Announcements
Non-Commercial announcements
BitNami.org hits 150,000 downloads
The BitNami project has announced reaching the 150,000 download mark. "The BitNami project, sponsored by BitRock, released a new modular architecture for its open source application stacks. It is now easier than ever to install and configure applications such as Wordpress, Drupal, eZ Publish on Windows, Linux, OS X or Solaris."
Commercial announcements
Purple Labs acquires mobile browser business from Openwave
Purple Labs has announced the acquisition of Openwave Systems' mobile software business. "Purple Labs, a French developer of Linux-based mobile software, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of the mobile client software business of California-based Openwave Systems, in an asset sale valued at more than $32 million. The browser and messaging products acquired in the deal are among the best-selling mobile applications in the world, having already shipped in more than 1.5 billion mobile phones. Following the acquisition, Purple Labs now supplies mobile browser software to all of the top 5 phone manufacturers, which together produce over 80% of the worlds mobile phones."
New Books
The Software Test Engineer's Handbook--New from Rocky Nook
Rocky Nook has published the book The Software Test Engineer's Handbook by Graham Bath and Judy McKay.
Resources
Linux Gazette #152
Issue #152 of the Linux Gazette has been published. Topics include: "* Mailbag * Talkback * 2-Cent Tips * News Bytes, by Deividson Luiz Okopnik * Review of the Plat'Home OpenBlockS, by Ben Okopnik * Apertium: Open source machine translation, by Jimmy O'Regan * Joey's Notes: Access Control Lists, by Joey Prestia Our monthly column of basic Linux advice and education * Wireless Configuration for Desktops, by Muthaiah Ramanathan Five easy steps to configure a PCI wireless card in desktops running GNU/Linux * A slightly advanced Introduction to Vim, by Pranesh Srinivasan * XKCD, by Randall Munroe * HelpDex, by Shane Collinge * Ecol, by Javier Malonda"
Contests and Awards
Nominations open for Pwnie Awards 2008
Nominations are open for the 2008 Pwnie Awards. "The Pwnie Awards ceremony will return to the BlackHat USA 2008 conference in Las Vegas. Last year's inagural event was a lot of fun, and we hope it will only get better. What should you expect from this year's ceremony? Exciting new categories, an inspirational acceptance speech by the winner of the Lamest Vendor Award and a special sing-along lead by HD Moore!" Nominations are due by July 14.
Education and Certification
Opera brings Web standards to classrooms worldwide
Opera Software has announced a web standards education program. "Opera today launched a sweeping education initiative aimed at supporting and enhancing Web standards education and training in secondary schools, colleges, universities and businesses worldwide. The first planned step in this initiative is the Opera Web Standards Curriculum, a complete curriculum of learning material to provide a thorough understanding of client-side Web design and development from the ground up. These materials are available completely free under a Creative Commons license from http://www.opera.com/wsc/."
Calls for Presentations
2008Q3 Call for Grant Proposals (use Perl)
use Perl has announced a call for grant proposals. "The Perl Foundation is looking at giving some grants ranging from $500 to $3000 in August 2008. In the past, we've supported Adam Kennedy's PPI and Strawberry Perl, Nicholas Clark's work on Perl internals, Jouke Visser's pVoice, Chris Dolan on Perl::Critic and many others (just check http://www.perlfoundation.org/grants for more references). You don't have to have a large, complex, or lengthy project. You don't even have to be a Perl master or guru. If you have a good idea and the means and ability to accomplish it, we want to hear from you! Do you have something that could benefit the Perl community but just need that little extra help? Submit a grant proposal by July 31."
Linux.conf.au 2009 Call for Papers
A call for papers has gone out for Linux.conf.au. "Linux.conf.au has announced the opening of the call for papers on Friday 4th July 2008, giving the open source software community the chance to present at one of the world's premier technical conferences. Hobart TAS, Australia-- (4th July 2008) ---- The call for papers will remain open for a month, after which the best papers will be selected by an expert panel."
Call for Papers for the MEITSEC 2008 is now open
A call for papers for the 2008 MEITSEC conference has been announced. "The Call for Papers for the MEITSEC 2008 to be held in Dubai is now open. MEITSEC 2008 will be held at the Etisalat Academy from 16 to 20 November 2008. The event will consist of three-day pre-conference workshops, and a two-day conference and exhibition." The submission deadline is July 31.
Power management microconf at Plumbers Conference, CFP
A Power management microconf has been announced, papers are being accepted until July 20. "As a complement to the PM miniconf at OLS, there will be a power management microconference as part of the Linux Plumbers Conference in Portland between September the 17th and 19th. Rather than looking at purely kernel or userspace issues, the focus of the conference will be on the interaction between the two. We're interested in discussion of what needs to be exposed by the kernel to facilitate maximum power savings, and also what userspace needs to do to take advantage of that."
Upcoming Events
Akademy 2008 Talks Program Published (KDE.News)
KDE.News has announced 2008 Akademy conference program. "Track themes include research, applications and community. There are keynotes from Frank Karlitschek of the Open Desktop sites, Sebastian Nyström of Nokia, Cliff Schmidt of KDE users Literacy Bridge. Lightning talk sessions include a Plasma Frenzy and an Akonadi Rumble with KDAB's Till Adam. It is a packed programme to start off the week, the rest of which will be filled with BoFs, Tutorials and an Embedded and Mobile Day."
Connecting California to Improve Patient Care in 2008 (LinuxMedNews)
LinuxMedNews has announced the Connecting California to Improve Patient Care in 2008 conference. The event "will occur on Friday July 18, 2008 -- 9:00 A.M. to 4:15 P.M. Ukiah Valley Conference Center, 200 S. School St., Ukiah, California Conference Cost - $35 (includes lunch). This looks like one of those small conferences that end up becoming very important."
Linux Installfest workshop in Davis, CA - July 19th
The Linux Users' Group of Davis will hold the next Linux Installfest workshop in Davis, California on Saturday, July 19.Events: July 17, 2008 to September 15, 2008
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| August 26 August 29 |
WebGUI Users Conference 2008 | Madison, WI, USA |
| August 27 August 30 |
Drupalcon Szeged 2008 | Szeged, Hungary |
| August 28 August 30 |
Utah Open Source Conference 2008 | Salt Lake City, UT, USA |
| September 2 September 4 |
RailsConf Europe 2008 | Berlin, Germany |
| September 5 September 7 |
FUDCon Brno 2008 | Brno, Czech Republic |
| September 6 September 7 |
DjangoCon 2008 | Mountain View, CA, USA |
| September 7 September 10 |
Workshop on Open Source Software for Computer and Network Forensics | Milan, Italy |
| September 7 September 14 |
Python Game Programming Challenge | Online |
| September 8 | Encontro Nacional de openSUSE | Porto, Portugal |
| September 9 September 11 |
EFMI STC 2008 | London, England |
| September 12 September 14 |
The UK Python Conference | Birmingham, England |
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