Announcements
Non-Commercial announcements
FSF reboots its High Priority list with a grant and call for input
The Free Software Foundation has announced an adjustment of its high priority list. "The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced a "reboot" of its High Priority Projects list with an accompanying $10,000 grant from Worldlabel.com Inc. The grant will seed a new fund to promote projects on the list, and the FSF is calling for a community conversation about the biggest challenges computer users face using free "as in freedom" software."
Untangle Joins The Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation has announced that Untangle is the newest member of the Foundation. "Untangle, developers of the Open Source Network Gateway, is joining the Linux Foundation as a way to further contribute to the open source community. It plans to take advantage of the exclusive Linux Foundation events and to collaborate with the Foundation on outreach to Linux User Groups (LUGs) throughout the globe."
2008Q4 Call for Grant Proposals (use Perl)
use Perl has announced the 2008Q4 Call for Grant Proposals. "The Perl Foundation is looking at giving some grants ranging from $500 to $3000 in November 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".
Commercial announcements
The Brazilian GNU/Linux Insigne Momentum 5.0 Operating System Strengthens Brazilian Digital Inclusion Program
This press release looks at the Brazilian "Computador para Todos" (Computer for Everyone) program that was announced in November 2005. The open source Insigne OS has been key to the success of the program. ""It has been hard but pleasant work reaching 1.5 million families," says Joao Pereira da Silva Jr., Insigne's CEO. "Brand-new users considered the system very friendly, and the other systems' former users expressed admiration and a desire to migrate to Insigne. We are motivated to improve the Insigne OS to increase our market share.""
New MySQL Distribution: ExtSQL Provides Usage Accounting
Software Workshop has developed their own modifications to MySQL and called it ExtSQL. ExtSQL gives database administrators a simple way to monitor activity by individual users, database, or even connection. ExtSQL has new commands built into the server as an extension to the SQL language. ExtSQL is being released under the GPL.SourceLabs announces Top Ten Open Source Software Support Issues
SourceLabs has announced its September, 2008 compilation of the Top Ten Open Source Software Support Issues. "SourceLabs, the company innovating support and search technology for open source software, today announced the top ten most prevalent support issues and search data for supporting Linux and Open Source Java for the month of September 2008. The report is compiled from monthly searches performed by users of SourceLabs' Self-Support Suite (http://webui.sourcelabs.com)."
New Books
The Daemon, the Gnu, and the Penguin in printed book format
Reed Media Services has published the book The Daemon, the Gnu, and the Penguin by Peter H. Salus.Learning OpenCV--New from O'Reilly
O'Reilly has published the book Learning OpenCV by Gary Rost Bradski and Adrian Kaehler.A Sane Approach to Database Design
G2W Press has published the book A Sane Approach to Database Design by Mark Johansen.Version Control with Subversion--New from O'Reilly
O'Reilly has published the book Version Control with Subversion by Ben Collins-Sussman, Brian W. Fitzpatrick, and C. Michael Pilato.
Resources
Linux Gazette #155 is out
Issue number 155 of the Linux Gazette has been published. Topics include: Mailbag, Talkback, 2-Cent Tips, News Bytes by Deividson Luiz Okopnik and Howard Dyckoff, Away Mission: Google I/O and Better Software Practices by Howard Dyckoff, HugeTLB - Large Page Support in the Linux Kernel, by R. Krishnakumar, Book Review: Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing by Rick Moen, Joey's Notes: Using the Automounter by Joey Prestia, Our monthly column of basic Linux advice and education HelpDex by Shane Collinge, Ecol by Javier Malonda, XKCD by Randall Munroe and The Linux Launderette.
Contests and Awards
OO.o Community Innovation Program Winners
The winners of the OpenOffice.org Community Innovation Program have been announced. "The Community Innovation Program Awards Committee is pleased to announce the winners of this year's contest. We were impressed by the quality of the submissions and by the work demonstrated, and on behalf of the OpenOffice.org Community, look forward to working with the Entrants. There were four award levels, Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Honourable Mention."
Surveys
Announcing the Ubuntu Server Survey
A new Ubuntu Server Survey has been announced. "The Ubuntu Server Team wants to know how you use Ubuntu Server in day-to-day operations to help the team prioritize the support and development of future Ubuntu Server Editions. In an effort to better understand, support and further the Ubuntu Server Edition we would like to ask you to take this survey which should take between 10 to 20 minutes to complete. The information provided will help us determine where we can improve support, where to add additional resources and to generate a better understanding of the community which we work within."
Calls for Presentations
linux.conf.au 2009 Open Mobile Miniconf cfp
A Call for Presentations has gone out for the Open Mobile Miniconf at linux.conf.au 2009. The conference takes place in Hobart, Tasmania on January 19-20, 2009.SCALE calls for non-profit exhibitors
The Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) has announced a call for non-profit exhibitors. "Wide spread acceptance and encouragement from the user community has established SCALE as a premiere Open Source Software conference. Continuing our efforts to promote Open Source software, we invite you to share your work on Free and Open Source projects with the rest of the FOSS community. If you'd like a expo booth for your project at the 7th Annual So Cal Linux Expo, please submit your proposal."
Upcoming Events
Linux.conf.au announces keynotes for 2009
The 2009 edition of linux.conf.au has announced three keynote speakers for the conference. It will be held January 19-24, 2009 in Hobart, Tasmania. "The speakers are: internationally recognised author, speaker and systems administrator, Tom Limoncelli; co-founder of Wikia and Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Advisory Board, Angela Beesley; and Chief Open Source Officer at Sun Microsystems, Simon Phipps". Click below for more information.
Harald Welte to keynote co-located NLUUG and Embedded Linux Conference Europe
Harald Welte will be giving a keynote speech—entitled "How chip makers should (not) support free software"—at the NLUUG autumn conference [Dutch] and co-located Embedded Linux Conference Europe. Both conferences have recently opened for registration. The conferences will be held in Ede, the Netherlands on November 6 and 7. A combined program [PDF in both Dutch and English] for the conferences is available. In addition to Welte's keynote, there are presentations on many different topics from members of the Linux community.LinuxWorld Expands To OpenSource World Conference & Expo
IDG World Expo has announced the launch of OpenSource World(TM) Conference & Expo. "OpenSource World will include the key features of LinuxWorld(R), but will offer a strong focus on supporting and enlarging not only the Linux market, but the overarching open source technology umbrella. OpenSource World is scheduled to take place August 10-13, 2009, at San Francisco's Moscone Center."
Events: October 16, 2008 to December 15, 2008
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| October 15 October 16 |
OpenSAF Developer Days | Munich, Germany |
| October 17 October 18 |
European PGDay 2008 | Prato, Italy |
| October 18 October 19 |
Maker Faire Austin | Austin, TX, USA |
| October 19 October 24 |
Colorado Software Summit 2008 | Keystone, CO, USA |
| October 20 October 24 |
15th Annual Tcl/Tk Conference | Manassas, VA, USA |
| October 21 October 23 |
Web 2.0 Expo Europe | Berlin, Germany |
| October 21 October 24 |
Systems | Munich, Germany |
| October 22 October 24 |
Hack.lu 2008 | Parc Hotel Alvisse, Luxembourg |
| October 22 October 24 |
Encuentro Linux | Concepción, Chile |
| October 24 October 26 |
Free Society Conference and Nordic Summit | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| October 25 October 26 |
T-DOSE 2008 | Eindhoven, the Netherlands |
| October 25 | Ontario Linux Fest 2008 | Toronto, Canada |
| October 26 October 31 |
IBM Information On Demand 2008 | Mandalay Bay - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| October 27 October 30 |
Embedded Systems Conference - Boston | Boston, USA |
| October 29 November 1 |
10th Real-Time Linux Workshop | Colotlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| November 3 November 7 |
ApacheCon US 2008 | New Orleans, LA, USA |
| November 5 November 7 |
OpenOffice.org Conference 2008 | Beijing, China |
| November 6 | NLUUG autumn conference: Mobile Applications | Ede, Netherlands |
| November 6 November 7 |
Embedded Linux Conference Europe 2008 | Ede, Netherlands |
| November 7 November 8 |
TwinCity Perl Workshop 2008 | Vienna, Austria |
| November 7 November 9 |
UKUUG linux conference | Manchester, UK |
| November 8 November 9 |
Hackers to Hackers Conference 05' | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| November 8 November 9 |
FOSS.my | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| November 10 November 14 |
Python Bootcamp with Dave Beazley | Atlanta, GA, USA |
| November 11 November 14 |
DeepSec IDSC 2008 | Vienna, Austria |
| November 12 November 14 |
php|works 2008 | Atlanta, GA, USA |
| November 12 November 13 |
PacSec Applied Security Conference | Tokyo, Japan |
| November 13 November 14 |
International Hacking and Security Conference | Seoul, Korea |
| November 14 November 16 |
OpenSQL Camp 2008 | Charlottesville, VA, USA |
| November 16 November 20 |
Middle East IT Security Conference | Dubai, UAE |
| November 19 November 20 |
Linux Foundation Japan Symposium | Tokyo, Japan |
| November 20 November 21 |
FreedomHEC Taipei 2008 | Taipei, Taiwan |
| November 22 | The phpnw08 conference | Manchester, UK |
| November 22 | PGDay Rio de la Plata | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| November 22 | Mandriva 2009 Installfest | Everywhere, World |
| November 25 November 29 |
FOSS.IN 2008 | Bangalore, India |
| November 25 November 30 |
make art 2008 | Poitiers, France |
| November 28 | Informazione geografica aperta e libera | Pontedera (PI), Italy |
| November 28 November 29 |
WhyFLOSS La Plata - Argentina | La Plata, Argentina |
| November 29 | LinuxDay in Vorarlberg (Deutschland, Schweiz, Liechtenstein und Österreich) | Dornbirn, Austria |
| December 1 | First Nuxeo Developer Day | Paris, France |
| December 1 December 2 |
Open World Forum | Paris, France |
| December 2 December 5 |
Open Source Developers' Conference 2008 | Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| December 4 December 7 |
PIKSEL08 - code dreams | Bergen, Norway |
| December 5 December 6 |
FOSSCamp | Mountain View, CA, USA |
| December 5 December 13 |
International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering | Online |
| December 7 December 12 |
Computer Measurement Group Conference 2008 | Las Vegas, NV, USA |
| December 8 December 12 |
Ubuntu Developer Summit | Mountain View, CA, USA |
| December 8 | Forum PHP Paris 2008 | Paris, France |
| December 10 December 11 |
First Workshop on I/O Virtualization | San Diego, CA, USA |
| December 13 | NLLGG meeting/BSD Community Day | Utrecht, The Netherlands |
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Audio and Video programs
Mastering IPTables, Part I (Linux Journal)
Linux Journal presents part one of a video tutorial on Mastering IPTables by Elliot Isaacson.
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