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Linux Foundation Announces a Diverse Board of Directors

The Linux Foundation has announced its new board of directors, a diverse group that represents the key stakeholders from every corner of the Linux ecosystem: the Linux kernel community, Linux vendors, distributions and users, as well as individual open source leaders.

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LQ Wiki reaches 3,000 articles

LinuxQuestions.org has announced reaching the 3000 article waterline on the LinuxQuestions Wiki site. "The LQ Wiki allows users to collaboratively build a free, complete and up-to-date Linux knowledgebase and aims to become the largest general-knowledge Linux repository on the web. It is free to join or use the LQ Wiki and any user can add or edit content. All content is licensed under either a Creative Commons license or the GFDL, ensuring that it remains freely redistributable."

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ActiveState Perl Dev Kit 7.0 now available

ActiveState has announced the release of Perl Dev Kit (PDK) 7.0, a multi-platform suite of tools for creating and deploying Perl applications. "PDK provides essential tools for building self-contained, easily deployable executables for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX. The comprehensive feature set includes a graphical debugger and code coverage and hotspot analyzer, as well as tools for building sophisticated Perl-based filters and easily converting useful VBScript code to Perl."

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Collax updates its entire product family

Collax has announced updates to each of its server solutions, now Collax Business Server 4.1.0, Collax Security Gateway 4.2.0 and Collax Open-Xchange Server 5.1.0 respectively. "All solutions will run on the 2.6 kernel, guaranteeing stability, security and scalability. In addition, directory-, e-mail-, web-proxy-, file- and FTP-servers have been updated in the new versions. The use of AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) enables Collax to provide improved software ergonomics. Configuration and administration of the solutions, which are being developed specifically for small and medium businesses (SMBs) is thus not only significantly simplified, but also drastically accelerated."

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First Year of Coverity Scan Site Squashes 6,000 Bugs

Coverity, Inc. has issued a press release for the one year anniversary of the scan.coverity.com project that was started under an open source vulnerability research contract with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The contract is shared with Stanford University and Symantec Corporation. Coverity also announced a major expansion of the analysis scope, increasing the number of open source projects involved to 150, up from 50.

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Motorola announces revised guidance and actions to improve profitability

Motorola, Inc. has announced a number of moves aimed at improving its financial position. "Motorola is committed to improving the financial performance of the Mobile Devices business by pursuing market segments and product tiers that demonstrate the best opportunity for high gross margins and meaningful profitability. In this regard, the company is focused on steps to reduce cost and improve consumer experiences, including: -- Deploying open standards Linux/Java(TM) software across mid- and high-tier devices to enhance the experiences available on handsets ..."

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New Xandros Linux Server to bundle Scalix 11 collaboration platform

Xandros and Scalix have announced that the forthcoming Xandros Server 2 will ship with Scalix 11 pre-installed. "The bundled solution brings enterprise-class email and calendaring to the SMB market, providing a broad selection of true enterprise clients such as full feature support of Microsoft Outlook and Evolution, a Web client with desktop functionality, and a Mobile Web Client that allows a broad base of users to stay connected while mobile. A special Xandros plug-in provides full, remote graphical management of Scalix 11. Xandros Server with Scalix 11 provides SMBs with a powerful and easy-to-use alternative to Windows-based messaging systems, and will ship in April 2007."

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Ted Ts'o wins FSF award

The Free Software Foundation has announced that the winner of the 2006 Award for the Advancement of Free Software is Ted Ts'o. "Theodore Ts'o was recognized for his many and varied contributions to free software, including his work on the kernel Linux. His role as project leader in the development of Kerberos---the first single sign-on authentication system---and his work on the Open Network Computing Remote Procedure (ONC RPC) are representative of his important role in Internet security. He was also cited for his work as maintainer and developer of the key utilities under the project "E2fs", which are used to maintain file systems for GNU/Linux. Ts'o has also played an important role in community efforts, organizing the annual summit for kernel developers and publishing educational materials and tutorials."

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O'Reilly Jolts the Industry--Head First Style

O'Reilly has announced the winning of several Jolt awards by two of its book authors. ""Head First Object-Oriented Analysis & Design" by Brett McLaughlin, Gary Pollice, and David West received top honors--the highly coveted Jolt--for best product in the "Technical Books" category at this year's Jolt Awards ceremony. Further honors were bestowed on O'Reilly Media with the presentation of a Productivity Award for "CSS: The Missing Manual" by David Sawyer McFarland in the same category."

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Pure Data Spring School 2007 - GOTO10 at CCA (Glasgow, UK)

The Pure Data Spring School 2007 will take place in Glasgow, Scotland on May 14-25, 2007. "Pure Data is a free and open source real-time graphical programming environment used by artists to create a range of visual arts, theatre, dance, audio, installation, performance and media art works. Pure Data is ideal for those looking to integrate technology into their work for the first time, or advanced media artists looking to explore new tools and new ways to combine them in a unified environment. It is easy to use Pure Data to create interactive environments, link animations and sound, control hardware and electronics, stream audio, generate real time visuals and develop interfaces for other programs. In this intensive two week course, participants will learn Pure Data from scratch and explore in detail some of its most exciting extensions."

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EuroPython 2007: Call for Proposals

A call for proposal has gone out for EuroPython 2007. "Book Monday 9th July to Wednesday 11th July 2007 in your calendar! EuroPython 2007, the European Python and Zope Conference, will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania. Last year's conference was a great success, featuring a variety of tracks, amazing lightning talks and inspiring keynotes. With your participation, we want to make EuroPython 2007, the sixth EuroPython, even more successful than the previous five." The submission deadline is May 18.

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Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

A call for proposals for locations for the 2008 Gnome Users and Developers Conference (GUADEC) has been posted. "UADEC, GNOME's major annual developer conference, is going to be in Birmingham in 2007. We're calling for proposals for locations in 2008. The chosen location will be announced at GUADEC."

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OpenOffice.org Annual Conference 2007 - Call for Papers

A call for papers has gone out for the OpenOffice.org Annual Conference 2007. The conference will be held in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain on September 19-21, 2007, submissions are due by June 1.

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CFP for RAID 2007

The call for papers for the RAID 2007 conference has been extended until April 8. The event takes place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia on September 5-7, 2007. "This symposium, the 10th in an annual series, brings together leading researchers and practitioners from academia, government, and industry to discuss issues and technologies related to intrusion detection and defense. The Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection (RAID) International Symposium series is intended to further advances in intrusion defense by promoting the exchange of ideas in a broad range of topics."

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Linux Audio Conference 2007 live streams

The 2007 Linux Audio Conference will feature live media streaming. "The Linux Audio Conference takes place this week 22-25 March, 2007. As in past years LAC2007 will be streamed live in ogg vorbis and theora via icecast"

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CMP Technology announces first Sys Admin Technical Conference

CMP Technology has announced the first Sys Admin Technical Conference. "CMP Technology's Sys Admin magazine, the journal for Unix and Linux systems administrators, today announced the first Sys Admin Technical Conference will take place May 7-8 at the Sheraton Inner Harbor in Baltimore. The two-day conference consists of security and scripting tracks and includes courses for beginners and experienced administrators. Conference sessions will be led by industry experts including Hal Pomeranz, Randal Schwartz, AEleen Frisch, Richard Bejtlich, and Tom Limoncelli."

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2007 O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference adds new speakers and sessions

O'Reilly has sent out a status report for the 2007 Where 2.0 Conference. "Program planning is in the final stages for the 2007 O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference, happening May 29-30, 2007 at The Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California. Location industry visionaries are scheduled to present their futuristic ideas and groundbreaking projects in two full days of keynotes, lightning talks, panel discussions, and demonstrations. Now in its third year, the Where 2.0 Conference will provide attendees with the opportunity to discover the technologies, trends, and developments making a difference in location-based technology."

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Events: April 5, 2007 to June 4, 2007

The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.

Date(s)	Event	Location
April 1 April 5	Embedded Systems Conference	San Jose, CA, USA
April 2 April 6	DJango Bootcamp	Atlanta, Georgia, USA
April 2 April 5	Hack in The Box Security Conference 2007	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
April 3 April 8	Make Art 2007	Poitiers, France
April 12 April 14	International Free Software Forum (Forum Internacional Software Livre)	Porto Alegre, Brazil
April 14 April 15	Ruby and Python Conference 2007	Poznan, Poland
April 15 April 18	Gelato ICE: Itanium® Conference & Expo	San Jose, California, USA
April 17 April 19	Embedded Linux Conference	San Jose, USA
April 18 April 20	CanSecWest Applied Security Conference 2007	Vancouver, Canada
April 19	Linux 2007	Lisbon, Portugal
April 19	Power Architecture Software Summit	Austin, TX, USA
April 20 April 22	International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security	Vienna, Austria
April 20 April 22	Penguicon 5.0 Open Source Software & Science Fiction Convention	Troy, Michigan, USA
April 21	Romanian Open Source Development Meeting	Bucharest, Romania
April 23 April 25	Samba eXPerience 2007	Göttingen, Germany
April 23 April 27	PostgreSQL Bootcamp at the Big Nerd Ranch	Atlanta, USA
April 23 April 26	MySQL Conference and Expo	Santa Clara, CA, USA
April 28 April 29	Linuxfest Northwest	Bellingham, WA, USA
May 3 May 4	Ubuntu Education Summit	Sevilla, Spain
May 3 May 5	SugarCRM Global Developer Conference	San Jose, CA, USA
May 4 May 6	Libre Graphics Meeting 2007	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
May 5 May 6	LayerOne Security Conference	Pasadena, CA, USA
May 5	Ubucon - Sevilla	Sevilla, Spain
May 6 May 11	Ubuntu Developer Summit	Sevilla, Spain
May 7	CommunityOne	San Francisco, CA, USA
May 8 May 9	World Summit on Intrusion Prevention	Baltimore, MD, USA
May 8 May 11	Annual Java Technology Conference	San Francisco, CA, USA
May 8 May 11	OSHCA 2007	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
May 9 May 11	Red Hat Summit	San Diego, CA, USA
May 10 May 11	IEEE International Workshop on Open Source Test Technology Tools	Berkeley, CA, USA
May 10	NLUUG Spring Conference 2007	Ede, The Netherlands
May 11 May 13	Conferenze Italiana sul Software Libero	Cosenza, Italy
May 12 May 13	KOffice ODF Weekend	Berlin, Germany
May 14 May 25	The Pure Data Spring School 2007	Glasgow, Scotland
May 16 May 18	php|tek	Chicago, IL, USA
May 17 May 20	RailsConf 2007	Portland, Oregon
May 18 May 19	eLiberatica Open Source and Free Software Conference	Brasov, Romania
May 18 May 19	FreedomHEC	Los Angeles, CA
May 18 May 19	BSDCan 2007	Ottawa, Canada
May 19 May 20	The 3rd International Workshop on Software Engineering for Secure Systems	Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
May 19 May 20	Rockbox International Developers Conference 2007	Stockholm, Sweden
May 19	Grazer LinuxDays 2007	Graz, Austria
May 19 May 20	Make Magazine Maker Faire 2007	San Mateo, CA, USA
May 19	Linuxwochen Austria - Graz	Graz, Austria
May 21 May 23	International PHP 2007 Conference	Stuttgart, Germany
May 21 May 25	Python Bootcamp with David Beazley	Atlanta, USA
May 22 May 23	Open Source Business Conference	San Francisco, USA
May 22 May 24	Linux Days 2007, Geneva	Geneva, Switzerland
May 23 May 24	PGCon 2007	Ottawa, ON, Canada
May 25	Linuxwochen Austria - Krems	Krems, Austria
May 26	PAKCON III	Karachi, Pakistan
May 29 May 30	Where 2.0 Conference	San Jose, CA, USA
May 29 May 31	European ADempiere Developers Conference	Berlin, Germany
May 29 May 30	I FLOSS CONFERENCE RESISTENCIA	Resistencia, Argentina
May 30 June 2	Linuxtag	Berlin, Germany
May 30 June 1	3rd UNIX Days Conference - Gdansk 2007	Gdansk, Poland
May 30 June 1	Linuxwochen Austria - Wien	Wien, Austria
June 2 June 3	Journées Python Francophones	Paris, France

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