Announcements
Brief items
FSF and Debian join forces to help free software users find the hardware they need
The Free Software Foundation and the Debian Project have announced cooperation to expand and enhance h-node, a database to help users learn and share information about computers that work with free software operating systems. "While other databases list hardware that is technically compatible with GNU/Linux, h-node lists hardware as compatible only if it does not require any proprietary software or firmware. Information about hardware that flunks this test is also included, so users know what to avoid. The database lists individual components, like WiFi and video cards, as well as complete notebook systems." Compatibility information comes from users testing on FSF endorsed free software distributions. The FSF has acknowledged that Debian qualifies as a free software distribution as long as only the main repository is enabled.
KDE e.V. election results
The new KDE e.V. board has been announced. "Of the five positions of the KDE e.V. board, three were up for re-election. Lydia Pintscher’s first term on the board lapsed, and she ran for re-election. Marta Rubczynska took over mid-term when Agustin Benito Bethencourt stepped down from the board, and stood for election for a regular board seat. Because of their proven commitment and steady hand, both won their seats with ease. Together with Albert Astal Cid and Pradeepto Bhattacharya they will provide the experience and continuity needed for the board to perform it’s function. The remaining board seat was contested between Jos Poortvliet and Aleix Pol, both long-standing and committed KDE community members. It was won in a tight race by Aleix Pol. He will bring his experience from building KDE Spain to the mothership of KDE e.V. Good luck to him and the whole new board, and many thanks to Jos for standing up for election."
Video from the GNU Tools Cauldron
Videos from the 2014 GNU Tools Cauldron (July 18-20, Cambridge, UK) have now been posted. Topics covered vary from ABI compatibility checking, GCC/LLVM collaboration, and just-in-time compilation to performance testing and debugging issues.
New Books
New from Pragmatic Bookshelf: "Mastering Clojure Macros"
Pragmatic Bookshelf has released "Mastering Clojure Macros" by Colin Jones.
Calls for Presentations
CFP Deadlines: September 11, 2014 to November 10, 2014
The following listing of CFP deadlines is taken from the LWN.net CFP Calendar.
| Deadline | Event Dates | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 11 | October 6 October 9 |
Perl::Dancer Conference 2014 | Hancock, NY, USA |
| September 14 | December 27 December 30 |
31st Chaos Communication Congress | Hamburg, Germany |
| September 17 | October 25 October 28 |
PyconFR | Lyon, France |
| September 30 | November 25 | New Directions in Operating Systems | London, UK |
| September 30 | November 1 November 2 |
OpenFest 2014 | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| October 1 | January 31 February 1 |
FOSDEM 2015 | Brussels, Belgium |
| October 15 | October 29 | CentOS Dojo Barcelona, Spain | Barcelona, Spain |
| November 1 | April 10 April 12 |
PyCon North America 2015 | Montreal, Canada |
| November 7 | December 5 December 7 |
SciPy India | Bombay, India |
| November 9 | March 21 March 22 |
LibrePlanet 2015 | Cambridge, MA, USA |
If the CFP deadline for your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Upcoming Events
Linux Audio Mini Summit 2014
There will be a Linux Audio Mini Summit on October 14, co-located with LinuxCon Europe in Düsseldorf, Germany. "This time it's along with Linux Plumbers conference, so many people who work on the lowlevel stuff (sound drivers, sound backends, etc) can meet up nicely there."
Call for organizers: 2015 Linux Plumbers Conference
Each year, the Linux Foundation's Technical Advisory Board seeks an organizing committee for the annual Linux Plumbers Conference. That process has now begun for the 2015 event, which will be held during the week of August 17-21 in Seattle, Washington, alongside the LinuxCon North America event. This is your chance to put your stamp on one of our community's most important gatherings.Events: September 11, 2014 to November 10, 2014
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| September 6 September 12 |
Akademy 2014 | Brno, Czech Republic |
| September 7 September 12 |
CppCon | Bellevue, WA, USA |
| September 11 September 13 |
Free and Open Source Software Expo and Technology Conference | Orlanda, Florida, USA |
| September 12 September 14 |
Kiwi PyCon | Wellington, New Zealand |
| September 15 September 19 |
GNU Radio Conference | Washington, DC, USA |
| September 15 September 19 |
Linaro Connect USA 2014 | Burlingame, CA, USA |
| September 17 September 19 |
PostgresOpen 2014 | Chicago, IL, USA |
| September 19 September 21 |
Octave Conference 2014 | Montréal, Canada |
| September 22 September 23 |
Open Source Backup Conference | Köln, Germany |
| September 22 September 23 |
Lustre Administrators and Developers workshop | Reims, France |
| September 25 September 26 |
Kernel Recipes | Paris, France |
| September 26 September 28 |
PyCon India | Bangalore, India |
| September 27 September 28 |
EuroBSDCon 2014 | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| October 2 October 3 |
PyCon ZA 2014 | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| October 3 October 5 |
PyTexas 2014 | College Station, TX, USA |
| October 4 October 5 |
Iberian minority language groups reach out to open source | Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
| October 6 October 8 |
Operating Systems Design and Implementation | Broomfield, CO, USA |
| October 6 October 8 |
Qt Developer Days 2014 Europe | Berlin, Germany |
| October 6 October 9 |
Perl::Dancer Conference 2014 | Hancock, NY, USA |
| October 8 October 10 |
X Developers Conference | Bordeaux, France |
| October 11 October 12 |
AdaCamp Berlin | Berlin, Germany |
| October 12 | Enlightenment Developer Day 2014 | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| October 13 October 15 |
CloudOpen Europe | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| October 13 October 15 |
Embedded Linux Conference Europe | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| October 13 | Tracing Summit 2014 | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| October 13 October 15 |
LinuxCon Europe | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| October 14 October 16 |
KVM Forum 2014 | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| October 15 October 17 |
Linux Plumbers Conference | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| October 16 October 17 |
GStreamer Conference | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| October 18 October 19 |
openSUSE.Asia Summit | Beijing, China |
| October 20 October 21 |
Tizen Developer Summit Shanghai | Shanghai, China |
| October 21 October 24 |
PostgreSQL Conference Europe 2014 | Madrid, Spain |
| October 23 October 24 |
Free Software and Open Source Symposium | Toronto, Canada |
| October 23 October 25 |
FUDCon Managua 2014 | Managua, Nicaragua |
| October 24 October 25 |
Firebird Conference 2014 | Prague, Czech Republic |
| October 24 October 25 |
Seattle GNU/Linux Conference | Seattle, WA, USA |
| October 24 October 26 |
Ohio LinuxFest 2014 | Columbus, Ohio, USA |
| October 25 October 26 |
T-DOSE 2014 | Eindhoven, Netherlands |
| October 25 October 28 |
PyconFR | Lyon, France |
| October 28 October 29 |
2014 LLVM Developers' Meeting | San Jose, CA, USA |
| October 29 | CentOS Dojo Barcelona, Spain | Barcelona, Spain |
| October 31 November 2 |
Free Society Conference and Nordic Summit | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| November 1 November 2 |
OpenFest 2014 | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| November 3 November 5 |
Qt Developer Days 2014 NA | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| November 3 November 7 |
OpenStack Summit | Paris, France |
| November 4 November 7 |
Open Source Developers' Conference 2014 | Gold Coast, Australia |
| November 6 November 9 |
mini-DebConf | Cambridge, UK |
| November 7 November 9 |
Jesień Linuksowa | Szczyrk, Poland |
| November 8 | Open Source Days | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| November 9 November 14 |
Large Installation System Administration | Seattle, WA, USA |
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
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