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- Debian Project News (September 20)
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- Lunar Linux Weekly News (September 22)
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- openSUSE Tumbleweed Review of the Week (September 22)
- Tails Report (August)
- Ubuntu Server Development Summary (September 26)
Development
- These Weeks in Firefox (September 26)
- What's cooking in git.git (September 25)
- LLVM Weekly (September 25)
- LXC/LXD/LXCFS Weekly Status (September 25)
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- Fedora Council minutes (September 27)
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Calls for Presentations
CFP Deadlines: September 28, 2017 to November 27, 2017
The following listing of CFP deadlines is taken from the LWN.net CFP Calendar.
| Deadline | Event Dates | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 30 | November 18 November 19 |
Technical Dutch Open Source Event | Eindhoven, Netherlands |
| September 30 | November 18 November 19 |
Toulouse mini-DebConf 2017 | Toulouse, France |
| October 1 | December 6 December 7 |
Linux-Lab | Firenze, Italy |
| October 7 | November 11 | Linux Developer Conference Brazil | São Paulo, Brazil |
| October 15 | April 26 April 27 |
FLOSSUK – Spring Conference | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| October 24 | October 26 October 27 |
Free Software and Open Source Symposium [CANCELLED] | Toronto, Canada |
| October 31 | March 8 March 11 |
SCALE 16x | Pasadena, CA, USA |
| November 2 | March 24 March 25 |
LibrePlanet | Cambridge, MA, USA |
| November 3 | February 3 February 4 |
FOSDEM 2018 | Brussels, Belgium |
| November 17 | January 26 January 28 |
DevConf.cz | Brno, Czech Republic |
If the CFP deadline for your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Upcoming Events
Events: September 28, 2017 to November 27, 2017
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| September 27 September 29 |
Kernel Recipes 2017 | Paris, France |
| September 27 September 29 |
Alpine Linux Persistence and Storage Summit | Lizumerhuette, Austria |
| September 29 September 30 |
Ohio LinuxFest | Columbus, OH, USA |
| September 30 October 1 |
RustFest Zürich | Zurich, Switzerland |
| October 2 October 4 |
O'Reilly Velocity Conference | New York, NY, USA |
| October 3 | PostgresqlConf South Africa | Cape Town, South Africa |
| October 4 October 5 |
Lustre Administrator and Developer Workshop | Paris, France |
| October 5 October 6 |
PyCon South Africa | Cape Town, South Africa |
| October 5 | Open Hardware Summit 2017 | Denver, CO, USA |
| October 6 October 8 |
PyGotham | New York, NY, USA |
| October 6 October 7 |
Seattle GNU/Linux Conference | Seattle, WA, USA |
| October 6 October 8 |
Festival of the Commons | Athens, Greece |
| October 7 October 8 |
MiniDebConf Prishtina | Prishtina, Kosovo |
| October 7 October 8 |
Silicon Valley Code Camp | San Jose, CA, USA |
| October 10 October 12 |
Qt World Summit | Berlin, Germany |
| October 11 October 13 |
LibreOffice Conference 2017 | Rome, Italy |
| October 14 October 16 |
GNOME.Asia Summit | Chongqing, China |
| October 16 October 20 |
Tcl/Tk Conference 2017 | Houston, TX, USA |
| October 18 October 20 |
O'Reilly Velocity Conference | London, UK |
| October 18 October 20 |
Plone Conference 2017 | Barcelona, Spain |
| October 18 October 20 |
14º Congresso Latino-americano de Software Livre e Tecnologias Abertas | Foz do Iguacu, Brazil |
| October 21 October 22 |
openSUSE.Asia Summit 2017 | Tokyo, Japan |
| October 21 | 7th Real-Time Summit | Prague, Czech Republic |
| October 21 October 22 |
Datenspuren | Dresden, Germany |
| October 21 October 22 |
GStreamer Conference 2017 | Prague, Czech Republic |
| October 21 October 22 |
All Systems Go! | Berlin, Germany |
| October 23 October 24 |
All Things Open | Raleigh, NC, USA |
| October 23 October 25 |
Open Source Summit Europe | Prague, Czech Republic |
| October 23 October 25 |
Embedded Linux Conference Europe | Prague, Czech Republic |
| October 23 October 28 |
FOSS4G + SoTM Argentina 2017 | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| October 23 October 29 |
Privacyweek | Vienna (Wien), Austria |
| October 24 October 27 |
PostgreSQL Conference Europe 2017 | Warsaw, Poland |
| October 24 October 27 |
Linux Kernel Summit | Prague, Czech Republic |
| October 25 October 27 |
PyCon DE | Karlsruhe, Germany |
| October 25 October 27 |
KVM Forum 2017 | Prague, Czech Republic |
| October 26 October 27 |
OpenWrt Summit | Prague, Czech Republic |
| October 26 October 27 |
Free Software and Open Source Symposium [CANCELLED] | Toronto, Canada |
| October 26 October 29 |
European Coreboot Conference 2017 | Bochum, Germany |
| October 27 | Tracing Summit 2017 | Prague, Czech Republic |
| October 27 October 29 |
Mozilla Festival | London, UK |
| October 28 October 29 |
freenode #live | Bristol, UK |
| October 28 October 29 |
Wine Project Annual Conference 2017 | Wrocław, Poland |
| October 30 November 1 |
O'Reilly Security Conference | New York, NY, USA |
| October 31 November 2 |
API Strategy & Practice Conference | Portland, OR, USA |
| November 3 | SFLC’s Fall Conference | New York, NY, USA |
| November 3 November 4 |
Linux Piter #3 | Saint-Petersburg, Russia |
| November 4 November 5 |
PyCon HK 2017 | Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| November 4 November 5 |
Sonoj Convention | Cologne, Germany |
| November 4 November 5 |
Free Society Conference and Nordic Summit | Oslo, Norway |
| November 4 November 5 |
PyCon India 2017 | Delhi, India |
| November 4 November 5 |
OpenFest 2017 | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| November 6 November 8 |
OpenStack Summit | Sydney, Australia |
| November 7 November 9 |
Cuban Free Technologies Conferences | Havana, Cuba |
| November 8 November 10 |
Netdev 2.2 | Seoul, South Korea |
| November 9 November 10 |
International Hacking & Information Security Conference | Bucharest, Romania |
| November 11 | Linux Developer Conference Brazil | São Paulo, Brazil |
| November 11 November 12 |
Intel® HPC Developer Conference | Denver, CO, USA |
| November 12 November 17 |
Supercomputing 17 | Denver, CO, USA |
| November 18 November 19 |
Technical Dutch Open Source Event | Eindhoven, Netherlands |
| November 18 November 19 |
Capitole du Libre 2017 | Toulouse, France |
| November 18 November 19 |
Toulouse mini-DebConf 2017 | Toulouse, France |
| November 21 November 24 |
Open Source Monitoring Conference 2017 | Nürnberg, Germany |
| November 23 November 26 |
Mini-DebConf | Cambridge, UK |
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Security updates
Alert summary September 21, 2017 to September 27, 2017
| Dist. | ID | Release | Package | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arch Linux | ASA-201709-19 | chromium | 2017-09-26 | |
| Arch Linux | ASA-201709-18 | libraw | 2017-09-25 | |
| Arch Linux | ASA-201709-17 | tomcat7 | 2017-09-21 | |
| Arch Linux | ASA-201709-20 | weechat | 2017-09-27 | |
| CentOS | CESA-2017:2788 | C7 | augeas | 2017-09-21 |
| CentOS | CESA-2017:2789 | C6 | samba | 2017-09-21 |
| CentOS | CESA-2017:2790 | C7 | samba | 2017-09-21 |
| CentOS | CESA-2017:2791 | C6 | samba4 | 2017-09-21 |
| Debian | DLA-1102-1 | LTS | apache2 | 2017-09-21 |
| Debian | DLA-1103-1 | LTS | bluez | 2017-09-21 |
| Debian | DLA-1107-1 | LTS | bzr | 2017-09-23 |
| Debian | DLA-1105-1 | LTS | clamav | 2017-09-22 |
| Debian | DLA-1115-1 | LTS | debsecan | 2017-09-27 |
| Debian | DLA-1101-1 | LTS | emacs23 | 2017-09-21 |
| Debian | DSA-3984-1 | stable | git | 2017-09-26 |
| Debian | DLA-1099-1 | LTS | kernel | 2017-09-20 |
| Debian | DSA-3981-1 | stable | kernel | 2017-09-20 |
| Debian | DLA-1106-1 | LTS | libgd2 | 2017-09-22 |
| Debian | DLA-1109-1 | LTS | libraw | 2017-09-24 |
| Debian | DLA-1104-1 | LTS | newsbeuter | 2017-09-21 |
| Debian | DSA-3982-1 | stable | perl | 2017-09-21 |
| Debian | DLA-1113-1 | LTS | ruby1.8 | 2017-09-26 |
| Debian | DLA-1114-1 | LTS | ruby1.9.1 | 2017-09-26 |
| Debian | DLA-1112-1 | LTS | rubygems | 2017-09-26 |
| Debian | DLA-1110-1 | LTS | samba | 2017-09-25 |
| Debian | DSA-3983-1 | stable | samba | 2017-09-22 |
| Debian | DLA-1108-1 | LTS | tomcat7 | 2017-09-24 |
| Debian | DLA-1111-1 | LTS | weechat | 2017-09-26 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2017-90500f87f3 | F26 | LibRaw | 2017-09-25 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2017-f27641a807 | F25 | drupal7-views | 2017-09-22 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2017-63f99b3977 | F26 | drupal7-views | 2017-09-22 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2017-ebc4d197b2 | F26 | gnome-shell | 2017-09-22 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2017-a52f252521 | F26 | httpd | 2017-09-22 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2017-e07d7fb18e | F25 | kernel | 2017-09-22 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2017-3202aed903 | F26 | kernel | 2017-09-26 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2017-56e23bc2b5 | F25 | krb5 | 2017-09-22 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2017-7edc2ea787 | F25 | libbson | 2017-09-27 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2017-a4cf96bcca | F26 | libbson | 2017-09-26 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2017-982bfabc4e | F26 | libmspack | 2017-09-23 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2017-d361de1a65 | F25 | libwmf | 2017-09-20 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2017-aa7a8871b7 | F25 | mingw-LibRaw | 2017-09-25 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2017-7699952c1b | F26 | mingw-LibRaw | 2017-09-21 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2017-172410ec92 | F25 | mpg123 | 2017-09-22 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2017-c89d94d812 | F26 | mpg123 | 2017-09-20 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2017-e314044789 | F25 | oniguruma | 2017-09-27 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2017-11afc3cde9 | F26 | pkgconf | 2017-09-25 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2017-b9f07dfaca | F26 | python-jwt | 2017-09-25 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2017-5a0a31c04e | F26 | samba | 2017-09-23 |
| Gentoo | 201709-16 | adobe-flash | 2017-09-24 | |
| Gentoo | 201709-25 | chromium | 2017-09-25 | |
| Gentoo | 201709-15 | chromium | 2017-09-24 | |
| Gentoo | 201709-17 | cvs | 2017-09-24 | |
| Gentoo | 201709-19 | exim | 2017-09-24 | |
| Gentoo | 201709-26 | libsoup | 2017-09-26 | |
| Gentoo | 201709-18 | mercurial | 2017-09-24 | |
| Gentoo | 201709-22 | oracle-jdk-bin | 2017-09-24 | |
| Gentoo | 201709-21 | php | 2017-09-24 | |
| Gentoo | 201709-20 | postfix | 2017-09-24 | |
| Gentoo | 201709-24 | rar | 2017-09-25 | |
| Gentoo | 201709-23 | tcpdump | 2017-09-25 | |
| Gentoo | 201709-27 | tiff | 2017-09-26 | |
| Mageia | MGASA-2017-0350 | 5, 6 | bluez | 2017-09-21 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2017-0349 | 6 | ffmpeg | 2017-09-21 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2017-0348 | 5 | gstreamer0.10-plugins-good, gstreamer1.0-plugins-good | 2017-09-21 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2017-0351 | 5, 6 | libwmf | 2017-09-21 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2017-0352 | 5, 6 | tomcat | 2017-09-21 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2017-0353 | 5, 6 | tor | 2017-09-21 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2017:2558-1 | Chromium | 2017-09-23 | |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2017:2557-1 | 42.2 42.3 | Chromium | 2017-09-23 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2017:2549-1 | 42.2 42.3 | apache2 | 2017-09-22 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2017:2535-1 | 42.2 42.3 | emacs | 2017-09-21 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2017:2538-1 | 42.2 | fossil | 2017-09-21 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2017:2539-1 | freexl | 2017-09-21 | |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2017:2537-1 | 42.2 42.3 | freexl | 2017-09-21 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2017:2559-1 | 42.2 42.3 | libraw | 2017-09-24 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2017:2550-1 | 42.2 42.3 | libzip | 2017-09-22 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2017:2568-1 | openjpeg | 2017-09-26 | |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2017:2567-1 | openjpeg2 | 2017-09-26 | |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2017:2536-1 | 42.2 42.3 | php5 | 2017-09-21 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2017:2573-1 | 42.2 42.3 | tor | 2017-09-27 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2017:2540-1 | 42.2 | xen | 2017-09-21 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2017-2788 | OL7 | augeas | 2017-09-26 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2017-3622 | OL5 | kernel | 2017-09-21 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2017-3621 | OL6 | kernel | 2017-09-21 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2017-3622 | OL6 | kernel | 2017-09-21 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2017-3621 | OL7 | kernel | 2017-09-21 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2017-2789 | OL6 | samba | 2017-09-26 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2017-2790 | OL7 | samba | 2017-09-26 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2017-2791 | OL6 | samba4 | 2017-09-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2017:2788-01 | EL7 | augeas | 2017-09-21 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2017:2792-01 | EL6 | chromium-browser | 2017-09-25 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2017:2801-01 | EL5 | kernel | 2017-09-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2017:2802-01 | EL5.9 | kernel | 2017-09-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2017:2795-01 | EL6 | kernel | 2017-09-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2017:2800-01 | EL6.2 | kernel | 2017-09-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2017:2799-01 | EL6.4 | kernel | 2017-09-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2017:2798-01 | EL6.5 | kernel | 2017-09-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2017:2797-01 | EL6.6 | kernel | 2017-09-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2017:2796-01 | EL6.7 | kernel | 2017-09-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2017:2794-01 | EL7.2 | kernel | 2017-09-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2017:2793-01 | EL7.3 | kernel | 2017-09-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2017:2787-01 | SCL | rh-mysql56-mysql | 2017-09-21 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2017:2778-01 | EL6 | samba | 2017-09-21 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2017:2789-01 | EL6 | samba | 2017-09-21 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2017:2790-01 | EL7 | samba | 2017-09-21 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2017:2791-01 | EL6 | samba4 | 2017-09-21 |
| Scientific Linux | SLSA-2017:2788-1 | SL7 | augeas | 2017-09-21 |
| Scientific Linux | SLSA-2017:2795-1 | SL6 | kernel | 2017-09-26 |
| Scientific Linux | SLSA-2017:2789-1 | SL6 | samba | 2017-09-26 |
| Scientific Linux | SLSA-2017:2790-1 | SL7 | samba | 2017-09-21 |
| Scientific Linux | SLSA-2017:2791-1 | SL6 | samba4 | 2017-09-21 |
| Slackware | SSA:2017-266-01 | libxml2 | 2017-09-22 | |
| Slackware | SSA:2017-266-02 | python | 2017-09-22 | |
| Slackware | SSA:2017-263-01 | samba | 2017-09-20 | |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2017:2532-1 | SLE11 | emacs | 2017-09-20 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2017:2548-1 | SLE11 | kernel | 2017-09-21 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2017:2534-1 | SLE12 | kernel | 2017-09-20 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2017:2552-1 | SLE12 | spice | 2017-09-22 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2017:2541-1 | SLE12 | xen | 2017-09-21 |
| Ubuntu | USN-3427-1 | 14.04 16.04 | emacs24 | 2017-09-21 |
| Ubuntu | USN-3428-1 | 17.04 | emacs25 | 2017-09-21 |
| Ubuntu | USN-3429-1 | 14.04 16.04 17.04 | libplist | 2017-09-25 |
| Ubuntu | USN-3414-2 | 14.04 16.04 17.04 | qemu | 2017-09-20 |
| Ubuntu | USN-3426-1 | 14.04 16.04 17.04 | samba | 2017-09-21 |
Kernel patches of interest
Kernel releases
Architecture-specific
Core kernel
Dietmar Eggemann
arm, arm64, cpufreq: frequency- and cpu-invariant accounting support for task scheduler
Sep 26
Development tools
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Device-driver infrastructure
Filesystems and block layer
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