Announcements
Non-Commercial announcements
Linux Crypto Software Gets FIPS 140-2 Validation
The US and Canadian governments have approved MOVEit Crypto Linux by Standard Networks as fully meeting the stringent requirements of Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2. This makes MOVEit Crypto one of the first FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic software products available for Linux.New Dazuko brings more security to Linux operating systems
The "Dazuko" kernel module, developed by the open source community together with the German security specialists H+BEDV Datentechnik GmbH, is now available for the FreeBSD operating system. This module provides on-access virus scanners as well as other 3rd-party security tools can be integrated with Linux and now FreeBSD.New Evans Data Study Reports on North American Software Development Populations
Evans Data Corporation's new North American Developer Population Study finds that there are more than 1.1 million developers in North America spending at least some of their time working on Open Source development projects.Keel 2.0 released
Version 2.0 of the Keel framework has been announced. "Founders of the open source Keel framework today released Keel 2.0 to the development community. This new version is an upgrade from version 1.0 and dramatically improves the development process for web-based applications. Keel 2.0 is a Java server side meta-framework or "framework of frameworks" that provides standard interfaces for a variety of other open source frameworks and components."
opensurveypilot update
A new version of opensurveypilot, a web-based voting system, is under active development. Version 1.2 is planned for release in May, 2004.Call for Participation: Rural eDisease Management (LinuxMedNews)
LinuxMedNews has published a call for help from the Open Source community for the development of a Rural eDisease Management system.
Commercial announcements
MontaVista 2003 Results
MontaVista Software, Inc. announced it has ended its 2003 fiscal year with revenue growth of 77 percent over the previous year and became cash flow positive in the fourth quarter of 2003.
New Books
"Java Examples in a Nutshell, Third Edition" Released by O'Reilly
O'Reilly has published Java Examples in a Nutshell, Third Edition by David Flanagan.New Linux Programming Book
Jonathan Bartlett has written a book on Linux programming. "It is an introduction to computer science using Linux assembly language. Assembly language was chosen because by learning assembly language you learn how the computer itself operates, not how an individual language operates." The book is available online and in printed form.
'C++ GUI Programming with Qt 3' Book (KDE.News)
KDE.News has an announcement for a new book on Qt by Jasmin Blanchette and Mark Summerfield. "Perhaps the recent KDE and Qt releases made you want to contribute to KDE or to start your own Qt/KDE application? Then you may be interested in the new "C++ GUI Programming with Qt 3" book, the first official Trolltech guide to Qt 3.2 programming."
New security book published
The book "Security Assessment: Case Studies for Implementing the NSA IAM" has been published.
Resources
Free version of HOOPS Stream Toolkit released
A free version of the HOOPS Stream Toolkit has been announced. "The OpenHSF Initiative today made available the free source-code version of the HOOPS Stream Toolkit (HOOPS/Stream) v10.0, the import/export SDK for the HSF format." HSF is used for sharing engineering graphics.
LDP Weekly News
The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News for February 4, 2004 is out with the week's new documentation. "The Hardware HOWTO, by Steven Pritchard, has finally been updated after a long period of inactivity."
LDP Weekly News
The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News for February 11, 2004 is available with the latest new documentation releases.LPI News-letter January 2004
Here is the monthly newsletter from the Linux Professional Institute. This issue looks at Evan Leibovitch's article about the United Nations conference, LPI looks at Level 3 tasks, translations, and several other topics.OSDL releases Linux Technical Capabilities 1.0
The Open Source Development Labs has announced the release of the "Data Center Linux Technical Capabilities" document, and is asking for feedback from the community. It's another shopping list from OSDL's members, of course; they are presumably hoping that, by opening up the process of creating the requirements document, they can bring about a better reception for Data Center Linux than the Carrier Grade Linux effort got.New Linux Audio Software
Dave Phillips has updated his list of Linux audio applications and resources on linux-sound.org.
Contests and Awards
Perl Accepted For BCS Programming Competition (use Perl)
According to Use Perl, Perl is now allowed as a language choice for the BCS programming competition. "For the first time ever, the British Computer Society have been convinced to allow competitors in their annual UK programming competition to code entries in Perl. Entry for the first round closes on the 20th February."
QtForum.org Announces Qt Developer Contest (KDE.News)
A Qt Developer Contest has been announced. "QtForum.org, the independent Qt community Website launched October 2003, today announced the QtForum.org Developer Contest. The subject for the contest is edutainment." Several cash prizes will be awarded.
ActiveState Perl Haiku Contest
The winners of the ActiveState Perl Hiaku contest have been announced. We like this one:"ugliness that grows into beauty inside of your favorite shell"
Upcoming Events
Maddog and Stallman at the GNU/Linux Summit
This year's GNU/Linux Summit presents top speakers Jon "Maddog" Hall and Richard Stallman. The GNU/Linux Summit will be held February 26 - 27, 2004 in Helsinki, Finland.Free Software 2004 (Register)
The Register reports that the Free Software Forum 2004 call for papers is out. Proposals are due by March 7, 2004.Open Source in Government Conference
The Open Source in Government Conference will be held in Washington, DC on March 15-17, 2004.Linux Installfest workshop in Davis, CA
The Linux Users' Group of Davis will hold another Linux installfest on February 15th in Davis, CA.Call for Participation for Nordic Perl Workshop (use Perl)
A call for papers and open registration have been announced for the Nordic Perl Workshop 2004. The event will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark on March 27 and 28, 2004. Papers are due in by February 15.PyCon 2004 - Second Annual Python Developers Conference
A press release has been sent out for PyCon 2004, the second annual Python developers conference. "PyCon 2004, the second annual Python developers conference, will be held at George Washington University's Cafritz Conference Center in Washington DC on March 24-26, 2004. Mitchell Kapor, founder of Lotus Development Corporation and the Open Source Applications Foundation, will be the keynote speaker."
LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Opens Call For Papers
IDG World Expo has issued a Call for Papers for the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, taking place at San Francisco's Moscone Center, August 2-5, 2004. Proposals are due by February 27, 2004.Events: February 12 - April 8, 2004
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| February 12, 2004 | O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference(ETech) | (The Westin Horton Plaza)San Diego, CA |
| February 20 - 22, 2004 | CodeCon 2004 | (Club NV)San Francisco, CA |
| February 20 - 24, 2004 | PaWS PHP and Web Standards UK 2004 | Manchester, UK |
| February 21 - 22, 2004 | Mozilla Developers Meeting in Europe 4.0 | Brussels, Belgium |
| February 21 - 22, 2004 | FOSDEM 2004 | (SOLBOSCH)Brussels, Belgium |
| February 23 - 27, 2004 | PostgreSQL Bootcamp | (Big Nerd Ranch, Inc.)Atlanta, GA |
| February 25 - 26, 2004 | UKUUG LISA/Winter Conference and Tutorial | (Lansdowne Campus, Bournemouth Univ.)Bournemouth, UK |
| February 26 - 27, 2004 | GNU/Linux Summit 2004 | (Finlandia Hall)Helsinki, Finland |
| February 27, 2004 | Mozilla Developer Day | Mountain View, CA |
| March 1 - 5, 2004 | PHP|Cruise | The Caribbean |
| March 4 - 5, 2004 | Linux Automation Konferenz | Hannover, Germany |
| March 5, 2004 | Perl Workshop 2004 | Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| March 6 - 7, 2004 | Linux-Day Chemnitz | Chemnitz, Germany |
| March 15 - 17, 2004 | Open Source in Government Conference | (George Washington University)Washington, DC |
| March 16 - 17, 2004 | Open Source Business Conference 2004 | (The Westin St. Francis)San Francisco, CA |
| March 18 - 24, 2004 | CeBIT | (Hannover Exhibition Center)Hannover, Germany |
| March 21 - 26, 2004 | Novell BrainShare 2004 | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| March 24 - 26, 2004 | PyCon DC 2004 | Washington, D.C. |
| March 27 - 28, 2004 | Nordic Perl Workshop 2004 | (Symbion Science Park)Copenhagen, Denmark |
| March 27 - 28, 2004 | YAPC::Taipei::2004 | Taipei, Taiwan |
| April 5 - 7, 2004 | Samba eXPerience 2004 | (Hotel Freizeit In)Göttingen, Germany |
Web sites
Planet Lisp's new URL
The Planet Lisp site has been moved to a new URL.Perl Beginners' Site News and Activity (use Perl)
Use Perl mentions a need for help on the Perl Beginner's Site. "We could use more book reviews and more links. The Wiki is based on an implementation which is a non-portable JavaScript hell and unreliable. (We are planning to switch to TWiki or something else soon). Finally, it is posssible that the site's design is too conventional and unattractive and as such could use a re-structuring of the page."
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.
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