Announcements
Commercial announcements
"Linux Server Hacks" Released by O'Reilly
O'Reilly has released "Linux Server Hacks". ""Linux Server Hacks" is a collection of industrial-strength, real-world, tested solutions to practical problems. The book contains one hundred independent but related tips, tools, and scripts that solve common but frequently difficult administrative tasks."
SCO Manager v1.5 Wins Best Systems Administration Tool Award At LinuxWorld 2003
The SCO Group has announced that SCO Manager v1.5 won "Best Systems Administration Tool" from the Open Source Product Excellence Awards at LinuxWorld 2003 in New York. SCO Manager v1.5 is an enhanced and re-branded version of Volution Manager 1.1, which enables secure and remote management, monitoring and updating of multiple systems through a browser.TimeSys Corporation Joins Eclipse; Releases Beta of TimeStorm 2.0 IDE
TimeSys Corporation has announced that it has been elected as a supporting member of Eclipse. Additionally, TimeSys announced the beta availability of its first offering powered by Eclipse technology, the TimeStorm 2.0 IDE for embedded C/C++ development. Developers interested in the TimeSys' IDE can download the beta version of TimeStorm 2.0 along with TimeSys Linux for x86.Witnet to Develop Mobilick for New Security Based Handheld Computer
Witnet International, Inc. has announced that the company will begin working on a special Linux version of Mobilick for integration within the software suite of solutions for Consumer Direct Link's ("CDL") Paron pervasive handheld device.Geac Helps Konica Leverage The Power of Linux
Geac Computer Corporation Limited has announced that Konica Business Technologies, Inc. has successfully implemented Geac's Connector Foundation(TM) 3.0 for Linux.MontaVista Doubles Revenues; Completes Record Year with Record Quarter
MontaVista Software, Inc. announced it has ended its 2002 fiscal year with revenues doubling over 2001, despite the general economic downturn. Maybe the downturn is finally turning around.Sony announced a Linux-based wireless portable file server
Sony announced FSV-PGX1, a wireless portable file server based on Linux 2.4.20 with ext3, which supports CIFS/SMB, NFS and ftp via IEEE 802.11b.Key Research gets $12.5 million
The Linux-installed hardware market may be a difficult place to do business, but that does not keep people from trying. A company called Key Research has announced the receipt of $12.5 million in venture capital to help it build a Linux server business. Key will be creating 64-bit systems intended for use in Linux clusters; they claim to have "an innovative approach" which will be revealed at a future time.
Resources
LPI-News January 2003
Here's the monthly newsletter from the Linux Professional Institute, with news about LPI at LinuxWorld and other conferences; LPI and United Linux; LPI certificates; and much more.Modular synthesis with AlsaModularSynth 1.5.5 (QuickToots)
This month, QuickToots looks at AlsaModularSynth. "AlsaModularSynth is a digital implementation of a classical analog modular synthesizer system. It uses virtual control voltages to control the parameters of the modules. The control voltages which control the frequency of the VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator) and VCF (Voltage Controlled Filter) modules follow the convention of 1V / Octave."
Upcoming Events
Ottawa Linux Symposium 2003 registration opens
Attendee registration is open for the 2003 Ottawa Linux Symposium, which will be happening next July 23 to 26. OLS is the premier kernel-oriented developer conference in North America, and it tends to sell out, so it's best not to wait too long before signing up.Lycoris withdraws from the Desktop Linux Summit
Lycoris has announced that it will not participate in the Desktop Linux Summit. "Lycoris originally joined the conference after assurances of egalitarian control and changes to the conference schedule including the addition of keynote speaker Bruce Perens and vendors like Hewlett Packard. The recent changes to the conference schedule, the withdraw of Hewlett Packard, and conference management have given a single-vendor too much focus which is no longer in the interest of Lycoris."
Call for Lightning Talks at TPC 7 (use Perl)
Use Perl has announced that they are looking for some Lightning talk presentations for the upcoming TPC7 conference. "Mark Jason Dominus writes, "Lightning talks are brief (5-minute) talks that focus on a single example, idea, project, or technique. Lightning talks do not attempt to cover all aspects of their subject matter, but rather to present one facet of the idea clearly and succinctly. Last year's lightning talks sessions were a big success, and we hope to repeat the event.""
LinuxTag 2003 - First Call for Papers
The first call for papers has gone out for LinuxTag 2003, to be held in Karlsruhe, Germany on July 10-13, 2003.OSCOM opens conference planning
The Midgard site has an announcement for the OSCOM 3 conference, which will be held in Cambridge, Mass in late May, 2003. "Gregor Rothfuss from OSCOM board writes: "What kind of conference do you want? This question has arisen repeatedly over the last several weeks, as OSCOM board members and interested parties pondered past conferences, and wondered what to do about the upcoming OSCOM III. We decided to do a first, to the best of our knowledge: open up the conference preparation process. Effective immediately, you can take a look at the proposals we received on the redesigned OSCOM site.""
Announcing the UK Python Conference
The UK Python Conference will be held in Oxford, England on April 2 and 3, 2003. "The line up of speakers is impressive, with Guido van Rossum giving the keynote speech on Wednesday the 2nd April."
UKUUG Linux Developers' Conference
The UKUUG Linux Developers' Conference will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland on July 31 to August 3, 2003.Events: February 6 - April 3, 2003
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| February 6, 2003 | O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference | (Westin Horton Plaza.)San Diego, CA |
| February 6, 2003 | Linux Solutions 2003 | (CNIT)Paris, France |
| February 8 - 9, 2003 | Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting(FOSDEM) | Brussels, Belgium |
| February 10 - 14, 2003 | The fifth NordU/USENIX Conference(NordU2003) | (Aros Congress Center)Västerås, Sweden |
| February 20 - 21, 2003 | Desktop Linux Summit | (Vivendi Universal Building)San Diego, CA |
| February 22 - 24, 2003 | CodeCon 2.0 | (Club NV)San Francisco CA, USA |
| February 27 - 28, 2003 | Linux Summit 2003 | (Dipoli Conference Center)Espoo, Finland |
| March 17 - 19, 2003 | Open Source for National and Local eGovernment Programs in the U.S. and EU | (The Marvin Center Grand Ballroom, George Washington University)Washington, DC |
| March 20 - 21, 2003 | First OpenOffice.org Conference(OOoCon2003) | (University of Hamburg)Hamburg, Germany |
| March 20 - 21, 2003 | Conference PHP 2003 | (École Polytechnique de Montréal)Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| March 26 - 28, 2003 | PyCon DC 2003 | (George Washington University)Washington DC |
| April 2 - 3, 2003 | The UK Python Conference | (Holiday Inn Oxford)Oxford, England |
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
Desktop Linux Consortium press release
Desktop Linux Consortium has sent out a press release announcing its existence. "Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, said 'We already have all of the tools, in Open Source software, necessary for 80 percent of office workers in the world: an office suite including spreadsheet, word processor, and presentation program; a web browser, graphical desktop with file manager, and tools for communications, scheduling, and personal information management. The Linux desktop is inevitable!'"
Results from survey at WeWantLinux.org
The WeWantLinux.org survey site has been operating since last August, gathering data on consumer interest in computers pre-loaded with the GNU/Linux operating system. With 1500 survey entries validated, the results show a high level of interest in Linux PCs across the board.A Call for PostgreSQL Case Study Participants
Companies who are using PostgreSQL are invited to report on their activities. "We're looking for volunteers running PostgreSQL in their companies, or who have good contact with companies running PostgreSQL, to please assist us in creating a large number of good quality, reference PostgreSQL Case Studies."
WorldForge Logo Design Contest
The WorldForge game project is holding a contest for the creation of a new WorldForge logo. "WorldForge is looking for a new logo to reflect our project's growth and maturity. If you're an artist that's been looking for an easy way to contribute to WorldForge here's your chance."
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