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Calls for Presentations
CFP Deadlines: September 16, 2021 to November 15, 2021
The following listing of CFP deadlines is taken from the LWN.net CFP Calendar.
| Deadline | Event Dates | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 30 | November 27 November 28 |
EmacsConf | Online |
| October 1 | December 3 December 4 |
OLF Conference | Columbus, OH, USA |
| October 4 | November 17 | SQLite & Tcl virtual conference | Online |
| October 19 | November 30 December 2 |
Yocto Project Summit 2021-11 | virtual |
| October 24 | December 1 December 4 |
FlaskCon | Online |
| November 1 | July 28 July 31 |
Southern California Linux Expo | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
If the CFP deadline for your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Upcoming Events
Events: September 16, 2021 to November 15, 2021
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| September 15 September 17 |
X.Org Developers Conference 2021 | Virtual |
| September 15 September 17 |
International Workshop on OpenMP | Bristol, UK |
| September 16 September 19 |
EuroBSDCon 2021 | online |
| September 16 | Practical Open Source Information | Online |
| September 17 September 20 |
PyCon India 2021 | Online |
| September 20 September 24 |
GNU Radio Conference 2021 | Charlotte, NC, USA |
| September 20 September 24 |
Linux Plumbers Conference | Online |
| September 22 September 24 |
CyberCon | Brno, Czech Republic |
| September 22 September 23 |
Open Mainframe Summit | Online, UTC-4 |
| September 25 September 26 |
Ubucon Asia 2021 | Online |
| September 27 September 29 |
OSPOCon | Seattle, WA, and online |
| September 27 September 30 |
Open Source Summit + Embedded Linux Conference | Seattle, WA, and online |
| September 28 September 30 |
Qt Developer Conference [POSTPONED] | Berlin, Germany |
| September 29 October 1 |
Linux Security Summit | Seattle, WA, and online |
| September 30 October 1 |
Collabora COOL Days 2021 | Online |
| October 2 October 3 |
MiniDebConf | Regensburg, Germany |
| October 3 October 9 |
Fedora Week of Diversity | Online |
| October 4 October 5 |
Open Source Strategy Forum London | London, UK |
| October 4 | LinuxConf [ZA] | Online, South Africa |
| October 5 | PostgresConf South Africa | Online, South Africa |
| October 6 | OSPOCon Europe | London, UK |
| October 7 October 8 |
PyCon ZA 2021 | Online |
| October 11 October 12 |
Open Networking & Edge Summit + Kubernetes on Edge Day | Virtual |
| October 17 October 19 |
All Things Open | Raleigh, NC, and virtual |
| November 3 | Qt World Summit 2021 | Online |
| November 5 November 6 |
Seattle GNU/Linux conference | Online |
| November 9 November 10 |
Open Source Strategy Forum New York | New York, NY, USA |
| November 9 November 10 |
PackagingCon 2021 | Online |
| November 10 November 12 |
Meeting C++ 2021 | Online |
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Security updates
Alert summary September 9, 2021 to September 15, 2021
| Dist. | ID | Release | Package | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arch Linux | ASA-202109-6 | chromium | 2021-09-15 | |
| Arch Linux | ASA-202109-4 | element-desktop | 2021-09-15 | |
| Arch Linux | ASA-202109-5 | element-web | 2021-09-15 | |
| Arch Linux | ASA-202109-2 | firefox | 2021-09-15 | |
| Arch Linux | ASA-202109-3 | ghostscript | 2021-09-15 | |
| Arch Linux | ASA-202109-1 | hedgedoc | 2021-09-15 | |
| Debian | DLA-2756-1 | LTS | firefox-esr | 2021-09-10 |
| Debian | DSA-4969-1 | stable | firefox-esr | 2021-09-09 |
| Debian | DSA-4972-1 | stable | ghostscript | 2021-09-10 |
| Debian | DSA-4971-1 | stable | ntfs-3g | 2021-09-09 |
| Debian | DSA-4970-1 | stable | postorius | 2021-09-09 |
| Debian | DLA-2753-2 | LTS | qemu | 2021-09-12 |
| Debian | DLA-2757-1 | LTS | thunderbird | 2021-09-13 |
| Debian | DSA-4973-1 | stable | thunderbird | 2021-09-10 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-78b9d84299 | F33 | chromium | 2021-09-13 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-6225d60814 | F34 | chromium | 2021-09-13 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-09ba2aa171 | F34 | firefox | 2021-09-10 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-73f1c26853 | F33 | java-1.8.0-openjdk-aarch32 | 2021-09-09 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-928c580b9c | F34 | java-1.8.0-openjdk-aarch32 | 2021-09-09 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-60f1d2eba1 | F33 | kernel | 2021-09-14 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-4ca1b080bb | F34 | kernel | 2021-09-14 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-96b2a3b3ee | F33 | libtpms | 2021-09-09 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-b35192a79c | F34 | libtpms | 2021-09-09 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-f59bda7d94 | F34 | lynx | 2021-09-08 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-2e8ed15b14 | F34 | matrix-synapse | 2021-09-08 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-aee8f32946 | F34 | mosquitto | 2021-09-10 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-974adcb4a6 | F33 | openssl | 2021-09-14 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-b131080aa3 | F33 | proftpd | 2021-09-08 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-0a148b34a5 | F34 | proftpd | 2021-09-08 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-93a7c8b7c6 | F33 | salt | 2021-09-09 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-00ada7e667 | F34 | salt | 2021-09-09 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:3020-1 | 15.3 | apache2-mod_auth_openidc | 2021-09-13 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:3044-1 | 15.3 | ghostscript | 2021-09-15 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:1249-1 | 15.2 | gifsicle | 2021-09-13 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:1266-1 | SLE12 | htmldoc | 2021-09-15 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:1254-1 | 15.2 | libaom | 2021-09-14 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:3005-1 | 15.3 | libaom | 2021-09-09 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:3004-1 | 15.3 | libtpms | 2021-09-09 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:1253-1 | 15.2 | nextcloud | 2021-09-14 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:1252-1 | SLE12 | nextcloud | 2021-09-14 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:1250-1 | SLE15.1 | nextcloud | 2021-09-13 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:1255-1 | SLE15.3 | nextcloud | 2021-09-14 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:1244-1 | 15.2 | ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs | 2021-09-09 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:1261-1 | 15.2 | openssl-1_0_0 | 2021-09-14 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:2994-1 | 15.3 | openssl-1_0_0 | 2021-09-09 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:1248-1 | 15.2 | openssl-1_1 | 2021-09-12 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:3018-1 | 15.3 | php7-pear | 2021-09-13 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:3017-1 | 15.3 | wireshark | 2021-09-13 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-3492 | OL8 | cyrus-imapd | 2021-09-13 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-3498 | OL7 | firefox | 2021-09-13 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-3498 | OL7 | firefox | 2021-09-13 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-3497 | OL8 | firefox | 2021-09-13 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-9442 | OL6 | kernel | 2021-09-08 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-9442 | OL7 | kernel | 2021-09-08 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-3447 | OL8 | kernel | 2021-09-08 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-9449 | OL8 | libtirpc | 2021-09-14 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-9444 | OL7 | oswatcher | 2021-09-10 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-9444 | OL7 | oswatcher | 2021-09-10 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-9444 | OL8 | oswatcher | 2021-09-10 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-9444 | OL8 | oswatcher | 2021-09-10 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-3494 | OL7 | thunderbird | 2021-09-13 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-3494 | OL7 | thunderbird | 2021-09-13 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-3499 | OL8 | thunderbird | 2021-09-13 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:3477-01 | EL7 | RHV-H | 2021-09-09 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:3492-01 | EL8 | cyrus-imapd | 2021-09-13 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:3546-01 | EL8.1 | cyrus-imapd | 2021-09-15 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:3493-01 | EL8.2 | cyrus-imapd | 2021-09-13 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:3498-01 | EL7 | firefox | 2021-09-13 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:3497-01 | EL8 | firefox | 2021-09-13 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:3501-01 | EL8.1 | firefox | 2021-09-13 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:3496-01 | EL8.2 | firefox | 2021-09-13 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:3522-01 | EL7.7 | kernel | 2021-09-14 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:3548-01 | EL8 | kernel | 2021-09-15 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:3547-01 | EL8 | kernel-rt | 2021-09-15 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:3523-01 | EL7.7 | kpatch-patch | 2021-09-14 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:3481-01 | OSP16.1 | openstack-neutron | 2021-09-09 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:3494-01 | EL7 | thunderbird | 2021-09-13 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:3499-01 | EL8 | thunderbird | 2021-09-13 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:3495-01 | EL8.1 | thunderbird | 2021-09-13 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:3500-01 | EL8.2 | thunderbird | 2021-09-13 |
| Scientific Linux | SLSA-2021:3498-1 | SL7 | firefox | 2021-09-13 |
| Scientific Linux | SLSA-2021:3438-1 | SL7 | kernel | 2021-09-08 |
| Scientific Linux | SLSA-2021:3494-1 | SL7 | thunderbird | 2021-09-13 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3020-1 | SLE15 | apache2-mod_auth_openidc | 2021-09-13 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3019-1 | SLE12 | compat-openssl098 | 2021-09-13 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3044-1 | MP4.0 SLE15 SES6 | ghostscript | 2021-09-15 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3003-1 | SLE12 | grilo | 2021-09-09 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3007-1 | SLE12 | java-1_7_0-openjdk | 2021-09-09 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3005-1 | SLE15 | libaom | 2021-09-09 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3004-1 | SLE15 | libtpms | 2021-09-09 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3008-1 | OS9 SLE12 | mariadb | 2021-09-09 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:2995-1 | OS9 SLE12 | openssl-1_0_0 | 2021-09-09 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:2994-1 | SLE15 SES6 | openssl-1_0_0 | 2021-09-09 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:2996-1 | OS9 SLE12 | openssl-1_1 | 2021-09-09 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3018-1 | SLE15 | php7-pear | 2021-09-13 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3006-1 | SLE12 | php74-pear | 2021-09-09 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3017-1 | SLE15 | wireshark | 2021-09-13 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5077-2 | 14.04 16.04 | apport | 2021-09-14 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5077-1 | 18.04 20.04 21.04 | apport | 2021-09-14 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5079-2 | 14.04 16.04 | curl | 2021-09-15 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5079-1 | 18.04 20.04 21.04 | curl | 2021-09-15 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5074-1 | 18.04 20.04 21.04 | firefox | 2021-09-09 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5075-1 | 20.04 21.04 | ghostscript | 2021-09-10 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5076-1 | 16.04 18.04 20.04 | git | 2021-09-13 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5069-2 | 21.04 | libapache2-mod-auth-mellon | 2021-09-08 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5070-1 | 20.04 21.04 | linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.11, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.11, linux-gcp, linux-hwe-5.11, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.11, linux-raspi | 2021-09-08 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5071-1 | 18.04 20.04 | linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-gke, linux-gke-5.4, linux-gkeop, linux-gkeop-5.4, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4 | 2021-09-08 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5073-1 | 14.04 16.04 18.04 | linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-dell300x, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-snapdragon | 2021-09-08 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5072-1 | 20.04 | linux-azure-5.8, linux-oem-5.10 | 2021-09-08 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5078-1 | 18.04 20.04 21.04 | squashfs-tools | 2021-09-15 |
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