Announcements
Non-Commercial announcements
OpenVistA Available Now (LinuxMedNews)
LinuxMedNews has an announcement for the first release of OpenVista, a healthcare information system. "Based on the Department of Veterans Affairs robust CPRS-VistA® system made available to the public through FOIA, OpenVista is a fully integrated, enterprise-wide healthcare information system."
Support the mozdev Pledge Drive (MozillaZine)
MozillaZine mentions a request for donations for the Mozdev site. "The popular mozdev free project hosting site is requesting donations to fund ongoing hosting costs and pay for the purchase of a new server."
Commercial announcements
Callident launches open source Linux cluster company
Callident is a team of Linux professionals dedicated to high-performance computing on Linux clusters. They will be introducing new products at ClusterWorld, including Callident Rx for automated cluster installation and BioBrew, an open source Linux cluster distribution that is enhanced for bioinformaticists and life scientists.MailStripper Pro 1.0.2 released
Eridani has announced the release of version 1.0.2 of MailStripper Pro, a spam filtering package.GUADEC/Linux@Work Brings Everything From Linux Luminaries to Hollywood
Here is a press release on the upcoming GUADEC/Linux@Work User Day in Dublin on June 18, 2003 which boasts a slate filled with Linux luminaries, top executives from global companies, top government IT officials and new media leaders, and conference programs too.Motorola Releases AltiVec Technology-Enabled Library for Linux
Motorola, Inc. has created a downloadable source-code library of AltiVec technology-enabled functions that are frequently used in the Linux OS. The code library (AltiVec technology-enabled equivalents of the Linux string.S and checksum.S files) is designed to help Linux OS developers enhance the speed and efficiency of their applications based on the Motorola G4 processor containing PowerPC(TM) cores, without upgrading to higher processor speeds.Penguin Computing acquires Scyld
Penguin Computing has announced the signing of a "definitive agreement" to acquire Scyld Computing, a cluster-oriented company founded by Donald Becker.Another SCO teleconference
SCO has announced another teleconference; this one happened June 6, 2003 at noon, U.S. eastern time. According to this ZDNet article, they have dug up a new contract with Novell that, they say, clarifies the Unix copyright picture.Polish Linux companies have given notice to SCO Group
Two Polish Linux based companies: CYBER Service and IT ZONE have given notice to SCO Group to desist from unfair competitive practices after an interview with Greg Boguchwalski from SCO Group was published in the Polish edition of Computerworld magazine. CEOs of both companies, Cezar Cichocki and Sergiusz Pawlowicz have warned the SCO Group that it will be sued in case of further unfair competitive practices. (Thanks to Cezar Cichocki)Here's a link in English on 7thguard.net. (Thanks to lukasz)
Open source announcements from Java One
Sun Microsystems, Inc., O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., and CollabNet, Inc. announced java.net, a site that is designed to be "the ultimate watering hole for the entire Java™ developer ecosystem."
Novell announced the Novell Forge open source Web site is now home to about 200 projects under development by Novell's growing developer community.
SuSE Linux Desktop
Here is the press release from SuSE announcing its new "Linux Desktop" distribution. SuSE Linux Desktop is aimed at corporate deployments; it comes with StarOffice, but CrossOver Office is also part of the package, so Microsoft Office can be installed as well. One year of maintenance comes with the package, with five years of maintenance available.SYS-CON Media to Launch LinuxWorld Magazine
SYS-CON Media and IDG have announced a licensing agreement for SYS-CON to launch LinuxWorld Magazine (print version) in the United States. SYS-CON will also expand LinuxWorld.com. The premier issue of LinuxWorld Magazine will be on newsstands in August 2003, just in time for LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco. (Thanks to Scott Dowdle)TimeSys Joins OSDL
The Open Source Development Labs, Inc. (OSDL) has announced that TimeSys has joined OSDL with a focus on Carrier Grade Linux (CGL). TimeSys makes TimeSys Linux 4.0, a Linux distribution enhanced specifically for use in embedded systems that require predictable, reliable response, and TimeStorm, an integrated development environment for C/C++/Java development for embedded Linux."Practical mod_perl" Released by O'Reilly
O'Reilly has published the book "Practical mod_perl".
Resources
The new CLump mailing list
A new mailing list, known as CLump, has been created for the discussion of Common Lisp. "Clump is a mailing list for discussion of software development in Common Lisp. Its focus is on development of applications and their supporting libraries rather than lisp compilers or other development tools." Thanks to Paolo Amoroso.
LDP Weekly News
The June 10, 2003 LDP Weekly News is out with the latest Linux Documentation Project changes.Training documents for Python
Dave Kuhlman has published two new Training documents for Python, Beginning Python and (Slightly) Advanced Python.Setting up Samba
Siddhu Warrier explains how to set up a Samba server. "This article has been written primarily for the benefit of newbies, who have advanced beyond the stage of changing wallpapers and alternating between desktops, and want to connect to another computer at home. The whole process has been described using KDE 3 on RedHat Linux 8.0, although you should be able to use similar techniques on your distribution or platform of choice."
'Creating XPCOM Components' Book Available Online (MozillaZine)
MozillaZine has an announcement for a free online book. "Creating XPCOM Components, a new book by Doug Turner and Ian Oeschger, is now available online. As you might expect, the book covers creating XPCOM components for Gecko-based browsers. It's published under the Open Publication License. A dead tree version will be available in August. The book is available here.Accessing Web Services In Mozilla 1.4 Using WSDL Proxying
Doron Rosenberg illustrates the use of Mozilla 1.4 and Gecko to access web services. "This article covers Mozilla 1.4's WSDL support. It also addresses the cross-domain issue and new security model that Netscape is proposing that would allow web services to determine if the client can access the service from any domain or only specific domains."
Upcoming Events
Stallman at GWU June 12
Those in the Washington DC area will have an opportunity to hear Richard Stallman speak at George Washington University on Thursday June 12, 2003.Time running out for OLS registration
If you're thinking of signing up for the Ottawa Linux Symposium, it's time to get moving. There's only room for about thirty more people at the conference, and the hotel space is getting tight. The speaker list promises a solid, technical conference that should be well worth the trip.The Fifth Annual Linux Festival in Kaluga Region (Russia)
The Fifth Annual Festival of Linux will be held in the Kaluga region of Russia on July 25-27, 2003. "The festival will be held from 25.07.2003 to 27.07.2003 in the Borovsk district of Kaluga region on a bank of the river Protva. The amount of attendees is not limited, as there will be enough room for everyone under the sun. The festival organizers will provide some place for a tent, wood for the fire and transportation from the town of Balabanovo, Kaluga region. ;-)"
10 Useful facts about GU4DEC (GnomeDesktop)
GnomeDesktop.org gives ten reasons to attend the GU4DEC conference, which will be held in Dublin, Ireland from June 16-18, 2003.Linux.Conf.Au 2004
Linux.Conf.Au 2004 will be held in Adelaide during January, 2004.UK Unix Users' Group and O'Reilly UK present Tim O'Reilly
Tim O'Reilly will be speaking at the UKUUG meeting in London on June 23, 2003. For more details on the event, take a looks at the current UKUUG Press Releases.SANE 2004 CFP
The initial announcement and call for papers have gone out for the System Administration and Network Engineering (SANE) 2004 conference. The event will be held in September and October in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.Events: June 12 - August 7, 2003
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| June 12 - 14, 2003 | USENIX 2003 | (Marriott Hotel)San Antonio, TX |
| June 16 - 18, 2003 | Yet Another Perl Conference::North America(YAPC::2003) | (Florida Atlantic University)Boca Raton, FL |
| June 16 - 18, 2003 | GNOME User and Developer European Conference(GUADEC) | (Trinity College)Dublin, Ireland |
| June 16 - 20, 2003 | Infosec 2003 | (UniNet)Online |
| June 18 - 23, 2003 | Open Source Clinical Application Resource Workshop(OSCAR) | (McMaster University)Ontario, Canada |
| June 21 - 22, 2003 | EuropeanRubyConference | (University of Karlsruhe)Karlsruhe, Germany |
| June 23 - 26, 2003 | ClusterWorld Conference & Expo | (San Jose Convention Center)San Jose, California |
| June 23 - 26, 2003 | Fourth Workshop On UML for Enterprise Applications | (Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport Hotel)Burlingame, CA |
| June 24 - 26, 2003 | LinuxUser & Developer Expo | (Birmingham National Exhibition Centre)Birmingham, UK |
| June 25 - 27, 2003 | European Python and Zope Conference 2003 | (CEME)Charleroi, Belgium |
| July 7 - 11, 2003 | O'Reilly Open Source Convention 2003(OSCON) | (Portland Marriot)Portland, Oregon |
| July 9 - 12, 2003 | Libre Software Meeting | Metz, France |
| July 10 - 13, 2003 | LinuxTag | Karlsruhe, Germany |
| July 12 - 17, 2003 | Debcamp | Oslo, Norway |
| July 18 - 20, 2003 | Debconf 3 | (The University of Oslo)Oslo, Norway |
| July 23 - 26, 2003 | Ottawa Linux Symposium | Ottawa Canada |
| July 23 - 25, 2003 | YAPC::Europe 2003 | (CNAM Conservatory)Paris, France |
| July 25 - 27, 2003 | Fifth Annual Linux Festival in Kaluga Region | (bank of the river Protva)Kaluga region, Russia |
| July 29 - August 2, 2003 | The 10th Annual Tcl/Tk Conference | Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| July 31 - August 3, 2003 | UKUUG Linux Developers' Conference(LINUX 2003) | (George Watson's College)Edinburgh Scotland |
| August 4 - 7, 2003 | LinuxWorld Conference and Expo 2003 | (Moscone Convention Center)San Francisco, CA |
| August 7 - 10, 2003 | Chaos Communication Camp 2003 | Paulshof, Altlandsberg, Germany |
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
KDE on FreeBSD: Alan Eldridge (1961-2003)
KDE.News notes the passing of Alan Eldridge who died June 6, 2003. He was a core member of the team which packages KDE for FreeBSD, and a respected member of the Open Source community outside of KDE.Active Awards Programmers' Choices Nominees are in
The nominees are in for the Active Awards Programmers' Choice awards. "Please vote for your favorite Perl, Python, PHP, Tcl and XSLT programmer before the June 30 deadline!"
Mozilla 1.0 Released One Year Ago Today (MozillaZine)
MozillaZine reports on the first year since Mozilla 1.0 was released. "Today marks the first anniversary of the release of Mozilla 1.0. The release came after four years of development and represented a major milestone in project's history. A party was held in San Francisco's DNA Lounge to celebrate with several other events taking place around the globe."
Perl Foundation Grant Recipients (use Perl)
Use Perl has published a list of recipients of the Perl Foundation's recent grants.
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