Announcements
Non-Commercial announcements
EFF demands public release of FBI surveillance rules
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has announced the filing of a lawsuit against the US DOJ. "The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit against the Department of Justice today, demanding the public release of the surveillance guidelines that govern investigations of Americans by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The FBI's Domestic Investigative Operational Guidelines went into effect in December of 2008 and detail the Bureau's procedures and standards for implementing the Attorney General's Guidelines on approved surveillance strategies."
Introducing FSFE's new president, vice president and executive team
The Free Software Foundation Europe has announced its new leaders. "During its General Assembly in Miraflores de la Sierra, Spain, the members of FSFE elected new coordinators for several of the organisation's activities, including strategy, legal and executive coordination. "The new team will continue FSFE's highly successful work with the same long-term vision. We will work hard to justify the trust which the Free Software community is putting into FSFE", says the new president, Karsten Gerloff."
Commercial announcements
Wireless-N Linux Router from Cisco
Cisco has announced a new Wireless-N Router that uses Linux. "Cisco® today announced a new Linux powered router, the Linksys by Cisco Wireless-N Broadband Router with Storage Link (WRT160NL). The new model complements the existing Linksys by Cisco consumer router line-up and is essentially the next generation of the popular WRT54GL. The design of the product is similar to other Linksys by Cisco N-routers, but has integrated connectors for external antennae. Consumers that prefer external aerials can now enjoy the new Linksys by Cisco router design because of the integrated R-SMA antenna connectors. The integrated Storage Link functionality lets consumers connect their USB storage device to the router to create a powerful media sharing solution that enables video, photo and music sharing through the integrated media server."
Intel and Nokia announce strategic mobile computing relationship
Intel and Nokia have announced a new strategic mobile computing relationship involving Linux. "Further uniting the Internet with mobile phones and computers, Intel Corporation and Nokia today announced a long-term relationship to develop a new class of Intel® Architecture-based mobile computing device and chipset architectures which will combine the performance of powerful computers with high-bandwidth mobile broadband communications and ubiquitous Internet connectivity. To realize this shared vision, both companies are expanding their longstanding relationship to define a new mobile platform beyond today's smartphones, notebooks and netbooks, enabling the development of a variety of innovative hardware, software and mobile Internet services."
New Books
Hadoop: The Definitive Guide - New from O'Reilly
O'Reilly has published the book Hadoop: The Definitive Guide by Tom White.Mercurial: The Definitive Guide--New from O'Reilly
O'Reilly has published the book Mercurial: The Definitive Guide by Bryan O'Sullivan.Programming Clojure--New from Pragmatic Bookshelf
Pragmatic Bookshelf has published the book Programming Clojure by Stuart Halloway.Python Essential Reference, 4th Edition
Python Essential Reference, 4th Edition by David Beazley has been published.
Contests and Awards
Free Software Awards - Trophees du Libre 2009
The winners of the Trophees du Libre 2009 Free Software Awards have been announced. "On June 5th and 6th, 2009 the fifth édition of the Trophées du Libre 2009 took place at the IUT de Cuffies-Soissons. The event was organized by the CETRIL association in partnership with the European Communinity, the France State, the Picardy region and the Grand Soissons council. All the 23 finalist projects were awarded in each of the seven categories : Security, Administration, Education, Professionnel, Multi-media technology, Leasure and Sciences - plus three special prizes : the jury special prize, the prize for a large potential software usage and the most innovative project."
PSF Community Awards go to Stephan Deibel and Sean Reifschneider
Stephan Deibel and Sean Reifschneider have received the PSF Community Awards. "Stephan was last year's outgoing chairman after four years in harness. This year Stephan has stepped down as a director, after helping to ensure that the Foundation's bylaws were reorganized. Stephan developed pythonology.com to promote Python, and his work as founder of Wingware (wingware.com) and a developer of the Wing IDE has also had a significant impact. Sean has master-minded the PyCon networking every time it's worked, and without the support of this always helpful and reliably competent tummy.com director our conferences simply would not have been the same."
Social Desktop Contest (KDEDot)
KDE.News has announced a Social Desktop Contest. "Have you already played with the idea of developing an application for the Social Desktop? Are you interested in programming a clean and easy REST API? You have already heard about the Open Collaboration Services API and wanted to join in? Now is your chance to do so and to win great prizes for your creation! We and the openDesktop.org community are searching for the best and most creative contest submission around the Social Desktop/OCS API! The goal of the Social Desktop Contest is to foster community development and innovations around the OCS API. Prize winners will be selected by the community and a jury. Entrants are encouraged to submit entries that encourage community participation." The contest will run until August 25.
Surveys
Ruby shines in North American developer survey (The Register)
The Register reports on the rising popularity of Ruby. "Ruby use is up 40 per cent amongst North American software developers since 2008, according to a new study from Evans Data. Despite the jump in popularity, Ruby still occupies a relatively small niche in the developer community as a whole, the company says. Only 14 per cent of developers polled in North America use Ruby at least some of the time, up from 10 per cent in a poll last year. About 20 per cent, however, told Evans they expect to use Ruby in the coming year."
Meeting Minutes
Perl 6 Design Minutes
The Perl 6 Design Minutes for June 6, 2009 are available. "The Perl 6 design team met by phone on 06 May 2009. Larry, Allison, Patrick, Nicholas, and chromatic attended."
Calls for Presentations
CHASE 2009 Lahoe Pakistan call for papers
A call for papers has gone out for CHASE 2009. The event takes place in Lahore, Pakistan on November 6-10 2009, submissions are due by September 4. "CHASE is a unique information and network security event of its kind being organized in Pakistan since 2006. In addition to presentations and talks, CHASE-2009 will include gaming competition and four tracks of trainings. Limited travel funds are vailable for speakers coming outside of Pakistan."
InsideMobile Conference registration and call for papers
O'Reilly has announced the call for papers and registration for the InsideMobile Conference. "Interested in learning more about the growing mobile industry? Looking for information on developing for mobile platforms? Wanting a way to get ahead in your field? If so, the newly announced InsideMobile Conference, co-produced by O'Reilly Media and 360Conferences, on July 26-27, 2009, in San Jose, CA, is a must-attend event."
Internet Security Operations and Intelligence CFP
A call for papers has gone out for the Internet Security Operations and Intelligence conference. "The 7th ISOI (Internet Security Operations and Intelligence) will take place on September 17th and 18th in San Diego, California."
X Developers' Conference 2009
Talks are still needed for the upcoming X Developer's Conference. "A reminder that this year's X Developer's Conference is now just 3 months away, but the wiki pages for attendees and talks are still bare. If you're planning on attending, please add yourself to the attendees wiki. If you've got something to talk about, please add it to the program wiki page. The 2009 X Developers' Conference will be held at Portland State University (PSU) in Portland, Oregon, from Monday September 28 through Wednesday September 30."
Upcoming Events
LCA2010 announces first keynote speaker: Benjamin Mako Hill
The first LCA2010 keynote speaker has been announced. "Our first speaker has a distinguished reputation in the free software world, with significant contributions to Debian, Ubuntu and OLPC across a variety of areas including development, policy, advocacy, activism, education and writing. He is an active board member with several non-profit organisations including The Free Software Foundation and Software Freedom International, and he is involved in the global discussion of copyright, software patents and free culture." LCA2010 will take place in Wellington, New Zealand on January 18-23, 2010.
OpenSource World announces keynote speakers (Linux-Watch)
Linux-Watch has announced the keynotes for OpenSource World, which will take place on August 12-13 in San Francisco, CA. "California Secretary of State Debra Bowen, will offer the keynote address to OpenSource World 2009, says IDG World Expo. Bowen is said to have been been recognized in the open source industry for her familiarity with the benefits of open source. The conference will also feature a keynote panel called "Assessing the Real Market Opportunities and Obstacles for Making Cloud Computing Mainstream." The panel will feature: * Jeffrey M. Kaplan -- conference chairman for CloudWorld and managing director for THINKstrategies, Inc. * Sam Charrington -- VP of product management and marketing, Appistry, Inc. * James Urquhart -- market manager, cloud computing and virtualization, Cisco Systems * Joe Weinman -- strategy and business development, AT&T Business Solutions".
UKUUG Summer 2009 Conference and Tutorials
The UKUUG Summer 2009 Conference and Tutorials will be held in Birmingham, UK on August 7-9, 2009. Early bird registration is open until July 6.Events: July 2, 2009 to August 31, 2009
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| June 28 July 4 |
EuroPython 2009 | Birmingham, UK |
| July 1 July 3 |
OSPERT 2009 | Dublin, Ireland |
| July 1 July 3 |
ICOODB 2009 | Zurich, Switzerland |
| July 2 July 5 |
ToorCamp 2009 | Moses Lake, WA, USA |
| July 3 July 11 |
Gran Canaria Desktop Summit (GUADEC/Akademy) | Gran Canaria, Spain |
| July 3 | PHP'n Rio 09 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| July 4 | Open Tech 2009 | London, UK |
| July 6 July 10 |
Python African Tour : Sénégal | Dakar, Sénégal |
| July 7 July 11 |
Libre Software Meeting | Nantes, France |
| July 13 July 17 |
(Montreal) Linux Symposium | Montreal, Canada |
| July 15 July 17 |
Kernel Conference Australia 2009 | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| July 15 July 16 |
NIT Agartala FOSS and GNU/Linux fest | Agartala, India |
| July 18 July 19 |
Community Leadership Summit | San Jose, CA, USA |
| July 19 July 20 |
Open Video Conference | New York City, USA |
| July 19 | pgDay San Jose | San Jose, CA, USA |
| July 20 July 24 |
2009 O'Reilly Open Source Convention | San Jose, CA, USA |
| July 24 July 30 |
DebConf 2009 | Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain |
| July 25 July 30 |
Black Hat Briefings and Training | Las Vegas, NV, USA |
| July 25 July 26 |
EuroSciPy 2009 | Leipzig, Germany |
| July 25 July 26 |
PyOhio 2009 | Columbus, OH, USA |
| July 26 July 27 |
InsideMobile | San Jose, CA, USA |
| July 31 August 2 |
FOSS in Healthcare unconference | Houston, TX, USA |
| August 3 August 5 |
YAPC::EU::2009 | Lisbon, Portugal |
| August 7 August 9 |
UKUUG Summer 2009 Conference | Birmingham, UK |
| August 7 | August Penguin 2009 | Weizmann Institute, Israel |
| August 10 August 14 |
USENIX Security Symposium | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| August 11 August 13 |
Flash Memory Summit | Santa Clara, CA, USA |
| August 11 | FOSS Dev Camp - Open Source World | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| August 12 August 13 |
OpenSource World Conference and Expo | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| August 12 August 13 |
Military Open Source Software | Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
| August 13 August 16 |
Hacking At Random 2009 | Vierhouten, The Netherlands |
| August 18 August 23 |
2009 Python in Science Conference | Pasadena, CA, USA |
| August 22 August 23 |
Free and Open Source Conference (FrOSCon) | St. Augustin, Germany |
| August 22 August 23 |
OpenSQL Camp | St. Augustin, Germany |
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Audio and Video programs
FreedomHEC Taipei 2009 videos
Videos from FreedomHEC Taipei 2009 are available. "Slides and ogg Theora encoded videos of the talks are now linked from the schedule below!" (Thanks to Scott Tsai).
Video: John D. Hunter on Matplotlib
Videolectures.net presents a video lecture with John D. Hunter on Matplotlib. "Matplotlib is a python 2D plotting library which produces publication quality figures in a variety of hardcopy formats and interactive environments across platforms. matplotlib can be used in python scripts, the python and ipython shell (ala matlab or mathematica), web application servers, and works with six graphical user interface toolkits. matplotlib tries to make easy things easy and hard things possible. You can generate plots, histograms, power spectra, bar charts, error charts, scatter plots, etc, with just a few lines of code. For the power user, you have full control of line styles, font properties, axes properties, etc, via an object oriented interface or via a handle graphics interface familiar to matlab users."
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