fact: lawyers are generally in a better position to obtain software patents than the majority of programmers are. Each program consists of thousands of ideas -- each of them potentially subject to patent claims. Even though the European Patent Convention explicitly excludes software from being patented, so far 30,000 software patents have in fact already been granted in recent years."
Commercial announcements
LPI announces IT Certification program for the Developing World
The Linux Professional Institute is collaborating with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and LinuxIT to provide Linux education and certification programs in the developing world. "The UNDP, together with LinuxIT, are supporting the creation of high-quality Linux courseware to be distributed freely under an open source license. Complementing this initiative, LPI is working with the UNDP to provide world-standard Linux skills certification at reduced cost in developing countries in South Asia."
NTT invests $3m in Linux company (ZDNet)
ZDNet covers the investment of $3 Million by NTT DoCoMo in MontaVista Software. "Japanese mobile provider NTT DoCoMo has invested a $3m equity stake in Linux developer MontaVista Software. In a press statement, DoCoMo said it hoped the investment would allow it to improve its Linux products."
Sub300.com Pledges to Red Cross to Help Rebuild From Tsunami Damage
Sub300.com has announced that for the next ninety days half of all proceeds from the Linux Challenge Bundle (a two CD set with Linspire 4.5, OpenOffice.org and Firefox) will go to the Red Cross with the money earmarked for aid and relief of the victims of the tsunami.Video of the November 24 SCO/DaimlerChrysler hearing
SCOfacts.org has posted audio and video from the November 24 hearing in the SCO v. DaimlerChrysler case - the one where SCO was denied a stay in the case. It's available on the DaimlerChrysler update page. Al Petrofsky, proprieter of scofacts.org, tells us: "If nothing else, it's of interest to people who would like to see what a SCO lawyer losing an argument looks like."
New Books
"Home Hacking Projects for Geeks" Released by O'Reilly
O'Reilly has published the book Home Hacking Projects for Geeks by Eric Faulkner and Tony Northrup."Learning GNU Emacs, Third Edition" Released by O'Reilly
O'Reilly has published the book Learning GNU Emacs, Third Edition by Debra Cameron, James Elliott, Marc Loy, Eric Raymond, and Bill Rosenblatt.Prentice Hall publishes "Java Application Development on Linux"
Prentice Hall PTR has published the book Java Application Development on Linux by Carl Albing and Michael Schwarz."Hacking a Terror Network: The Silent Threat of Covert Channels" Released by Syngress
Syngress Publishing has published the book Hacking a Terror Network: The Silent Threat of Covert Channels by Matthew Devost.
Resources
Linux Client Migration Cookbook (IBM)
IBM has published a new Linux Client Migration Cookbook (in PDF format). "The goal of this IBM Redbook is to provide a technical planning reference for IT organizations large or small that are now considering a migration to Linux-based personal computers. For Linux, there is a tremendous amount of how to information available online that addresses specific and very technical operating system configuration issues, platform-specific installation methods, user interface customizations, etc. This book includes some technical how to as well, but the overall focus of the content in this book is to walk the reader through some of the important considerations and planning issues you could encounter during a migration project. Within the context of a pre-existing Microsoft Windows-based environment, we attempt to present a more holistic, end-to-end view of the technical challenges and methods necessary to complete a successful migration to Linux-based clients." Thanks to Steve Head.
The LDP Weekly News
The December 29, 2004 edition of the Linux Documentation Project Weekly News is available, take a look for the latest documentation updates.The LDP Weekly News
The January 5, 2005 edition of the Linux Documentation Project Weekly News is out with the latest new documentation.Linux Gazette #110
The January 2005 edition of the Linux Gazette is out. Articles in this edition include; Free as in Freedom: Part One: GNU/Linux, by Adam Engel, ParallelKnoppix, by hameed, A Knight's Tour on OCaml (when a Python fails to digest it), by Kapil Hari Paranjape, Preparing For My Interviews Part 2: MySQL and Python, by Mark Nielsen, Flickr and Perl, by Jimmy O'Regan, Bash Shell and Beyond, by William Park, and more.
Contests and Awards
Voting Opened for the 2004 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards
Voting is open for the 2004 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards. "Awards will be given out in 24 categories, including Distribution of the Year, Browser of the Year, Multimedia App of the Year, Office Suite of the Year and Security App of the Year. The polls will close on February 3rd and winners will be able to pick up their awards in Boston at the LinuxQuestions.org LinuxWorld Expo booth."
Upcoming Events
The OSDL Enterprise Linux Summit
Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) has announced the companies that will be exhibiting at the OSDL Enterprise Linux Summit. "The Open Source Development Labs, a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux in the enterprise, today announced the addition of AMD, CA and Red Hat, Inc., among others, to the lineup of exhibits at OSDL's Enterprise Linux Summit. Aduva, Barracuda Networks, Black Duck Software, DigitalGuru Computer Bookshops, Eclipse Foundation, Gelato, Levanta, Open Country, OverNite Software and RLX Technologies are also exhibiting. OSDL's Enterprise Linux Summit will take place January 31 - February 2, 2005 in Burlingame, CA."
Registrations open for linux.conf.au 2005
Registrations for Linux.conf.au (Canberra, April 18 to 23) are now open. The list of speakers has also been posted; it looks like another great event.linux.conf.au Audio Miniconf CFP
A Linux Audio Miniconf will be held at the 2005 linux.conf.au in Canberra, Australia during April, 2005. Papers should be submitted by February 20.LCA 2005 OpenOffice.org Miniconf - Call For Participation
A call for participation has gone out for the first OpenOffice.org Miniconf, the event will be part of the LCA 2005 conference in Canberra, Australia on April 19-20, 2005. "Presentations will be given over the two days and will take on two major themes for the conference User and Community, and Development. Any topic is allowed based around OpenOffice.org, the cross-platform office productivity suite."
CFP: samba eXPerience 2005
A call for papers has gone out for the fourth international SAMBA conference. The event will be held in Göttingen, Germany on May 2-4, 2005, papers should be in by March 14.UK Python Conference 2005 CFP
The final call for papers has gone out for the 2005 UK Python Conference. The event will take place in Oxford, England on April 20-23, 2005. Papers are due by January 6.PyCon 2005: Third Annual Python Developers Conference
PyCon 2005, the third annual Python developers' conference, will be held at George Washington University's Cafritz Conference Center in Washington DC on March 23-25, 2005. The keynote speaker will be Jim Hugunin, author of IronPython. IronPython is a new implementation of the Python programming language for the Microsoft .NET and open-source Mono platforms.ICMC 2005 Update
An information update is available for the 2005 International Computer Music conference. The event will take place on September 5-9, 2005 in Barcelona, Spain.YAPC::EU::2005 Call for Papers (use Perl)
Use Perl has a Call for Papers for the YAPC::EU::2005 conference. The event will take place in Braga, Portugal from 31 August to 2 September, 2005.Events: January 6 - March 3, 2005
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| January 14, 2005 | PHP West Web Services conference | (HR MacMillan Space Centre)Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| January 28 - February 4, 2005 | Asia Source | (Visthar training venue)Bangalore, India |
| January 31 - February 2, 2005 | OSDL Enterprise Linux Summit | (Hyatt Hotel)Burlingame, California |
| February 2 - 3, 2005 | Solutions Linux 2004 | (CNIT, Paris la Défense)Paris, France |
| February 7 - 11, 2005 | GlobusWORLD | (Sheraton Boston Hotel)Boston, MA |
| February 9 - 11, 2005 | German Perl-Workshop 2005 | Dresden, Germany |
| February 9 - 11, 2005 | Third-Annual Desktop Linux Summit | (Del Mar Fairgrounds)San Diego, CA |
| February 9, 2005 | OOo RegiCon North America | (Del Mar Fairgrounds)San Diego, CA |
| February 11 - 13, 2005 | CodeCon 2005 | San Francisco, CA |
| February 12 - 13, 2005 | Southern California Linux Expo 2005(SCALE) | (Los Angeles Convention Center)Los Angeles, CA |
| February 14 - 17, 2005 | Linux World Conference and Expo | (Hynes Convention Center)Boston, MA |
| February 24 - 25, 2005 | UKUUG LISA/Winter Conference | Birmingham, UK |
| February 25, 2005 | Dutch Perl Workshop | Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| February 26 - 27, 2005 | Free and Open Source Developers' European Meeting(FOSDEM 2005) | Brussels, Belgium |
| February 28 - March 3, 2005 | EclipseCon 2005 | (Hyatt Regency)Burlingame, CA |
| March 1 - 2, 2005 | JBoss World 2005 User Conference | (Omni/CNN Center)Atlanta, GA |
| March 2 - 4, 2005 | Security-Enhanced Linux Symposium | Silver Spring, Maryland |
Web sites
New Sound and MIDI Software For Linux musings
Dave Philips has updated his Linux audio musings column for November/December 2004. Read about the latest new Linux audio software releases, upcoming conferences, and more.
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