Announcements
Commercial announcements
Mandrakesoft: Multi Network Firewall simplifies administration of advanced VPN networks
MandrakeSoft annonced a new network-product - "Multi Network Firewall" - which can be used to deploy a complex and secured network infrastructure (including VPN - Virtual Private Network - and DMZ - DeMilitarized Zone). It also includes network traffic management, and - as usual for MandrakeSoft products - offers a very friendly user-interface.Metrowerks acquires Embedix Inc. (aka Lineo)
Metrowerks has sent out a press release stating its intent to acquire "the key assets" of Embedix, Inc., the company formerly known as Lineo. "The acquisition of assets from Embedix and the addition of the Embedix team will enable Metrowerks to provide Linux OS-based development tools and platforms for creating applications for PDAs, smart handheld devices, residential gateways and digital TVs.".
NVIDIA's graphics announcements
NVIDIA Corporation has announced a series of new corporate initiatives that include a technical support program for end users and professional customers; a new software driver package that includes performance enhancements and new features for NVIDIA's advanced graphics features, including NVIDIA's CineFX(TM) architecture delivered by NVIDIA's Unified Driver Architecture (UDA); and support for the latest PC technologies, including AGP 8X and OpenGL(R) 1.4.Red Hat's quarterly results
Red Hat. has announced its third quarter results. The bottom line is a $300,000 profit - without excluding various losses this time.Arkeia Light v5 Now Available as Backup Solution for Open Source Environments
Arkeia Corp.announced the release of Arkeia Light, a fully enabled free version of Arkeia v5 enterprise software for open source environments. Arkeia Light is designed to provide Linux-based PCs and small networks with enterprise-caliber backup capability at no cost for personal or commercial use.Sony and Matsushita to develop Linux-based system
According to this Dow Jones article, Sony and Matsushita will be getting together to develop a new Linux-based operating system. "Based on the results of the joint development, Sony and Matsushita are considering setting up an industry forum group for digital home appliance-use Linux." (Thanks to Maya Tamiya).
STORServer Ships Hot Backup for Oracle on Linux
STORServer has announced STORServer Data Protection (SDP) for Oracle on Linux is now shipping."PHP Cookbook" Released by O'Reilly
O'Reilly has announced the release of the PHP Cookbook, by authors David Sklar and Adam Trachtenberg."Designing Embedded Hardware" Released by O'Reilly
"Designing Embedded Hardware" is a book about designing small machines for embedded applications, written by John Catsoulis and published by O'Reilly.
Resources
Free documentation database ready.
The GFDD (GNUtemberg! Free Documentation Database) has reached a stable version. GFDD is online, and some documents have already been indexed. The classification is based upon Dublin Core and OMF.Protux0.14.x : A first approach using Protux (QuickToots)
Reinhard Amersberger has put together a Protux howtoot that introduces Protux, a keyboard/mouse-based utility that is aimed at efficient audio production tasks.Announcing the creation of a global bioinformatics grid (Bioinformatics)
A new global bioinformatics grid has been announced. "The Bioinformatics Organization (Bioinformatics.Org) announces the creation of a global bioinformatics grid. The Bioinformatics.Org Grid (BiO Grid) is a loosely networked cluster of heterogeneous computing technologies that can be accessed by members of the Organization free of charge (membership is also free). The BiO Grid expands the services of The Open Lab, a collection of free and/or open services for bioinformatics research, development and education. It will augment the mission of the Bioinformatics Organization: to lower the barrier to entering and participating in the field of bioinformatics."
Upcoming Events
LinuxWorld conference program announced
IDG World Expo announced that the conference program for LinuxWorld Conference & Expo has been expanded to provide dedicated tracks for specific industries, including financial services, telecommunications, government and defense.FOSDEM interviews: David Faure and Michael Meeks
The Third Free and Open Source Developers' European Meeting will happen February 8 and 9 in Brussels. Once again, the FOSDEM is publishing a set of interviews with people who will be speaking at the event. The first two have been published:- David
Faure. "
I see work going on in that direction [GNOME-KDE compatibility]. Mailing-lists and meetings are happening to this effect. RedHat pushes this a lot, but it seems that other people are also interested in this.
" - Michael
Meeks. "
Ultimately I think Gnome 2 provides an excellent environment to work in now - we have to focus on ensuring every application integrates with the others intelligently, that we have a coherent look and feel etc. (I applaud the Red Hat initiatives there).
"
OSS in Healthcare: Call for Speakers and Participation
LinuxMedNews has an announcement for the OSS in Healthcare conference, to be held in Washington, DC from March 17-19, 2003.Linux.conf.au 2003 announces Sun Microsystems(tm) Regional Delegate Program Recipients
The candidates for the Sun Microsystems Regional Delegate Program have been announced at Linux.conf.au 2003.FSIJ Free Software Symposium 2002 Tokyo
Transcripts are availble from the Free Software Initiative Japan, which was held in Tokyo.Events: December 19, 2002 - February 13, 2003
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| December 19 - 20, 2002 | UMeet conference | On IRC |
| January 21 - 24, 2003 | LinuxWorld Conference & Expo | (Jacob K. Javits Center)New York, NY |
| January 22 - 25, 2003 | Linux.conf.au 2003 | Perth, Australia |
| January 27 - 31, 2003 | SAINT-2003 | Orlando, Florida, USA |
| February 3 - 6, 2003 | O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference | (Westin Horton Plaza.)San Diego, CA |
| February 10 - 14, 2003 | The fifth NordU/USENIX Conference(NordU2003) | (Aros Congress Center)Västerås, Sweden |
Web sites
Deep Space 6 Initiative
The Deep Space 6 initiative is a new Linux based IPv6 portal site, designers of IPv6 software should contact the site authors for inclusion.
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
German City switches to Linux
IBM has sent out a press release about the German city of Schwäbisch Hall, which moving its computing systems from Windows and Office to SuSE Linux and OpenOffice.org. The town of 36,000 eventually plans to have 400 desktops running Linux.
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