Announcements
Non-Commercial announcements
OSDL Offers First Open Source Database Test Tools
Open Source Development Labs, Inc. has announced availability of OSDL-DBT, a suite of open source database workload testing tools which are a fair use implementation of specific industry-standard Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) benchmarks.
Commercial announcements
"Practical Unix & Internet Security, 3rd Edition" Released by O'Reilly
O'Reilly has released an updated version of Practical Unix & Internet Security. "Focusing on the four most popular Unix variants today--Solaris, Mac OS X, Linux, and FreeBSD--this book contains new information on PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules), LDAP, SMB/Samba, anti-theft technologies, embedded systems, wireless and laptop issues, forensics, intrusion detection, chroot jails, telephone scanners and firewalls, virtual and cryptographic filesystems, WebNFS, kernel security levels, outsourcing, legal issues, new internet protocols and cryptographic algorithms, and much more."
Sony, IBM and Butterfly.net announce the activation of Linux-based computing grid
Sony, IBM and Butterfly.net announced the activation of a Linux-based computing grid that makes it easier and cheaper to run Sony PlayStation 2 games on the Internet. The massive "Butterfly Grid" can support millions of concurrent PlayStation 2 online users around the world, with no limit to the number of players who can be on the Grid at one time.Oracle9i Database and Oracle9i Real Application Clusters Now Available on UnitedLinux 1.0
UnitedLinux has announced that it has completed certification of UnitedLinux Version 1.0 with both Oracle9i Database and its database clustering technology, Oracle9i Real Application Clusters.Ximian and SuSE Linux Announce Partnership
Ximian, Inc. and SuSE Linux announced a wide-ranging partnership. As part of the agreement, SuSE will resell Red Carpet Enterprise from Ximian. The companies will also offer Ximian Connector software to integrate Ximian Evolution groupware suite for Linux with the SuSE Linux Openexchange server.
Resources
Reasoning Releases Linux Inspection Report
On February 11, 2003 LWN reported that a company called Reasoning had put out a press release on a defect study it did of six different TCP/IP stacks. Reasoning has now announced the availability of the actual report.Embedded Developers Target Military and Defense Industry
Evans Data Corporation has announced the results of a new Embedded Systems Development Survey conducted in January 2003. "Embedded Linux continues to find converts as over 50% of respondents are targeting the OS in their current or next project, up 5% from the previous survey. However, the new survey found that fewer than 20% of developers rated Embedded Linux toolsets "good" and only 5% rated them "excellent". More than 60% indicated that their toolsets are "not very good" or "adequate" thus showing a need for better tools."
LPI-News Febraury 2003
The Linux Professional Institute newsletter for the month of February 2003 is now available. Some of the topics for this month include LPI-Brazil; CeBit in Germany; Hewlett Packard's road shows; and preparing for the release 2 of Level 1 and resources.Russian-Language MySQL Reference Manual Now Available Online
A Russian language version of the MySQL reference manual is now available online.2002 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award Winners
Voting for the 2002 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards is now closed. Winners include Red Hat as Distribution of the Year, KDE as Desktop Environment of the Year, Open Office as Office Suite of the Year and many more. You can view the announcement including all of the winners or the complete results.A certification primer for XML and related technologies (IBM developerWorks)
Pradeep Chopra offers some tips on passing IBM's XML certification exam. "XML has spread like wildfire throughout the IT industry, creating a broad range of opportunities for developers. What's the best way to take advantage of such opportunities? In the competitive world of software development, it's important to stand above the crowd. Thus, some standard for measuring how much one knows about XML is necessary."
Upcoming Events
OpenOffice.org Conference
Registration is open for the OpenOffice.org Conference in Hamburg, Germany. The conference will be held on March 20-21, 2003.Linux Symposium Accepting Proposals
Proposals are being accepted for the 2003 Linux Symposium, to be held this summer in Ottawa, Canada. "We are now accepting proposals for Bird of a Feather Sessions, Tutorials, and Working Group meetings at the 2003 Symposium."
YAPC::Israel::2003 has been moved (use Perl)
Use Perl mentions that the YAPC::Israel::2003 conference has been moved to a new location and date. The event will be held in Haifa, Israel on May 11, 2003.Events: March 6 - May 1, 2003
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| March 12 - 19, 2003 | CeBIT 2003 | (Hannover exhibition center)Hannover, Germany |
| 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 |
| March 29, 2003 | First Hungarian PHP Conference | Budapest, Hungary |
| March 31 - April 2, 2003 | 2nd USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies(FAST '03) | (Cathedral Hill Hotel)San Francisco, CA |
| April 2 - 3, 2003 | The UK Python Conference | (Holiday Inn Oxford)Oxford, England |
| April 10 - 12, 2003 | MySQL Users Conference & Expo 2003 | (Doubletree Hotel)San Jose, California |
| April 13 - 17, 2003 | RSA Conference 2003 | (Moscone Center)San Francisco, CA |
| April 14 - 15, 2003 | Samba eXPerience 2003 | (Hotel Freizeit)Göttingen, Germany |
| April 15 - 16, 2003 | LinuxUser & Developer Expo 2003 | Birmingham, UK |
| April 22 - 26, 2003 | Embedded Systems Conference(ESC) | (Moscone Convention Center)San Francisco, CA |
| April 22 - 25, 2003 | The O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference | (Westin, Santa Clara)Santa Clara, CA |
| April 23 - 25, 2003 | PHPCon East 2003 | (Park Central Hotel)New York, NY |
| April 28 - 30, 2003 | Real World Linux 2003 | (Metro Toronto Convention Centre)Toronto, Canada |
Web sites
KDE.org: New Design, New Implementation
KDE.News reports on the newly redesigned KDE web site. "The KDE Web Team is proud to present a new and exciting design for the official KDE site! This is the first overhaul of the flagship homepage since Kurt's vastly successful update more than two years ago. The KDE Web Team has maintained a focus on standards-compliance as well as improved the overall usability and accessibility of the site. Also featured prominently is an overhaul of the content as well as the implementation of a whole new design matching the shiny new Keramik/Crystal look from KDE 3.1."
TechTarget Launches SearchEnterpriseLinux.com
TechTarget has announced the launch of SearchEnterpriseLinux.com, a new addition to the TechTarget network of targeted Web sites focused on specific enterprise IT segments. "SearchEnterpriseLinux.com will serve the needs of IT professionals charged with purchasing, implementing, and managing Linux-based systems in large- and medium-sized businesses."
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
Embroidered KDE Shirts Available Soon
If you're short on Geek Fashion, the KDE Promo Team have made available some Embroidered KDE Shirts.
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