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Calls for Presentations
CFP Deadlines: January 16, 2020 to March 16, 2020
The following listing of CFP deadlines is taken from the LWN.net CFP Calendar.
| Deadline | Event Dates | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 19 | May 27 May 28 |
[ONLINE] PGCon 2020 | Ottawa, Canada |
| January 31 | March 23 March 25 |
Supercomputing Frontiers Europe | Warsaw, Poland |
| January 31 | June 17 June 18 |
[ONLINE] Open Source Data Center Conference | Berlin, Germany |
| January 31 | April 16 April 17 |
[CANCELED] DevOps Days Toronto 2020 | Toronto, Canada |
| February 9 | May 11 May 13 |
[RESCHEDULED] Linux Audio Conference | Bordeaux, France |
| February 9 | March 29 April 1 |
[POSTPONED] foss-north | Göteborg, Sweden |
| February 10 | May 11 May 13 |
[ONLINE] Power Management and Scheduling in the Linux Kernel | Pisa, Italy |
| February 11 | July 6 July 12 |
[VIRTUAL] SciPy 2020 | Austin, TX, USA |
| February 15 | June 17 June 18 |
[ONLINE] stackconf 2020 | Berlin, Germany |
| February 15 | March 25 March 28 |
[POSTPONED] MiniDebConf Maceió 2020 | Maceió, Brazil |
| February 16 | June 29 July 2 |
[VIRTUAL] Open Source Summit/Embedded Linux Conference North America | Austin, TX, USA |
| February 28 | June 23 June 25 |
[CANCELED] IcingaConf 2020 | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| February 28 | May 26 May 28 |
[VIRTUAL] sambaXP 2020 | Berlin, Germany |
| February 28 | June 23 June 25 |
[ONLINE] Postgres Vision 2020 | Boston, MA, USA |
| March 6 | July 6 July 9 |
[Virtual] XenProject Developer and Design Summit 2020 | |
| March 8 | June 25 June 26 |
[CANCELED] Postgres Ibiza 2020 | Ibiza, Spain |
If the CFP deadline for your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Event Reports
Events: January 16, 2020 to March 16, 2020
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| January 13 January 17 |
linux.conf.au | Gold Coast, Australia |
| January 24 January 26 |
devconf.cz | Brno, Czech Republic |
| February 1 February 2 |
FOSDEM 2020 | Brussels, Belgium |
| February 3 | Copyleft Conference | Brussels, Belgium |
| February 18 February 20 |
PyCon Namibia | Windhoek, Namibia |
| March 3 | Open Source 101 | Columbia, SC, USA |
| March 5 March 6 |
Incontro DevOps Italia | Bologna, Italy |
| March 5 March 8 |
Southern California Linux Expo | Pasadena, CA, USA |
| March 14 March 15 |
[CANCELED] LibrePlanet | Boston, MA, USA |
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Security updates
Alert summary January 9, 2020 to January 15, 2020
| Dist. | ID | Release | Package | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arch Linux | ASA-202001-2 | file | 2020-01-13 | |
| Arch Linux | ASA-202001-3 | firefox | 2020-01-13 | |
| Arch Linux | ASA-202001-4 | thunderbird | 2020-01-14 | |
| CentOS | CESA-2020:0086 | C6 | firefox | 2020-01-14 |
| CentOS | CESA-2020:0085 | C7 | firefox | 2020-01-15 |
| Debian | DLA-2065-1 | LTS | apache-log4j1.2 | 2020-01-12 |
| Debian | DLA-2061-1 | LTS | firefox-esr | 2020-01-09 |
| Debian | DSA-4600-1 | stable | firefox-esr | 2020-01-09 |
| Debian | DLA-2064-1 | LTS | ldm | 2020-01-10 |
| Debian | DSA-4601-1 | stable | ldm | 2020-01-09 |
| Debian | DLA-2062-1 | LTS | sa-exim | 2020-01-09 |
| Debian | DLA-2067-1 | LTS | wordpress | 2020-01-14 |
| Debian | DSA-4602-1 | stable | xen | 2020-01-13 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2019-f12cb1ddab | F30 | GraphicsMagick | 2020-01-12 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2019-210b0a6e4f | F31 | GraphicsMagick | 2020-01-12 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-581537c8aa | F31 | chromium | 2020-01-13 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2019-72e5ac943a | F30 | dovecot | 2020-01-12 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-732a5913b6 | F31 | firefox | 2020-01-09 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-d4b0f42d01 | F31 | firefox | 2020-01-09 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-943f4b03d2 | F31 | kubernetes | 2020-01-12 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-65eac1b48b | F31 | libvpx | 2020-01-13 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-1db19e75db | F30 | makepasswd | 2020-01-12 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-a5b60d0c2b | F31 | makepasswd | 2020-01-12 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2019-a1a2f55fcf | F31 | matio | 2020-01-12 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2019-f5fe4e10d7 | F31 | slurm | 2020-01-12 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2020-0027 | 7 | firefox | 2020-01-09 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2020-0037 | 7 | graphicsmagick | 2020-01-13 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2020-0036 | 7 | kernel | 2020-01-13 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2020-0028 | 7 | libtomcrypt | 2020-01-12 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2020-0038 | 7 | makepasswd | 2020-01-13 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2020-0032 | 7 | ming | 2020-01-12 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2020-0029 | 7 | oniguruma | 2020-01-12 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2020-0030 | 7 | opencv | 2020-01-12 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2020-0031 | 7 | pcsc-lite | 2020-01-12 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2020-0033 | 7 | phpmyadmin | 2020-01-12 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2020-0034 | 7 | thunderbird | 2020-01-12 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2020-0035 | 7 | unbound | 2020-01-13 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0055-1 | 15.1 | GraphicsMagick | 2020-01-15 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0010-1 | chromium, re2 | 2020-01-13 | |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0004-1 | chromium | 2020-01-10 | |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0004-1 | chromium | 2020-01-10 | |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0007-1 | chromium | 2020-01-11 | |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0009-1 | chromium | 2020-01-12 | |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0053-1 | chromium | 2020-01-14 | |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0006-1 | 15.1 | chromium | 2020-01-11 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0045-1 | 15.1 | containerd, docker, docker-runc, | 2020-01-14 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0021-1 | 15.1 | dia | 2020-01-14 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0024-1 | ffmpeg-4 | 2020-01-14 | |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0024-1 | 15.1 | ffmpeg-4 | 2020-01-14 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0002-1 | 15.1 | firefox | 2020-01-09 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0060-1 | 15.1 | firefox | 2020-01-15 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0022-1 | 15.1 | libgcrypt | 2020-01-14 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0051-1 | 15.1 | log4j | 2020-01-14 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0008-1 | 15.1 | mozilla-nspr, mozilla-nss | 2020-01-12 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0059-1 | 15.1 | nodejs8 | 2020-01-15 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0014-1 | 15.1 | php7-imagick | 2020-01-14 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0014-1 | 15.1 | php7-imagick | 2020-01-14 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0056-1 | phpMyAdmin | 2020-01-14 | |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0031-1 | 15.1 | proftpd | 2020-01-13 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0036-1 | 15.1 | rubygem-excon | 2020-01-14 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0020-1 | 15.1 | shibboleth-sp | 2020-01-14 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0057-1 | 15.1 | singularity | 2020-01-14 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0003-1 | 15.1 | thunderbird | 2020-01-09 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0038-1 | 15.1 | tomcat | 2020-01-14 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0015-1 | 15.1 | trousers | 2020-01-14 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0058-1 | 15.1 | virglrenderer | 2020-01-15 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0011-1 | 15.1 | xen | 2020-01-14 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2020-0085 | OL7 | firefox | 2020-01-14 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2020-0085 | OL7 | firefox | 2020-01-14 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2020-5512 | OL5 | kernel | 2020-01-15 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2020-5508 | OL6 | kernel | 2020-01-09 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2020-5512 | OL6 | kernel | 2020-01-15 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2020-5508 | OL7 | kernel | 2020-01-09 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:0084-01 | EL6 | chromium-browser | 2020-01-13 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:0086-01 | EL6 | firefox | 2020-01-13 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:0085-01 | EL7 | firefox | 2020-01-13 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:0111-01 | EL8 | firefox | 2020-01-14 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:0103-01 | EL7.4 | kernel | 2020-01-14 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:0078-01 | OSP15 | rabbitmq-server | 2020-01-13 |
| Scientific Linux | SLSA-2020:0086-1 | SL6 | firefox | 2020-01-13 |
| Scientific Linux | SLSA-2020:0085-1 | SL7 | firefox | 2020-01-13 |
| Slackware | SSA:2020-009-01 | firefox | 2020-01-09 | |
| Slackware | SSA:2020-008-01 | 14.2 | kernel | 2020-01-08 |
| Slackware | SSA:2020-010-01 | mozilla | 2020-01-10 | |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:14266-1 | SLE11 | apache2-mod_perl | 2020-01-09 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0065-1 | SLE12 | containerd, docker, docker-runc, golang-github-docker-libnetwork | 2020-01-10 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0081-1 | OS7 | crowbar-core, crowbar-openstack, openstack-horizon-plugin-monasca-ui, openstack-monasca-api, openstack-monasca-log-api, openstack-neutron, rubygem-puma, rubygem-rest-client | 2020-01-13 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0086-1 | e2fsprogs | 2020-01-13 | |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0068-1 | OS7 OS8 SLE12 SES5 | firefox | 2020-01-10 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:14268-1 | SLE11 | firefox | 2020-01-10 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0078-1 | SLE15 | firefox | 2020-01-13 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0045-1 | SLE15 | git | 2020-01-08 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:14265-1 | SLE11 | java-1_7_0-ibm | 2020-01-08 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0051-1 | OS7 OS8 SLE12 SES5 | java-1_7_1-ibm | 2020-01-09 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:14263-1 | SLE11 | java-1_7_1-ibm | 2020-01-08 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0093-1 | SLE12 | kernel | 2020-01-14 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0087-1 | SLE15 | libsolv, libzypp, zypper | 2020-01-13 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0079-1 | SLE12 | libzypp | 2020-01-13 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0054-1 | OS7 OS8 SLE12 SES5 | log4j | 2020-01-09 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:14267-1 | SLE11 | log4j | 2020-01-09 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0053-1 | SLE15 | log4j | 2020-01-09 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0102-1 | SLE12 | man | 2020-01-14 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0050-1 | OS7 OS8 SLE12 SES5 | mariadb | 2020-01-09 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0063-1 | SLE12 | nodejs10 | 2020-01-10 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0104-1 | SLE15 | nodejs10 | 2020-01-15 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0059-1 | SLE12 | nodejs12 | 2020-01-09 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0043-1 | SLE15 | nodejs8 | 2020-01-08 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0064-1 | SLE15 SES6 | openssl-1_0_0 | 2020-01-10 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0099-1 | SLE12 | openssl-1_1 | 2020-01-14 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0069-1 | SLE15 | openssl-1_1 | 2020-01-10 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0101-1 | SLE15 | php7 | 2020-01-15 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4234-1 | 16.04 18.04 19.04 19.10 | firefox | 2020-01-10 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4233-1 | 16.04 18.04 | gnutls28 | 2020-01-09 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4232-1 | 16.04 | graphicsmagick | 2020-01-08 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4236-2 | 16.04 | libgcrypt20 | 2020-01-14 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4236-1 | 18.04 19.04 19.10 | libgcrypt20 | 2020-01-13 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4047-2 | 14.04 | libvirt | 2020-01-13 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4235-1 | 16.04 18.04 19.04 19.10 | nginx | 2020-01-13 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4231-1 | 12.04 14.04 16.04 18.04 19.04 19.10 | nss | 2020-01-08 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4239-1 | 12.04 14.04 16.04 18.04 19.04 19.10 | php5, php7.0, php7.2, php7.3 | 2020-01-15 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4238-1 | 16.04 18.04 | sdl-image1.2 | 2020-01-14 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4237-2 | 12.04 14.04 | spamassassin | 2020-01-15 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4237-1 | 16.04 18.04 19.04 19.10 | spamassassin | 2020-01-13 |
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