Announcements
Non-Commercial announcements
Latest Linuxaudio.org developments
Linuxaudio.org has sent out a progress report. "Linuxaudio.org is a non-profit consortium whose role is to support Linux as a viable digital audio workstation. Linuxaudio.org therefore aims to expose, proliferate, and disseminate artistic, as well as software and hardware development endeavors associated with the aforementioned platform. The two-year-old consortium boasts a growing membership consisting of 30+ member organizations, companies, software projects, and institutions. In its relatively brief existence, Linuxaudio.org has spearheaded a creation of the first online CD compilation of art generated using exclusively open source software in conjunction with Linux, and has sponsored Linux audio booths at several international conferences and expos."
A proposal for an open source tax credit
A group called the Center for American Progress has put forward a proposal for an open source tax credit in the U.S. The core idea is that businesses can write off the costs of developing free software, but individuals cannot; they would like to change that. "Specifically, open source software would be treated like other individual tax deductions and credits. The value of an individual's donated time would not qualify--similar to the way charitable contributions are treated. However, out- of-pocket costs, such as fees for web hosting, the depreciated cost of capital expenses such as computers, travel to development-related conferences, and other expenses would qualify for a 20 percent refundable tax credit." The full proposal is available in PDF format.
Commercial announcements
Dell and Novell ease enterprise Linux management
Dell and Novell have announced at Novell Brainshare the Novell ZENworks 7 Linux Management Dell Edition. This exclusive offering delivers a wide range of integrated hardware and software management capabilities for Dell PowerEdge servers running Linux. For more news from Brainshare visit the BrainShare Pressroom.Emu Software Enters Canadian Open Source Market
Emu Software has announced a partnership with Savoir-Faire Linux. "Marking a major step in its expansion in North America, Emu Software, makers of the NetDirector Open Source Configuration Management system, today announces a key partnership with Savoir-Faire Linux, a leading Linux migration consultant in Canada."
MySQL Joins the Eclipse Foundation
MySQL AB has announced that it has joined the Eclipse Foundation as an Add-In Provider. ""It will be exciting to see what results from two large and active open source software communities coming together," said Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation. "We welcome the contributions from MySQL AB and their database developer community to our efforts." Kaj Arnö, MySQL AB's vice president of community relations, said, "MySQL wants to support the community of open source developers who use the Eclipse platform and IDE to build applications in a variety of programming languages -- notably Java, C++, PHP, and Python."
Novell Launches the 'Platform for the Open Enterprise' at BrainShare 2006
Novell has launched the Platform for the Open Enterprise. "As a key component of its new platform strategy, Novell today unveiled SUSE® Linux Enterprise 10 the core of the platform for the open enterprise -- as well as enhancements to its security, identity and collaboration offerings."
New Books
Firefox for Dummies Available (MozillaZine)
MozillaZine has an announcement for the book Firefox for Dummies by Blake Ross. "The book includes many of the invaluable tips submitted by MozillaZine contributors earlier this year, and unlike most computer manuals, explains not just how but *why* Firefox behaves the way it does."
Intermediate Perl - O'Reilly's Latest Release
O'Reilly has published the book Intermediate Perl by Randal L. Schwartz, brian de foy, and Tom Phoenix.Pragmatic Bookshelf releases "Best of Ruby Quiz"
Pragmatic Bookshelf has published the book Best of Ruby Quiz by James Edward Gray II.
Resources
The LDP Weekly News
The March 21, 2006 edition of the Linux Documentation Project Weekly News has been published, take a look for the latest new documentation.
Contests and Awards
The 16th Annual Jolt Product Excellence and Productivity Awards
CMP Media has announced the winners of the 16th Annual Software Development Jolt Product Excellence and Productivity Awards. ""This has been an exciting year for the Jolts," says Rosalyn Lum, technical editor for Dr. Dobb's Journal. "Not only did we see an unprecedented number of nominations in categories representing every phase of the software development cycle, we also found an exploding richness of features bundled in today's products adding to the complexity to today's software development tools and to the judging process. And, there were an equal number of new stars that have quickly moved to address the needs that this very complexity in the development environment has created."
O'Reilly Receives Three Jolt Awards
O'Reilly Media has been awarded three Software Development magazine Jolt awards. "On Wednesday, March 15, 2006, the magazine's editors announced the winners of this year's Annual Software Development Jolt Product Excellence and Productivity Awards, recognizing O'Reilly Media, Inc. with the top honors and two Productivity Awards in the category of General Books."
Calls for Presentations
Call for Presentations - Flash Memory Summit
The Call for Presentations has gone out for the Flash Memory Summit. The event takes place in San Jose, CA on August 8-10, 2006, submissions are due by April 21.IMF 2006 - 2nd Call for Papers
The second call for papers has gone out for the International Conference on IT-Incident Management & IT-Forensics. The event will take place in Stuttgart, Germany on October 18 and 19, 2006, papers are due by April 17.OOoCon 2006 Call For Papers
A Call For Papers has gone out for the 2006 OpenOffice.org Conference. The event will take place in Lyon, France on September 11-13, 2006, submissions are due by June 1.Real-time Linux workshop seeks speakers (LinuxDevices)
LinuxDevices hosts a Call for Papers for the Real-time Linux Workshop, set for October 12-15 in Lanzhou, China.Recon 2006 Call for Papers
A Call for Papers has gone out for Recon 2006. The event takes place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on June 16-18, 2006, submissions are due by March 31. The guest speakers have also been announced.XCon2006 Call For Papers
A Call For Papers has gone out for XCon2006, the Fifth Information Security Conference. The event will take place in Beijing, China on August 18-20, 2006, submissions are due by July 1.
Upcoming Events
Akademy 2006 is in Dublin this September (KDE.News)
The KDE Akademy 2006 conference has been announced. "This year, the multi-day event for contributors to the leading Free Desktop will be held from September 23nd to 30th 2006 in beautiful Dublin, capital city of Ireland. Our hosts will be Ireland's oldest university, Trinity College. There are three sub-events: a contributors conference, the KDE e.V. annual general assembly and a week long hacking session that offers the opportunity to discuss all sorts of things face-to-face."
Embedded Linux Conference program announced
The CELF Embedded Linux Conference will be held on April 11 and 12 in San Jose, CA. "The CELF Embedded Linux Conference (ELC) is one of the premier meetings of embedded Linux developers worldwide. It is open to the public, and features a wide variety of speakers both from CELF member companies and the Linux community at large."
Announcing FUDCon Boston 2006
FUDCon Boston 2006 will take place in Boston, MA on April 7, 2006 after the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo. "Hot on the heels of the release of Fedora Core 5 and the success of previous FUDCon events worldwide, the Fedora Project is proud to announce FUDCon Boston 2006. FUDCon Boston 2006 will offer a wide range of speakers on an even wider range of topics, in three separate tracks, and is sure to have something for everyone."
Itanium Processor Architects to Keynote Gelato Conference
The Gelato Federation has announced the keynote speakers for the Gelato ICE conference, the event will be held in San Jose, CA on April 23-26, 2006. "Jerry Huck (HP), James Reinders (Intel Corporation), Don Soltis (Intel Corporation), and William Worley (Secure64 and Itanium(r) Solutions Alliance) are scheduled to present on the past, present, and future developments of the Intel(r) Itanium(r) architecture."
Events: March 23 - May 18, 2006
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| March 23, 2006 | UKUUG Spring Conference 2006 | Durham, UK |
| March 23 - 24, 2006 | Novell BrainShare 2006 | (Salt Palace Convention Center)Salt Lake City, UT |
| March 25, 2006 | Penguin Day | Seattle, WA |
| March 25, 2006 | Bleepfest 06 | (Christchurch Spitalfields Crypt)London, England |
| March 29 - 31, 2006 | PHP Quebec 2006 | (Plaza Montreal Hotel)Montreal, Canada |
| April 3 - 6, 2006 | Embedded Systems Conference(ESC) | (McEnery Convention Center)San Jose, CA |
| April 3 - 7, 2006 | CanSecWest/core06 | (Marriott Renaissance Harbourside hotel)Vancouver, Canada |
| April 3 - 4, 2006 | Freedom To Connect 2006(FTC) | (AFI Silver Theater)Washington, DC |
| April 3 - 6, 2006 | LinuxWorld Conference and Expo | (Boston Convention and Exposition Center)Boston, MA |
| April 7 - 9, 2006 | Notacon 3 | (Holiday Inn Select Cleveland)Cleveland, OH |
| April 7, 2006 | FUDCon Boston 2006 | Boston, Mass. USA |
| April 11 - 12, 2006 | CELF Embedded Linux Conference | San Jose, California |
| April 15 - 16, 2006 | LayerOne 2006 | (Pasadena Hilton)Pasadena, California |
| April 19 - 22, 2006 | Forum Internacional Software Livre 7.0(FISL) | Porto Alegre, Brazil |
| April 19 - 20, 2006 | UK Python Conference | (Randolph Hotel)Oxford, England |
| April 20 - 22, 2006 | International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security(AReS 2006) | Vienna, Austria |
| April 21 - 23, 2006 | Penguicon 4.0 | Livonia, Michigan |
| April 23 - 26, 2006 | ItaniumR Conference and Expo 2006(Gelato ICE) | San Jose, CA |
| April 24 - 26, 2006 | LinuxWorld & NetworkWorld Canada 2006 Conference & Expo | (Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Bldg.)Toronto, Canada |
| April 24 - 27, 2006 | MySQL Users Conference | Santa Clara, CA |
| April 24 - 25, 2006 | 2006 Desktop Linux Summit | (Manchester Grand Hyatt)San Diego, CA |
| April 24 - 26, 2006 | SambaXP 2006 | (Clarion Parkhotel)Göttingen, Germany |
| April 26 - 28, 2006 | php|tek 2006 | (Orlando Airport Marriott Hotel)Orlando, FL |
| April 27 - 30, 2006 | Linux Audio Conference(LAC2006) | (ZKM)Karlsruhe, Germany |
| April 29, 2006 | Linuxfest Northwest 2006 | Bellingham, WA |
| April 29 - 30, 2006 | European Common Lisp Meeting 2006 | Hamburg, Germany |
| May 1 - 6, 2006 | DallasCon 2006 | (Richardson Hotel)Dallas, TX |
| May 3 - 6, 2006 | LinuxTag 2006 | (Rhein-Main-Hallen)Wiesbaden, Germany |
| May 6 - 7, 2006 | WebTech 2006 | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| May 8 - 18, 2006 | LinuxWorld on Tour Conference and Expo 2006(LOT2006) | Montreal Ottawa Calgary Vancouver |
| May 12 - 13, 2006 | BSDCan 2006 | (University of Ottawa)Ottawa Canada |
| May 13, 2006 | DebianDay | Oaxtepec, Mexico |
| May 14 - 22, 2006 | DebConf 6 | Oaxtepec, Mexico |
Audio and Video programs
The Internet of Things (O'ReillyNet)
O'Reilly has announced the availability of an audio program from the Emerging Technology conference keynote. "Bruce Sterling, science fiction writer, looks ahead to a world of ubiquitous computing. A world where you can use Google to find your socks in the morning. He also talks quite a bit about the importance of how we choose to name the technologies and trends we are developing. This program is an edited version of his keynote at this year's O'Reilly Emerging Technology conference."
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