Announcements
Non-Commercial announcements
Announcing the Django Software Foundation
The Django Software Foundation has been launched. "Django, started nearly five years ago by programmers affiliated with The World Company, now joins a lineup of pervasive computer languages and systems including Mozilla, Apache and Linux to be overseen by a nonprofit organization. We're still breaking this baby in, so we're a little light on details for now. You can read a bit about our goals now, and as you can imagine we'll be talking a lot about this in the days and weeks to come."
EFF: Judges Urged to Curtail Random Searches of Travelers' Laptops
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has issued a press release concerning random searches of travelers' laptops at the US border. "The news media has reported extensively on these searches as well as the surprise and anger felt by American travelers when they are singled out for inspection. In a typical search, U.S. border officials will turn on the computer and then open and review files. If agents see something of interest, they may confiscate the computer, copy its contents, and sometimes provide a copy to the Department of Justice -- even when the traveler is not suspected of criminal activity. In some cases, travelers have never gotten their computers back from the government."
Commercial announcements
CrossOver Linux 7.0 announced Celebrating Wine 1.0
CodeWeavers has announced version 7.0 of CrossOver Linux and CrossOver Mac. "I am pleased to announce that we have shipped CrossOver 7 for both Macintosh and Linux. New in Version 7 is support for Microsoft Office 2007, dramatically improved support for Outlook 2003 and Internet Explorer 6, and a broad range of improvements that should bring improvements to all Windows applications. For our Linux customers, it also brings expanded support for most Adobe programs, with Photoshop CS and CS2 working particularly well."
IronKey announces Linux support
IronKey Inc. has announced that it will support Linux on its flash drives. "IronKey brings unprecedented mobile data security to individual, enterprise and government users. Its combination of security applications and services along with hardware-based encryption deliver unmatched security for its USB drives, and protection of the data stored on them. Extending these capabilities onto Linux platforms provides a comprehensive solution for USB data security to network administrators running multiple operating systems."
Novell enters Pre-Load Agreement with Micro-Star International
Novell, Inc. has announced a partnership with Micro-Star International. "In order to meet increasing global customer demand for Linux on client systems, Novell today announced that Micro-Star International (MSI), a leading manufacturer of computer hardware products and solutions based in Taiwan, is pre-installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 on MSI's low-cost mini-notebooks. The initial pre-loaded model, the Wind Notebook, is one of the first in the rapidly growing segment of low-cost mini-notebooks, termed "netbooks" by Intel Corporation."
Opera 9.5 is now available
Version 9.5 of the Opera browser has been announced. "Opera Software today released to the world the final public release of its flagship Web browser, Opera 9.5. Opera's cross-device expertise, support for open Web standards and commitment to speed and performance culminate to create the most powerful Opera browser yet. Making its desktop debut in Opera 9.5, Opera Link blurs the boundaries between computers and mobile phones by enabling a seamless Web experience from device to device."
Red Hat Puts Patent Issue to Rest
Red Hat has announced the settlement of patent litigation involving Firestar Software, Inc. and DataTern, Inc. "Like most settlements, this one ends the specific lawsuit between the parties, but it does much more than that. It assures that upstream developers are protected against patent suits by DataTern and Amphion with respect to projects incorporated into Red Hat products. In addition, our distributors, customers, and anyone else who uses Red Hat products are protected with respect to Red Hat products. This broad coverage is a significant benefit to the open source community." (Thanks to Andreas Thieneman)
Terra Soft Solutions to resell Allinea tools
Terra Soft Solutions and Allinea have announced a partnership. "Allinea Software, a leading provider of innovative products for large-scale scalar and parallel high performance computing applications, today announced a new reseller agreement whereby Terra Soft Solutions offers Allinea's Distributed Debugging Tool (DDT) and Optimization and Profiling Tool (OPT), both recently made available for Cell Broadband Engine (Cell BE) platforms."
Third Brigade acquires OSSEC
Third Brigade has announced the acquisition of OSSEC. "Third Brigade, a security software company specializing in host intrusion detection and prevention systems today announced that it has acquired OSSEC, a leading open source, host-based intrusion detection system, and that Daniel Cid, creator and primary developer for OSSEC, has joined the Third Brigade team as Principal Researcher, OSSEC Development."
New Books
Learning Flex 3--New from O'Reilly
O'Reilly has published the book Learning Flex 3 by Alaric Cole.Ubuntu for Non-Geeks, 3rd Edition--New from No Starch Press
No Starch Press has published the book Ubuntu for Non-Geeks, 3rd Edition by Rickford Grant.
Resources
PostgreSQL Software Catalogue launched
The PostgreSQL DBMS project has announced a new software catalogue. "Linked from the Download section of the PostgreSQL website, the Software Catalogue aims to list all the drivers, tools, applications and other software available to work with and on PostgreSQL in a single place to avoid all that tedious googling previously required!"
Meeting Minutes
Perl 6 Design Meeting Minutes (use Perl)
The minutes from the June 4, 2008 Perl 6 Design Meeting have been published. "The Perl 6 design team met on 04 June 2008 by phone. Larry, Allison, Patrick, Jerry, Jesse, and chromatic attended."
Calls for Presentations
FOMS2009 Call for Participation
A Call for Participation has gone out for the S2009 Foundations of Open Media Software Developer Workshop. The event takes place in Hobart (Tasmania), Australia on January 15-16, 2009, submissions are due by August 15.Linux Plumbers Conference call for proposals and registration
The Linux Plumbers Conference will be held in Portland, Oregon, on September 17 to 19 - immediately after the kernel summit. The event organizers have released the call for proposals for those who would like to speak at the event. The Plumbers Conference is an interesting attempt to bring a low-level development conference back to the U.S.; it should certainly be worth attending.For those who are interested in going to the conference but not in speaking, registration for attendees has also opened.
OSDC 2008 CFP closes June 30
A final call for papers has gone out for Australia's Open Source Developers' Conference. The submission deadline is June 30. "Papers on Open Source languages, technologies, projects, tools and well as topics of interest to Open Source developers are being solicited for submission to OSDC 2008. So if you are an Open Source maintainer, developer or user, the organising committee would encourage you to submit a talk proposal on the open source tools, solutions, languages or technologies you are working with. The conference will be held at SMC Conference venue in the Sydney CBD, New South Wales, from the 2nd to the 5th of December, 2008."
Upcoming Events
EuroPython 2008: Timetable Published
The conference timetable for EuroPython 2008 is available. "This year? schedule includes a significant Jython presence, with talks, tutorials and a panel covering the technology, applications and the road ahead for the project. Once again, Web and Internet technologies are well represented, with distributed computing being an emerging topic this time around. Not to be outdone, representatives of the PyPy project will be on hand to describe the current state of their work."
Vilnius/Post EuroPython PyPy Sprint
The Vilnius/Post EuroPython PyPy Sprint will take place on July 10-12. "The PyPy team is sprinting at EuroPython again and we invite you to participate in our 3 day long sprint at the conference hotel - Reval Hotel Lietuva. If you plan to attend the sprint we recommend you to listen to the PyPy technical talks during the conference since it will give you a good overview of the status of development."
EuroSciPy - Early Bird Deadline Extended
The Early Bird Deadline for EuroSciPy has been extended. "I would like to announce that the early bird deadline for the first-annual EuroSciPy conference is extended to June 20, 2008. So you have a few more days to take advantage of the reduced rate."
2nd ImageJ User and Developer Conference (LinuxMedNews)
LinuxMedNews has announced the 2008 ImageJ User and Developer Conference, the event takes place in Luxembourg on November 6-7, 2008. "After the successful first ImageJ User and Developer Conference in 2006, the Public Research Center Henri Tudor is currently planning the second edition of this event in Luxembourg. ImageJ is a public domain Java image processing that runs, either as an online applet or as a downloadable application, on any computer with a Java 1.4 or later virtual machine."
LinuxWorldExpo PostgreSQL Day and More
The LinuxWorldExpo PostgreSQL Day has been announced. "The San Francisco PostgreSQL User Group, together with PostgreSQL.us, will be having several events around LinuxWorldExpo in San Francisco On August 5th, in space generously donated by IDG, we will have a full day of PostgreSQL technical sessions. This will be followed by some kind of social event with drinks & food. We will also have a booth, of course and are seeking booth volunteers."
Plans for PyCon 2009: Dates and Venue
The initial plans are being made for PyCon 2009, the event will be held in Chicago, IL. "Mark your calendars: * Tutorial days: Wednesday March 25 & Thursday March 26, 2009. (Two days of tutorials next year instead of one!) * Conference days: Friday March 27 through Sunday March 29, 2009. * Development sprints: Monday March 30 through Thursday April 2, 2009."
Events: June 26, 2008 to August 25, 2008
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| June 22 June 27 |
2008 USENIX Annual Technical Conference | Boston, MA, USA |
| June 28 June 29 |
Rockbox Euro Devcon 2008 | Berlin, Germany |
| July 1 July 5 |
Libre Software Meeting 2008 | Mont-de-Marsan, France |
| July 3 July 4 |
SyScan08 Singapore | Novotel Clarke Quay, Singapore |
| July 3 | Penguin in a Box 2008: Embedded Linux Seminar | Herzelia, Israel |
| July 5 | Open Tech 2008 | London, England |
| July 7 July 12 |
EuroPython 2008 | Vilnius, Lithuania |
| July 7 July 12 |
GUADEC 2008 | Istanbul, Turkey |
| July 14 July 18 |
PHP 5 & PostgreSQL Bootcamp at the Big Nerd Ranch | Atlanta, USA |
| July 18 July 20 |
RubyFringe | Canada, Toronto |
| July 19 | Firebird Developers Day | Piracicaba-SP, Brazil |
| July 19 July 25 |
Ruby & Ruby on Rails Bootcamp at the Big Nerd Ranch | Atlanta, USA |
| July 19 July 20 |
LugRadio Live 2008 - UK | Wolverhampton, United Kingdom |
| July 20 | OSCON PDXPUG Day | Portland, OR, USA |
| July 21 July 25 |
O'Reilly Open Source Convention | Portland, OR, USA |
| July 21 July 22 |
Ubuntu Live - cancelled | Portland, Oregon, USA |
| July 23 July 26 |
Ottawa Linux Symposium | Ottawa, Canada |
| July 26 | PyOhio 2008 | Columbus, OH, USA |
| July 26 July 27 |
EuroSciPy2008 | Leipzig, Germany |
| August 1 | LLVM Developers' Meeting | Cupertino, CA, USA |
| August 3 August 9 |
DebCamp 2008 | Mar del Plata, Argentina |
| August 4 August 7 |
LinuxWorld Conference & Expo | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| August 9 August 16 |
Akademy 2008 | Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium |
| August 9 August 17 |
Linuxbierwanderung (Linux Beer Hike) | Samnaun/Compatsch, Switzerland |
| August 10 August 16 |
Debian Conference 2008 | Mar del Plata, Argentina |
| August 11 August 15 |
SAGE-AU'2008 | Adelaide, Australia |
| August 12 August 14 |
Flash Memory Summit | Santa Clara, CA, USA |
| August 13 August 15 |
YAPC::Europe 2008 | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| August 18 | Debian Day | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| August 19 August 24 |
SciPy 2008 Conference | Pasadena, CA, USA |
| August 20 August 22 |
Jornadas Regionales de Software Libre | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| August 23 August 24 |
FrOSCon 2008 | Saint Augustin, Germany |
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Web sites
OpenOffice.org forum adds Japanese language support
The OpenOffice.org forum has added support for the Japanese language. "This web-based Community Forum brings experts and users together to provide support to users of OpenOffice.org, the free alternative to Microsoft Office. The Forum is free to users and is free of advertisements. Since its launch six months ago, the Forum has greatly exceeded expectations, attracting a registered membership of nearly 13,000."
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