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CFP Deadlines: March 11, 2021 to May 10, 2021
The following listing of CFP deadlines is taken from the LWN.net CFP Calendar.
Deadline | Event Dates | Event | Location |
---|---|---|---|
March 15 | May 13 May 15 |
Linux App Summit | online |
March 19 | May 4 May 6 |
sambaXP 2021 | Online |
March 22 | July 21 July 25 |
GUADEC | Online |
April 25 | May 25 May 26 |
Yocto Project Virtual Summit 2021 | Online |
April 25 | July 9 July 11 |
State of the Map | Online |
April 30 | October 17 October 19 |
All Things Open | Raleigh, NC, and virtual |
April 30 | June 3 | Live Embedded Event | Online |
May 2 | June 18 June 25 |
Akademy 2021 | Online |
May 4 | June 18 June 20 |
openSUSE conference | online |
If the CFP deadline for your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Upcoming Events
The LibrePlanet 2021 schedule is here
The Free Software Foundation has announced the schedule for LibrePlanet 2021, which will be held online on March 20-21. "In addition to the opening keynote by Julia Reda, the Sunday opening keynote by Nadya Peek, and the closing keynote by Nathan Freitas, Sunday afternoon will feature a keynote by FSF president Geoff Knauth and executive director John Sullivan. Beyond this, the LibrePlanet 2021 schedule delivers a wide range of presentations carefully selected by FSF staff and by our newly established LibrePlanet community committee."
Events: March 11, 2021 to May 10, 2021
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
Date(s) | Event | Location |
---|---|---|
March 20 March 21 |
LibrePlanet 2021 | Online |
March 30 | Open Source 101 | Online |
April 9 April 10 |
Grazer Linuxtage 2021 | Online |
May 2 May 3 |
PyCon Israel 2021 | Online |
May 4 May 6 |
sambaXP 2021 | Online |
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Security updates
Alert summary March 4, 2021 to March 10, 2021
Dist. | ID | Release | Package | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Debian | DLA-2583-1 | LTS | activemq | 2021-03-05 |
Debian | DLA-2586-1 | LTS | kernel | 2021-03-09 |
Debian | DLA-2584-1 | LTS | libcaca | 2021-03-07 |
Debian | DLA-2585-1 | LTS | libupnp | 2021-03-08 |
Debian | DLA-2582-1 | LTS | mqtt-client | 2021-03-05 |
Debian | DLA-2587-1 | LTS | privoxy | 2021-03-09 |
Debian | DLA-2553-2 | LTS | xcftools | 2021-03-08 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-dc1a4934a5 | F32 | 389-ds-base | 2021-03-04 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-7458e2d835 | F33 | 389-ds-base | 2021-03-03 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-93ff9e9103 | F33 | ceph | 2021-03-05 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-dc1a4934a5 | F32 | dogtag-pki | 2021-03-04 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-7458e2d835 | F33 | dogtag-pki | 2021-03-03 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-fba11d37ee | F33 | dpdk | 2021-03-04 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-43088486b2 | F32 | firefox | 2021-03-08 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-dc1a4934a5 | F32 | freeipa | 2021-03-04 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-7458e2d835 | F33 | freeipa | 2021-03-03 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-954ebabcf7 | F32 | isync | 2021-03-03 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-ef8c2acfce | F33 | isync | 2021-03-04 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-1db4ab0a3d | F32 | kernel | 2021-03-08 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-a2d3ad5dda | F33 | kernel | 2021-03-08 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-1db4ab0a3d | F32 | kernel-headers | 2021-03-08 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-a2d3ad5dda | F33 | kernel-headers | 2021-03-08 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-1db4ab0a3d | F32 | kernel-tools | 2021-03-08 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-a2d3ad5dda | F33 | kernel-tools | 2021-03-08 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-9a0fff8455 | F32 | libebml | 2021-03-08 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-aa78f97893 | F33 | libebml | 2021-03-08 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-e0f390c951 | F32 | libtpms | 2021-03-10 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-caf9e04ef1 | F33 | libtpms | 2021-03-10 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-d8e6f014e5 | F32 | mupdf | 2021-03-05 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-572bb0f886 | F33 | mupdf | 2021-03-05 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-b5e897a2e5 | F32 | nagios | 2021-03-07 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-5689072a7e | F33 | nagios | 2021-03-07 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-fba11d37ee | F33 | openvswitch | 2021-03-04 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-dc1a4934a5 | F32 | pki-core | 2021-03-04 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-7458e2d835 | F33 | pki-core | 2021-03-03 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-85087f8a70 | F32 | privoxy | 2021-03-10 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-5fb8bd8258 | F33 | privoxy | 2021-03-10 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-d8e6f014e5 | F32 | python-PyMuPDF | 2021-03-05 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-572bb0f886 | F33 | python-PyMuPDF | 2021-03-05 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-5e9894a0c5 | F32 | screen | 2021-03-03 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-9107eeb95c | F33 | screen | 2021-03-04 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-99cad2b81f | F32 | wpa_supplicant | 2021-03-08 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-c5b679877e | F32 | x11vnc | 2021-03-10 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-93911302d6 | F33 | x11vnc | 2021-03-10 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-d8e6f014e5 | F32 | zathura-pdf-mupdf | 2021-03-05 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2021-572bb0f886 | F33 | zathura-pdf-mupdf | 2021-03-05 |
Mageia | MGASA-2021-0110 | 7, 8 | bind | 2021-03-04 |
Mageia | MGASA-2021-0106 | 7, 8 | chromium-browser-stable | 2021-03-04 |
Mageia | MGASA-2021-0116 | 7 | cups | 2021-03-07 |
Mageia | MGASA-2021-0097 | 7, 8 | firefox | 2021-03-04 |
Mageia | MGASA-2021-0111 | 7, 8 | gnome-autoar | 2021-03-04 |
Mageia | MGASA-2021-0113 | 7 | jasper | 2021-03-04 |
Mageia | MGASA-2021-0099 | 7 | kernel | 2021-03-04 |
Mageia | MGASA-2021-0117 | 7, 8 | kernel | 2021-03-07 |
Mageia | MGASA-2021-0101 | 8 | kernel | 2021-03-04 |
Mageia | MGASA-2021-0100 | 7 | kernel-linus | 2021-03-04 |
Mageia | MGASA-2021-0102 | 8 | kernel-linus | 2021-03-04 |
Mageia | MGASA-2021-0098 | 7 | libtiff | 2021-03-04 |
Mageia | MGASA-2021-0103 | 7 | nonfree-firmware | 2021-03-04 |
Mageia | MGASA-2021-0104 | 8 | nonfree-firmware | 2021-03-04 |
Mageia | MGASA-2021-0105 | 7, 8 | openldap | 2021-03-04 |
Mageia | MGASA-2021-0108 | 7, 8 | openssl and compat-openssl10 | 2021-03-04 |
Mageia | MGASA-2021-0115 | 7, 8 | pngcheck | 2021-03-05 |
Mageia | MGASA-2021-0114 | 7, 8 | python-pygments | 2021-03-05 |
Mageia | MGASA-2021-0109 | 7, 8 | screen | 2021-03-04 |
Mageia | MGASA-2021-0096 | 7, 8 | thunderbird | 2021-03-04 |
Mageia | MGASA-2021-0107 | 7, 8 | webkit2 | 2021-03-04 |
Mageia | MGASA-2021-0112 | 7, 8 | xpdf | 2021-03-04 |
openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0386-1 | 15.2 | bind | 2021-03-06 |
openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0401-1 | chromium | 2021-03-10 | |
openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0392-1 | 15.2 | chromium | 2021-03-08 |
openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0390-1 | 15.2 | gnome-autoar | 2021-03-06 |
openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0393-1 | 15.2 | kernel | 2021-03-08 |
openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0397-1 | mbedtls | 2021-03-09 | |
openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0384-1 | 15.2 | mbedtls | 2021-03-05 |
openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0341-1 | 15.2 | nghttp2 | 2021-02-25 |
openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0389-1 | 15.2 | nodejs8 | 2021-03-06 |
openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0337-1 | 15.2 | postgresql, postgresql13 | 2021-02-24 |
openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0338-1 | python-djangorestframework | 2021-02-25 | |
openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0387-1 | 15.2 | thunderbird | 2021-03-06 |
Oracle | ELSA-2021-0699 | OL7 | grub2 | 2021-03-04 |
Oracle | ELSA-2021-9085 | OL7 | kernel | 2021-03-09 |
Oracle | ELSA-2021-9084 | OL7 | kernel | 2021-03-09 |
Oracle | ELSA-2021-9084 | OL7 | kernel | 2021-03-09 |
Oracle | ELSA-2021-9085 | OL8 | kernel | 2021-03-09 |
Oracle | ELSA-2021-9086 | OL7 | kernel-container | 2021-03-09 |
Oracle | ELSA-2021-9086 | OL8 | kernel-container | 2021-03-09 |
Oracle | ELSA-2021-0742 | OL7 | screen | 2021-03-08 |
Oracle | ELSA-2021-0742 | OL7 | screen | 2021-03-09 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0794-01 | EL7 | .NET 5.0 | 2021-03-09 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0787-01 | EL7 | .NET Core 2.1 | 2021-03-09 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0789-01 | EL7 | .NET Core 3.1 | 2021-03-09 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0793-01 | EL8 | .NET Core | 2021-03-09 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0727-01 | EL7.7 | bind | 2021-03-04 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0759-01 | EL7.4 | curl | 2021-03-09 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0788-01 | EL8 | dotnet | 2021-03-09 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0790-01 | EL8 | dotnet3.1 | 2021-03-09 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0733-01 | EL7 | java-1.7.1-ibm | 2021-03-04 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0717-01 | EL7 | java-1.8.0-ibm | 2021-03-03 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0736-01 | EL8 | java-1.8.0-ibm | 2021-03-04 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0760-01 | EL7.4 | kernel | 2021-03-09 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0765-01 | EL8.2 | kernel | 2021-03-09 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0774-01 | EL8.2 | kernel-rt | 2021-03-09 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0763-01 | EL8.2 | kpatch-patch | 2021-03-09 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0735-01 | EL8 | nodejs:10 | 2021-03-04 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0741-01 | EL8.1 | nodejs:10 | 2021-03-08 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0738-01 | EL8.2 | nodejs:10 | 2021-03-08 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0734-01 | EL8 | nodejs:12 | 2021-03-04 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0739-01 | EL8.1 | nodejs:12 | 2021-03-08 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0740-01 | EL8.2 | nodejs:12 | 2021-03-08 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0744-01 | EL8 | nodejs:14 | 2021-03-08 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0758-01 | EL7.4 | nss-softokn | 2021-03-09 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0761-01 | EL7.4 | python | 2021-03-09 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0742-01 | EL7 | screen | 2021-03-08 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0743-01 | EL8.2.1 | virt:8.2 and virt-devel:8.2 | 2021-03-08 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0771-01 | EL8.2 | virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel | 2021-03-09 |
Scientific Linux | SLSA-2021:0699-1 | SL7 | grub2 | 2021-03-03 |
Scientific Linux | SLSA-2021:0742-1 | SL7 | screen | 2021-03-08 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0724-1 | SLE15 | 389-ds | 2021-03-08 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0722-1 | SLE12 | crmsh | 2021-03-08 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0713-1 | SLE12 | freeradius-server | 2021-03-04 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0714-1 | SLE15 | freeradius-server | 2021-03-04 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0757-1 | MP4.0 SLE15 SES6 | git | 2021-03-10 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0756-1 | OS7 OS8 OS9 SLE12 | git | 2021-03-09 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0737-1 | MP4.0 SLE15 SES6 | kernel | 2021-03-09 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0744-1 | OS7 SLE12 | kernel | 2021-03-09 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0743-1 | OS8 SLE12 | kernel | 2021-03-09 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0736-1 | OS9 SLE12 | kernel | 2021-03-09 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0742-1 | SLE12 | kernel | 2021-03-09 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0739-1 | SLE12 | kernel | 2021-03-09 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0738-1 | SLE15 | kernel | 2021-03-09 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0740-1 | SLE15 | kernel | 2021-03-09 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0735-1 | SLE15 | kernel | 2021-03-09 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0741-1 | SLE15 | kernel | 2021-03-09 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0694-1 | MP4.0 SLE15 SES6 | kernel-firmware | 2021-03-03 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0723-1 | MP4.0 SLE15 SES6 | openldap2 | 2021-03-08 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0693-1 | OS7 OS8 OS9 SLE12 | openldap2 | 2021-03-03 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0692-1 | SLE12 | openldap2 | 2021-03-03 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0725-1 | OS9 SLE12 | openssl-1_0_0 | 2021-03-08 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0753-1 | MP4.0 SLE15 SES6 | openssl-1_1 | 2021-03-09 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0752-1 | OS9 SLE12 | openssl-1_1 | 2021-03-09 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0754-1 | SLE15 | openssl-1_1 | 2021-03-09 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0755-1 | SLE15 | openssl-1_1 | 2021-03-09 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0695-1 | MP4.0 SLE15 SES6 | postgresql12 | 2021-03-03 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0696-1 | MP4.0 SLE15 SES6 | python-cryptography | 2021-03-03 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0721-1 | MP4.0 SLE15 SES6 | wpa_supplicant | 2021-03-08 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0745-1 | OS7 OS8 OS9 SLE12 | wpa_supplicant | 2021-03-09 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0720-1 | SLE12 | wpa_supplicant | 2021-03-08 |
Ubuntu | USN-4761-1 | 16.04 18.04 20.04 20.10 | git | 2021-03-09 |
Ubuntu | USN-4759-1 | 16.04 18.04 20.04 20.10 | glib2.0 | 2021-03-08 |
Ubuntu | USN-4733-2 | 18.04 20.04 20.10 | gnome-autoar | 2021-03-08 |
Ubuntu | USN-4758-1 | 16.04 18.04 20.04 20.10 | golang-1.10, golang-1.14 | 2021-03-08 |
Ubuntu | USN-4760-1 | 18.04 20.04 20.10 | libzstd | 2021-03-08 |
Ubuntu | USN-4762-1 | 20.04 20.10 | openssh | 2021-03-10 |
Ubuntu | USN-4757-2 | 14.04 | wpa | 2021-03-04 |
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