Announcements
Brief items
FSF: End Software Patents
The Free Software Foundation is asking people to join its "End Software Patents" campaign. "We campaign to get rid of software patents altogether. Your donations won't be used on slow, costly processes to invalidate a tiny number of 'stupid patents.' We want video formats to be free, we want software to be compatible, we want companies to compete by developing software not by buying patents, and we want everyone, including individuals and small businesses, to be allowed to write and distribute software, without having to follow rules imposed by patent holders."
Articles of interest
Second set of FOSDEM 2013 speaker interviews available
Koen Vervloesem has posted the second round of interviews with this year's Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting (FOSDEM) main track speakers. The first batch was posted on January 10; this batch includes talks with eight more speakers. FOSDEM 2013 is scheduled for February 2 and 3 in Brussels.
Third set of FOSDEM speaker interviews available
The third set of interviews with the main track speakers at FOSDEM (Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting) is available. The first set and the second set are still available as well. FOSDEM 2013 takes place February 2-3 in Brussels.
New Books
'Book of Gimp' from No Starch Press
No Starch Press has released "The Book of GIMP" by Olivier Lecarme and Karine Delvare.
Education and Certification
LPI Hosts Exam Labs at SCALE 11x
The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) will be hosting exams at the Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) on February 24, 2013.
Calls for Presentations
OSCON Call for Proposals
The O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) will take place July 22-26, 2013 in Portland, Oregon. The call for papers deadline is February 4. They are looking for tutorials and shorter presentations.Linux storage, filesystem and memory management summit CFP
The 2013 Linux storage, filesystem, and memory management summit will be held April 18-19 in San Francisco. Developers interested in attending this event are invited to submit proposals for discussion topics; the deadline is February 8.
Upcoming Events
SCALE 11X: Kyle Rankin to keynote
The Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE 11X) has announced that Kyle Rankin will give the second keynote at the expo in Los Angeles, CA on February 24. "Rankin is the author of a variety of books, including “DevOps Troubleshooting,” “The Official Ubuntu Server Book,” “Knoppix Hacks,” “Knoppix Pocket Reference,” “Linux Multimedia Hacks,” and “Ubuntu Hacks.” He is an award-winning columnist for Linux Journal, and has written for PC Magazine, TechTarget websites and other publications. He speaks frequently on Open Source software including at SCALE, OSCON, Linux World Expo, Penguicon, and a number of Linux Users Groups.”"
2013 Linux Foundation Events, 100 Linux Tutorials
The Linux Foundation has announced its conference schedule for 2013 and introduces the 100 Linux Tutorials campaign. "This video campaign is aimed at increasing access to Linux knowledge, removing barriers to learning Linux, and transferring expertise around the globe. The Linux Foundation invites Linux enthusiasts, developers and systems administrators to be part of this worldwide campaign to collect *100 Linux video tutorials** *on the Linux.com video forum, which anyone can access and learn with the click of a mouse."
Events: January 24, 2013 to March 25, 2013
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| January 28 February 2 |
Linux.conf.au 2013 | Canberra, Australia |
| February 2 February 3 |
Free and Open Source software Developers' European Meeting | Brussels, Belgium |
| February 15 February 17 |
Linux Vacation / Eastern Europe 2013 Winter Edition | Minsk, Belarus |
| February 18 February 19 |
Android Builders Summit | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| February 20 February 22 |
Embedded Linux Conference | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| February 22 February 24 |
Southern California Linux Expo | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| February 22 February 24 |
FOSSMeet 2013 | Calicut, India |
| February 22 February 24 |
Mini DebConf at FOSSMeet 2013 | Calicut, India |
| February 23 February 24 |
DevConf.cz 2013 | Brno, Czech Republic |
| February 25 March 1 |
ConFoo | Montreal, Canada |
| February 26 March 1 |
GUUG Spring Conference 2013 | Frankfurt, Germany |
| February 26 February 28 |
ApacheCon NA 2013 | Portland, Oregon, USA |
| February 26 February 28 |
O’Reilly Strata Conference | Santa Clara, CA, USA |
| March 4 March 8 |
LCA13: Linaro Connect Asia | Hong Kong, China |
| March 6 March 8 |
Magnolia Amplify 2013 | Miami, FL, USA |
| March 9 March 10 |
Open Source Days 2013 | Copenhagen, DK |
| March 13 March 21 |
PyCon 2013 | Santa Clara, CA, US |
| March 15 March 17 |
German Perl Workshop | Berlin, Germany |
| March 15 March 16 |
Open Source Conference | Szczecin, Poland |
| March 16 March 17 |
Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2013 | Chemnitz, Germany |
| March 19 March 21 |
FLOSS UK Large Installation Systems Administration | Newcastle-upon-Tyne , UK |
| March 20 March 22 |
Open Source Think Tank | Calistoga, CA, USA |
| March 23 | Augsburger Linux-Infotag 2013 | Augsburg, Germany |
| March 23 March 24 |
LibrePlanet 2013: Commit Change | Cambridge, MA, USA |
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
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