Announcements
Brief items
Parallels to merge OpenVZ and Cloud Server
Parallels has announced that it will be merging its open-source OpenVZ and proprietary Parallels Cloud Server projects. "Now it's time to admit -- over the course of years OpenVZ became just a little bit too separate, essentially becoming a fork (perhaps even a stepchild) of Parallels Cloud Server. While the kernel is the same between two of them, userspace tools (notably vzctl) differ. This results in slight incompatiblities between the configuration files, command line options etc. More to say, userspace development efforts need to be doubled." The result of the merger will be open source; the name will be "Virtuozzo Core."
Articles of interest
Free Software Supporter - Issue 81, December 2014
The Free Software Foundation's newsletter for December covers What does it mean for your computer to be loyal?, the High Priority Projects list, reclaiming the PDF from Adobe Reader, LibrePlanet scholarships, EU to fund Free Software code review, and much more.FSFE Newsletter – January 2015
The Free Software Foundation Europe's newsletter for January covers the organization's annual report for 2014, a look ahead at 2015, Fellowship elections, and several other topics.Ringing in 2015 with 40 Linux-friendly hacker SBCs (LinuxGizmos)
For anybody looking for a single-board computer to experiment with: LinuxGizmos has a survey of 40 of them. "Over the last year we’ve seen some new quad- and octa-core boards with more memory, built-in WiFi, and other extras. Yet, most of the growth has been in the under $50 segment where the Raspberry Pi and BeagleBone reign. Based on specs alone, standouts in price/performance that have broken the $40 barrier include the new Odroid-C1 and pcDuino3 Nano, but other good deals abound here as well."
Purism Librem 15 (Linux Journal)
Linux Journal looks at the Purism Project and the Purism Librem 15 laptop. "The Librem 15 uses the Trisquel distribution which wasn't a distribution I had heard of before now. Basically it's a Debian-based distribution that not only removes the non-free repository by default, but it has no repositories at all that provide non-free software. It was picked for the Librem 15 because it is on the list of official FSF-approved GNU/Linux distributions and since that laptop is aiming to get the FSF stamp of approval, that decision makes sense. Since it's a Debian-based distribution, the desktop environment and most of the available software shouldn't seem too different for anyone who has used a Debian-based distribution before. Of course, if you do want to use any proprietary software (like certain multimedia codecs or official Flash plugins) you will have to hunt for those on your own. Then again, the whole point of this laptop is to avoid any software like that."
Calls for Presentations
NetDev 0.1 cfp deadline extension
The call for papers for NetDev 0.1 has been extended until January 24. Some hotel rooms are still available at the earlybird rates, but they are filling up fast. The conference will take place February 14-17, in Ottawa, Canada.ApacheCon North America
ApacheCon NA will be held in Austin, TX, April 13-17. Apache OpenOffice will be celebrating 15 years of open source success. The call for papers is open until February 1.Linux Audio Conference 2015 - Call for Participation
The Linux Audio Conference (LAC) will be held April 9-12 in Mainz, Germany. The submission deadline is February 1. "We invite submissions of papers addressing all areas of audio processing and media creation based on Linux and other open source software. Papers can focus on technical, artistic and scientific issues and should target developers or users. In our call for music, we are looking for works that have been produced or composed entirely/mostly using Linux and other open source music software."
Call for Participation: Libre Graphics Meeting 2015
Libre Graphics Meeting 2015 will take place April 29–May 2 in Toronto, Canada. The call for participation closes February 1. "Because 2015 marks the tenth edition of LGM, the focus this year is on the past and future of Libre Graphics. We have a special interest this year in projects that show where Libre Graphics has been, what distances it has travelled, and where it might go in the next ten years. We welcome submissions representing the broad ecology of Libre Graphics, from full-fledged software packages, to artist-built scripts, to art and publications, and even the cultural touchstones and issues present in Libre Graphics communities. We’re looking for talks, workshops and other events that show the accomplishments and strides that Libre Graphics has made in its first decade and what it can do next."
CFP Deadlines: January 8, 2015 to March 9, 2015
The following listing of CFP deadlines is taken from the LWN.net CFP Calendar.
| Deadline | Event Dates | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 9 | March 23 March 25 |
Embedded Linux Conference | San Jose, CA, USA |
| January 10 | May 16 May 17 |
11th Intl. Conf. on Open Source Systems | Florence, Italy |
| January 11 | March 12 March 14 |
Studencki Festiwal Informatyczny / Academic IT Festival | Cracow, Poland |
| January 11 | March 11 | Nordic PostgreSQL Day 2015 | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| January 16 | March 9 March 10 |
Linux Storage, Filesystem, and Memory Management Summit | Boston, MA, USA |
| January 19 | June 16 June 20 |
PGCon | Ottawa, Canada |
| January 19 | June 10 June 13 |
BSDCan | Ottawa, Canada |
| January 24 | February 14 February 17 |
Netdev 0.1 | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| January 30 | April 25 April 26 |
LinuxFest Northwest | Bellingham, WA, USA |
| February 1 | April 13 April 17 |
ApacheCon North America | Austin, TX, USA |
| February 1 | April 29 May 2 |
Libre Graphics Meeting 2015 | Toronto, Canada |
| February 2 | July 20 July 24 |
O'Reilly Open Source Convention | Portland, OR, USA |
| February 6 | July 27 July 31 |
OpenDaylight Summit | Santa Clara, CA, USA |
| February 8 | April 9 April 12 |
Linux Audio Conference | Mainz, Germany |
| February 9 | May 18 May 22 |
OpenStack Summit | Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| February 10 | June 1 June 2 |
Automotive Linux Summit | Tokyo, Japan |
| February 12 | June 3 June 5 |
LinuxCon Japan | Tokyo, Japan |
| February 15 | March 1 March 6 |
Circumvention Tech Festival | Valencia, Spain |
| February 15 | May 1 May 4 |
openSUSE Conference | The Hague, Netherlands |
| February 16 | May 12 May 13 |
PyCon Sweden 2015 | Stockholm, Sweden |
| February 16 | April 13 April 14 |
2015 European LLVM Conference | London, UK |
| February 20 | March 26 | Enlightenment Developers Day North America | Mountain View, CA, USA |
| February 20 | May 13 May 15 |
GeeCON 2015 | Cracow, Poland |
| February 24 | April 24 | Puppet Camp Berlin 2015 | Berlin, Germany |
| February 28 | May 19 May 21 |
SAMBA eXPerience 2015 | Goettingen, Germany |
| February 28 | July 15 July 19 |
Wikimania Conference | Mexico City, Mexico |
| February 28 | June 26 June 27 |
Hong Kong Open Source Conference 2015 | Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| March 1 | April 24 April 25 |
Grazer Linuxtage | Graz, Austria |
| March 1 | April 17 April 19 |
Dni Wolnego Oprogramowania / The Open Source Days | Bielsko-Biała, Poland |
| March 2 | May 12 May 14 |
Protocols Plugfest Europe 2015 | Zaragoza, Spain |
| March 6 | May 8 May 10 |
Open Source Developers' Conference Nordic | Oslo, Norway |
| March 7 | June 23 June 26 |
Open Source Bridge | Portland, Oregon, USA |
If the CFP deadline for your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Upcoming Events
Traditional LCA events, with some important changes
Cherie Ellis provides some information about a few linux.conf.au events, including the speakers' dinner, the Penguin dinner, and more.Python FOSDEM 2015 - Selected Talks
A schedule of talks is available for the Python devroom at FOSDEM. The devroom will be open on January 31. There will be a dinner following the talks.Events: January 8, 2015 to March 9, 2015
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| January 10 January 11 |
NZ2015 mini-DebConf | Auckland, New Zealand |
| January 12 | Linux.conf.au 2015 Multimedia and Music Miniconf | Auckland, New Zealand |
| January 12 January 16 |
linux.conf.au 2015 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| January 12 | LCA Kernel miniconf | Auckland, New Zealand |
| January 12 | LCA2015 Debian Miniconf | Auckland, New Zealand |
| January 13 | Linux.Conf.Au 2015 Systems Administration Miniconf | Auckland, New Zealand |
| January 23 | Open Source in the Legal Field | Santa Clara, CA, USA |
| January 31 February 1 |
FOSDEM'15 Distribution Devroom/Miniconf | Brussels, Belgium |
| January 31 February 1 |
FOSDEM 2015 | Brussels, Belgium |
| February 2 February 5 |
Python Namibia | Windhoek, Namibia |
| February 6 February 8 |
DevConf.cz | Brno, Czech Republic |
| February 6 February 8 |
Taiwan mini-DebConf 2015 | Yuli Township, Taiwan |
| February 9 February 13 |
Linaro Connect Asia | Hong Kong, China |
| February 11 February 12 |
Prague PostgreSQL Developer Days 2015 | Prague, Czech Republic |
| February 14 February 17 |
Netdev 0.1 | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| February 18 February 20 |
Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit | Santa Rosa, CA, USA |
| February 19 February 22 |
Southern California Linux Expo | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| March 1 March 6 |
Circumvention Tech Festival | Valencia, Spain |
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
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