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Calls for Presentations
CFP Deadlines: February 20, 2020 to April 20, 2020
The following listing of CFP deadlines is taken from the LWN.net CFP Calendar.
| Deadline | Event Dates | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| March 27 | July 7 July 8 |
[CANCELED] PostgresLondon 2020 | London, United Kingdom |
| March 29 | June 20 June 21 |
International Conference on Networks, Blockchain and Internet of Things | Dubai, UAE |
| March 31 | June 19 | [CANCELED] Open Source Camp | #5 Bareos | Berlin, Germany |
| March 31 | July 1 July 2 |
[ONLINE] Linux Security Summit North America | Austin, TX, USA |
| April 4 | August 20 | [Virtual] RustConf | online |
| April 6 | July 10 | [CANCELED] PGDay Russia 2020 | St. Petersburg, Russia |
| April 12 | July 23 July 26 |
[Virtual] EuroPython 2020 | Online |
| April 14 | October 19 October 20 |
[Virtual] All Things Open 2020 | Virtual |
| April 15 | July 16 July 18 |
[CANCELED] Linux Developer Conference Brazil | São Paulo, Brazil |
| April 16 | April 17 April 18 |
[CANCELED] Grazer Linuxtage | Graz, Austria |
| April 17 | June 18 June 19 |
[CANCELED] Swiss PGDay 2020 | Zurich, Switzerland |
| April 19 | September 18 | [Postponed to 2021] PGDay Austria 2020 | Vienna, Austria |
If the CFP deadline for your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Upcoming Events
Netdev 0x14: Schedule out
Netdev will be held March 17-20 in Vancouver, Canada. A tentative schedule has been posted. Early bird registration has ended; registration at the standard rate is open.Events: February 20, 2020 to April 20, 2020
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| March 19 March 22 |
[CANCELED] FOSSASIA OpenTechSummit | Singapore, Singapore |
| March 23 March 24 |
[CANCELED] Indico Workshop 3 | Geneva, Switzerland |
| March 23 March 25 |
Supercomputing Frontiers Europe | Warsaw, Poland |
| March 23 March 27 |
[CANCELED] Postgres Conference 2020 | New York, NY, USA |
| March 23 March 27 |
[CANCELED] SUSECON 2020 | was Dublin, Online only |
| March 25 March 28 |
[POSTPONED] MiniDebConf Maceió 2020 | Maceió, Brazil |
| March 29 April 1 |
[POSTPONED] foss-north | Göteborg, Sweden |
| March 30 April 2 |
POSTPONED: KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2020 | Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| April 14 | [CANCELED] Open Source 101 | Austin, TX, USA |
| April 16 April 17 |
[CANCELED] DevOps Days Toronto 2020 | Toronto, Canada |
| April 17 April 18 |
[CANCELED] Grazer Linuxtage | Graz, Austria |
| April 17 April 19 |
[CANCELED] PyCon | Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Security updates
Alert summary February 13, 2020 to February 19, 2020
| Dist. | ID | Release | Package | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arch Linux | ASA-202002-6 | dovecot | 2020-02-13 | |
| Arch Linux | ASA-202002-5 | firefox | 2020-02-13 | |
| Arch Linux | ASA-202002-4 | ksh | 2020-02-12 | |
| Arch Linux | ASA-202002-8 | systemd | 2020-02-17 | |
| Arch Linux | ASA-202002-9 | thunderbird | 2020-02-17 | |
| Arch Linux | ASA-202002-7 | webkit2gtk | 2020-02-13 | |
| CentOS | CESA-2020:0521 | C6 | firefox | 2020-02-18 |
| CentOS | CESA-2020:0520 | C7 | firefox | 2020-02-18 |
| CentOS | CESA-2020:0541 | C7 | java-1.7.0-openjdk | 2020-02-18 |
| CentOS | CESA-2020:0515 | C6 | ksh | 2020-02-18 |
| CentOS | CESA-2020:0540 | C7 | sudo | 2020-02-18 |
| Debian | DLA-2108-1 | LTS | clamav | 2020-02-18 |
| Debian | DLA-2103-1 | LTS | debian-security-support | 2020-02-13 |
| Debian | DSA-4624-1 | stable | evince | 2020-02-14 |
| Debian | DLA-2102-1 | LTS | firefox-esr | 2020-02-13 |
| Debian | DSA-4620-1 | stable | firefox-esr | 2020-02-12 |
| Debian | DLA-2106-1 | LTS | libgd2 | 2020-02-17 |
| Debian | DSA-4621-1 | stable | openjdk-8 | 2020-02-12 |
| Debian | DSA-4628-1 | stable | php7.0 | 2020-02-18 |
| Debian | DSA-4626-1 | stable | php7.3 | 2020-02-17 |
| Debian | DSA-4623-1 | stable | postgresql-11 | 2020-02-13 |
| Debian | DLA-2105-1 | LTS | postgresql-9.4 | 2020-02-17 |
| Debian | DSA-4622-1 | stable | postgresql-9.6 | 2020-02-13 |
| Debian | DSA-4629-1 | stable | python-django | 2020-02-19 |
| Debian | DLA-2107-1 | LTS | spamassassin | 2020-02-18 |
| Debian | DLA-2104-1 | LTS | thunderbird | 2020-02-17 |
| Debian | DSA-4625-1 | stable | thunderbird | 2020-02-15 |
| Debian | DSA-4627-1 | stable | webkit2gtk | 2020-02-17 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-0fc6dd0fd2 | F30 | cacti | 2020-02-19 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-90f1c8229e | F31 | cacti | 2020-02-19 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-0fc6dd0fd2 | F30 | cacti-spine | 2020-02-19 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-90f1c8229e | F31 | cacti-spine | 2020-02-19 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-4a3ff78ba5 | F30 | cutter-re | 2020-02-14 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-acd8cdb08d | F31 | cutter-re | 2020-02-14 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-8123a8fa34 | F31 | firefox | 2020-02-14 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-2a5cdd665c | F30 | kernel | 2020-02-18 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-f884f9dd7d | F31 | kernel | 2020-02-18 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-2a5cdd665c | F30 | kernel-headers | 2020-02-18 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-f884f9dd7d | F31 | kernel-headers | 2020-02-18 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-a0f0eb8500 | F30 | ksh | 2020-02-16 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-d940aca772 | F31 | ksh | 2020-02-16 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-41fe1680f6 | F31 | libxml2 | 2020-02-15 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-8d3ea0fe8d | F30 | mbedtls | 2020-02-19 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-5bcfae9f46 | F31 | mbedtls | 2020-02-19 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-0248ad925e | F30 | php-horde-Horde-Data | 2020-02-14 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-1e7cc91d55 | F31 | php-horde-Horde-Data | 2020-02-14 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-4a3ff78ba5 | F30 | radare2 | 2020-02-14 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-acd8cdb08d | F31 | radare2 | 2020-02-14 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-f49a5b4422 | F31 | sway | 2020-02-18 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-fa1956e637 | F30 | texlive-base | 2020-02-14 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-6e76510e21 | F31 | thunderbird | 2020-02-19 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2020-0084 | 7 | exiv2 | 2020-02-13 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2020-0090 | 7 | firefox | 2020-02-18 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2020-0085 | 7 | flash-player-plugin | 2020-02-13 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2020-0089 | 7 | kernel-linus | 2020-02-18 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2020-0086 | 7 | mutt | 2020-02-18 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2020-0088 | 7 | python-pillow | 2020-02-18 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2020-0083 | 7 | python-waitress | 2020-02-13 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2020-0087 | 7 | sphinx | 2020-02-18 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2020-0091 | 7 | thunderbird | 2020-02-18 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2020-0082 | 7 | vim and neovim | 2020-02-13 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2020-0092 | 7 | webkit2 | 2020-02-18 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0233-1 | chromium, re2 | 2020-02-19 | |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0219-1 | 15.1 | docker-runc | 2020-02-14 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0230-1 | 15.1 | firefox | 2020-02-18 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0222-1 | 15.1 | hostapd | 2020-02-16 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0220-1 | nextcloud | 2020-02-16 | |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0229-1 | nextcloud | 2020-02-17 | |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0220-1 | 15.1 | nextcloud | 2020-02-16 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0213-1 | 15.1 | pcp | 2020-02-12 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0214-1 | 15.1 | rubygem-rack | 2020-02-12 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0231-1 | 15.1 | thunderbird | 2020-02-18 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2020-0520 | OL7 | firefox | 2020-02-17 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2020-0520 | OL7 | firefox | 2020-02-18 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2020-0541 | OL7 | java-1.7.0-openjdk | 2020-02-18 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2020-5532 | OL5 | kernel | 2020-02-12 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2020-5532 | OL6 | kernel | 2020-02-12 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2020-5535 | OL6 | kernel | 2020-02-13 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2020-5535 | OL7 | kernel | 2020-02-13 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2020-0515 | OL6 | ksh | 2020-02-18 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2020-0540 | OL7 | sudo | 2020-02-18 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:0514-01 | EL6 | chromium-browser | 2020-02-17 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:0544-01 | EL7.5 | curl | 2020-02-18 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:0521-01 | EL6 | firefox | 2020-02-17 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:0520-01 | EL7 | firefox | 2020-02-17 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:0512-01 | EL8 | firefox | 2020-02-17 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:0519-01 | EL8.0 | firefox | 2020-02-17 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:0513-01 | EL6 | flash-plugin | 2020-02-17 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:0541-01 | EL7 | java-1.7.0-openjdk | 2020-02-18 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:0543-01 | EL7.5 | kernel | 2020-02-18 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:0515-01 | EL6 | ksh | 2020-02-17 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:0550-01 | EL7 | openjpeg2 | 2020-02-19 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:0542-01 | EL7.5 | ruby | 2020-02-18 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:0540-01 | EL7 | sudo | 2020-02-18 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:0487-01 | EL8 | sudo | 2020-02-13 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:0509-01 | EL8.0 | sudo | 2020-02-13 |
| Scientific Linux | SLSA-2020:0521-1 | SL6 | firefox | 2020-02-17 |
| Scientific Linux | SLSA-2020:0520-1 | SL7 | firefox | 2020-02-17 |
| Scientific Linux | SLSA-2020:0541-1 | SL7 | java-1.7.0-openjdk | 2020-02-18 |
| Scientific Linux | SLSA-2020:0515-1 | SL6 | ksh | 2020-02-17 |
| Scientific Linux | SLSA-2020:0540-1 | SL7 | sudo | 2020-02-18 |
| Slackware | SSA:2020-043-01 | libarchive | 2020-02-12 | |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0411-1 | SLE12 | ImageMagick | 2020-02-19 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2019:2820-2 | OS8 SLE12 SES5 | dbus-1 | 2020-02-18 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0412-1 | SLE12 | dpdk | 2020-02-19 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0413-1 | SLE15 | enigmail | 2020-02-19 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0384-1 | OS7 OS8 SLE12 SES5 | firefox | 2020-02-17 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0383-1 | SLE15 | firefox | 2020-02-17 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0393-1 | SLE12 | fontforge | 2020-02-18 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0394-1 | OS7 OS8 SLE12 SES5 | gcc9 | 2020-02-18 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0405-1 | SLE15 | ipmitool | 2020-02-19 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0397-1 | SLE12 | php72 | 2020-02-18 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0407-1 | OS7 SLE12 | sudo | 2020-02-19 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0406-1 | OS8 SLE12 SES5 | sudo | 2020-02-19 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0390-1 | SLE12 | sudo | 2020-02-18 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0409-1 | SLE12 | sudo | 2020-02-19 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0408-1 | SLE15 | sudo | 2020-02-19 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0385-1 | SLE15 | thunderbird | 2020-02-17 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0410-1 | OS7 OS8 SLE12 SES5 | wicked | 2020-02-19 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:0388-1 | SLE12 | xen | 2020-02-17 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4280-2 | 12.04 14.04 | clamav | 2020-02-18 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4280-1 | 16.04 18.04 19.10 | clamav | 2020-02-18 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4278-1 | 18.04 19.10 | firefox | 2020-02-13 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4287-1 | 16.04 18.04 | linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gke-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon | 2020-02-18 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4286-1 | 16.04 | linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon | 2020-02-18 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4285-1 | 18.04 | linux-aws-5.0, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gke-5.0, linux-oracle-5.0 | 2020-02-18 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4287-2 | 14.04 | linux-azure | 2020-02-18 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4284-1 | 18.04 19.10 | linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-raspi2-5.3 | 2020-02-18 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4286-2 | 14.04 | linux-lts-xenial, linux-aws | 2020-02-18 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4279-1 | 12.04 14.04 16.04 18.04 19.10 | php5, php7.0, php7.2, php7.3 | 2020-02-17 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4282-1 | 18.04 19.10 | postgresql-10, postgresql-11 | 2020-02-18 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4283-1 | 16.04 18.04 19.10 | qemu | 2020-02-18 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4281-1 | 18.04 19.10 | webkit2gtk | 2020-02-18 |
Kernel patches of interest
Kernel releases
Architecture-specific
Core kernel
Development tools
Device drivers
H. Nikolaus Schaller
MIPS: CI20: Add efuse driver for Ingenic JZ4780 and attach to DM9000 for stable MAC addresses
Feb 16
Ramuthevar,Vadivel MuruganX
spi: cadence-quadpsi: Add support for the Cadence QSPI controller
Feb 19
Device-driver infrastructure
Filesystems and block layer
Memory management
Networking
Security-related
Virtualization and containers
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