Announcements
Non-Commercial announcements
AMD joins OSDL
The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) has announced that AMD has joined OSDL and will participate in OSDL's Data Center Linux and Carrier Grade Linux working groups.
Commercial announcements
Lindows Partners With Questar to Offer Linspire in Italy
Lindows, Inc. has announced that the company has signed a joint agreement with Questar to provide Italian citizens with Linspire.TransGaming and Lindows Partner to Bring Games to Linspire
TransGaming and Lindows have announced that they will be partnering to bring PC games to the Linspire distribution.Mandrakesoft: half-year results ending March
MandrakeSoft has released its half-year results ending March 31. Of note is a 20% increase in revenue and 37% increase in gross profits as compared the comparable period last year.Metrowerks CodeWarrior development studios
Metrowerks has announced availability of two new CodeWarrior development studios for Linux.MontaVista Software gets another $7 million
MontaVista Software has announced equity investments from Siemens, Infineon, Samsung, and the China Development Industrial bank totaling $7 million. The total amount of equity investments in this embedded Linux company now exceeds $72 million.Opera Version 7.50 Beta 1 Released on all Desktop Platforms
Opera Software has released the beta 1 of version 7.50 of the Opera browser, redesigned from the bottom up for all platforms, including Linux and FreeBSD.VideoPropulsion announces Linux support for PCI HIPPI NIC
VideoPropulsion has announced support for HFP-866 PCI HIPPI Network Interface Controller (NIC) on systems using the Linux operating system.xDMS Xandros Desktop Management Server in Enterprise Testing
Xandros has announced enterprise trials of xDMS (Xandros Desktop Management Server), which offers remote management capabilities.
New Books
GNOME 2 Developer's Guide
The Official GNOME 2 Developers Guide has been published by No Starch Press. "Last week, No Starch Press and the GNOME Foundation announced the release of _The Official GNOME 2 Developers Guide_, the first English-language book about developing with GNOME 2. Written by Matthias Warkus in German, the book was translated by Brian Ward and given a technically polish by Michael Meeks. The forward is by Miguel de Icaza. This book was a long time in the making."
Prentice Hall releases Linux Programming By Example: The Fundamentals
Prentice Hall PTR has announced the publication of Linux Programming By Example: The Fundamentals."High Performance MySQL" Released by O'Reilly
O'Reilly has publishe the book High Performance MySQL by Jeremy D. Zawodny and Derek J. BallingWarDriving: Drive, Detect, Defend published
Syngress Publishing has published the book WarDriving: Drive, Detect, Defend by Chris Hurley, Frank Thornton, Michael Puchol, and Russ Rogers.Wi-Fi Guide, Second Edition Published
Paraglyph Press has published the second edition of Jeff Duntemann's Wi-Fi Guide.
Resources
Austin Group Minutes for April 22, 2004
The minutes are available for the April 22, 2004 Austin Group teleconference.GNOME Foundation / Mozilla Foundation Meeting (GnomeDesktop)
GnomeDesktop.org has the minutes from a joint meeting between the GNOME Foundation and some Mozilla Foundation members. "We had a meeting with some representatives of the Mozilla Foundation about how we could collaborate a little closer in future."
You can read more about the meeting in this MozillaZine article.
LDP Weekly News
The April 28, 2004 edition of the Linux Documentation Project Weekly News is available with the latest documentation releases.The Native-Lang Newsletter
The April 1, 2004 edition of the OpenOffice.org Native-Language newsletter is available. "This newletter will keep you updated on what's going on inside the Native-Lang Confederation of OpenOffice.org We'll try to collect every piece of interesting news inside the Native-Lang projects, at the level of the Confederation and we'll also provide some insights on localizations, marketing, development, etc..."
Real World Linux Slides Online (KDE.News)
George Staikos has announced the availability of slides from his talk at the Real World Linux conference. "This month I had the opportunity to speak about KDE, what KDE is doing to move into the enterprise, and present a case study of a company who moved from a Microsoft Windows platform to Linux and KDE. The presentation was at Real World Linux in Toronto, and Robert Brodie of Display Works Inc. joined me to talk about their migration experiences. The slides are finally available online, both mine and Robert's. In addition, the original OOImpress document of my slides is online."
Contests and Awards
2004 MySQL Awards announced
The winners of the 2004 MySQL Application of the Year and MySQL Partner of the Year awards have been announced. "Presented at last weeks MySQL Users Conference & Expo, the MySQL Application of the Year and Partner of the Year awards recognize select MySQL users and partners whose applications, products or services are models for how MySQL can be used in major computing systems to bring dramatic cost savings, performance and reliability benefits to organizations and end-users."
OpenOffice.org School Mascot Competition: Winner Announced
The winner of the OpenOffice.org mascot competition has been selected. "The happy winner is Andrea Maggioni, whose cheerful drawing, of a fun-looking seagull holding a fish, plays on the "OOo" shorthand of OpenOffice.org and was chosen democratically out of dozens of submissions by students throughout the world."
2004 ICFP Programming Contest Announcement
The 2004 ICFP Programming Contest will take place from June 4-7, 2004. "We are pleased to announce the Seventh ICFP Programming Contest to be held in conjunction with the 2004 International Conference on Functional Programming (ICFP 2004). All programmers are invited to enter the contest, either individually or in teams; we especially encourage students to enter. You may use any programming language (or combination of languages) to show your skill."
Ludum Dare 48 Hour Competition 4
A new Ludum Dare 48 Hour game writing competition has been announced. "The Ludum Dare Competition is a 48 hour solo endurance game design/programming community competition. The goal is to explore unique, innovative, and wacky game design ideas, without the commitment of a regular length game project. Given a community decided theme, each entrant builds a game from scratch over the period of 2 days. For a sense of competetion, the entrants vote and score the entered games, but there are no prizes."
Upcoming Events
2nd international Linux Audio Conference update
The second international Linux Audio Conference starts on April 29 in Karlsruhe, Germany. "We have a number of very interesting presentations, all of which will be streamed out live, for the unlucky folks who can't be here in person. additionally, you will be able to download the presentation slides in advance should you wish to follow a lecture. there will be feedback channels on IRC, operated by folks who are in the lecture rooms. they will relay questions from you to the live audience."
EuroPython News Update
A news update has been published for the EuroPython European Python and Zope Conference. The event will take place in Sweden on June 7-9, 2004.Reminder: YAPC::Europe submission deadline (use Perl)
Use Perl has posted a reminder that proposals are due soon for YAPC::Europe.Windows NT4 Migration to Samba-3 Seminars in Australia
The AUUG has announced a series of Australian seminars on the migration from Windows NT4 to Samba-3. The events will be held in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra through May.Events: April 29 - June 24, 2004
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| April 29 - May 2, 2004 | 2nd Linux Audio Developers Conference | (Institute for Music and Acoustics)Karlsruhe, Germany |
| May 3 - 5, 2004 | International PHP Conference 2004 Spring Edition | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| May 6 - 8, 2004 | TheServerSide Java Symposium | (The Venetian)Las Vegas, NV |
| May 6 - 8, 2004 | Web.It 2004 | Padova, Italy |
| May 11 - 12, 2004 | LinuxWorld Conference & Expo | (Hotel Istana)Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| May 16 - 18, 2004 | European Firebird Conference 2004 | Fulda, Germany |
| May 17 - 20, 2004 | Fifth LCI International Conference on Linux Clusters | (University of Texas)Austin, TX |
| May 17 - 19, 2004 | Enterprise Software Summit | (The Palace Hotel)San Francisco, CA |
| May 17 - 20, 2004 | Black Hat Briefings Europe 2004 | (Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky)Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| May 17 - 21, 2004 | Apache Boot Camp | Atlanta, GA |
| May 20 - 22, 2004 | Austrian Perl Workshop | Vienna, Austria |
| May 24 - 26, 2004 | GridToday 2004 | (Philadelphia Convention Center)Philadelphia, PA |
| May 25 - 26, 2004 | LinuxWorld Conference & Expo | (Suntec)Singapore |
| May 26 - June 6, 2004 | DebConf4 | Porto Alegre, Brazil |
| May 26 - 29, 2004 | 2nd International Symposium on Computer Music Modeling and Retrieval | Esbjerg, Denmark |
| June 2 - 4, 2004 | 2004 GCC and GNU Toolchain Developer's Summit | (Ottawa Congress Centre)Ottawa, Canada |
| June 3 - 4, 2004 | Web.It 2004 | Milano, Italy |
| June 6 - 7, 2004 | French Perl Workshop | Paris, France |
| June 7 - 9, 2004 | EuroPython | (Chalmers University of Technology)Göteborg, Sweden |
| June 13, 2004 | 1st European Lisp and Scheme Workshop | Oslo, Norway |
| June 14 - 18, 2004 | 18th European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming(ECOOP-2004) | (The University of Oslo)Oslo, Norway |
| June 16 - 18, 2004 | Yet Another Perl Conference(YAPC::NA::2004) | (University at Buffalo)Buffalo, NY |
| June 16 - 18, 2004 | YAPC::NA 2004 | (University at Buffalo)Buffalo, NY |
Event Reports
SambaXP 2004 A Success
The Samba Site covers the recent SambaXP conference. "SambaXP, held in Göttingen, Germany April 5-7, was a success and a good time for all involved. Thirteen Samba Team members were present, leading ten talks and tutorials over the three days."
Mailing Lists
Boston GNOME list formed
A new Boston area GNOME mailing list has been formed. "Since there are a lot of GNOME contributors now living in and around the Boston metropolitan area, we're setting up a list for announcing informal social events."
Web sites
HylaFAX Wiki site launched
A new HylaFAX Wiki has been launched to support the HylaFAX fax modem project. "The HylaFAX Wiki is under construction. Please add to it, and watch it grow!"
LinuxQuestions.org Adds a Linux User Groups Forum
LinuxQuestions.org has added a new forum for Linux User Groups. "The LUG forum will allow members of Linux User Groups around the world to post announcements, attract more members, coordinate meetings and communicate with other LUGs. It also provides a resource for people who are interested in joining a local LUG, making it easier to find one in their area."
LinuxQuestions.org Adds an Enterprise Linux Forum
LinuxQuestions.org has announced a new forum on Enterprise Linux. "The LinuxQuestions.org Enterprise Linux forum will offer a place to get free, community-based help to enterprise users who are running Linux, migrating to Linux or researching the viability of a Linux implementation. As Linux moves into the enterprise, it is increasingly important to have a community resource to leverage when addressing smaller problems or searching for quick tips that a traditional support contract may not cover."
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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