Announcements
Non-Commercial announcements
Firefox Marketing Project, Week 2 (MozillaZine)
MozillaZine covers week 2 of the Firefox marketing project. "As I write this, 1369 people have given Firefox a 96% approval rating, and 1220 people have rated it straight fives across the board. Firefox is now on the most popular list, above other heavyweights like MSN Messenger, AIM, and Winamp. This was an amazing launch to our 'ten weeks, ten ideas, ten million downloads' community marketing campaign."
OSIA: We Have The Solution To Software Piracy
Australia's OSIA has sent out a press release that recommends the use of open source software to thwart the software piracy problem. "Australia's Open Source industry body OSIA calls upon governments worldwide to do more to stem the levels of software intellectual property misuse, which impacts the ICT industry globally. By emphasising alternative solutions based on open source software, governments and corporates can do much to halt the illegal copying of proprietary software."
Python Software Foundation call for proposals
A PSF grant proposal has been posted. "The Python Software Foundation is seeking grant proposals for projects related to the further development of Python, Python-related technology, and educational resources. The PSF plans to issue calls for proposals regularly." Proposals should be submitted by October 1, projects start on November 1, and should be completed in one year. Thanks to A.M. Kuchling.
Commercial announcements
Announcing CrossOver Office Server Edition, Version 3.0.1
Version 3.0.1 of CrossOver Office Server Edition has been announced. "In addition to many improvements in Windows compatibility, this release provides much better support for a wide variety of new Linux distributions, including modern RedHat and Fedora versions."
Lindows announces PhoneGaim
Lindows, Inc. has announced its new PhoneGaim application. "PhoneGaim, a software program that combines phone and voice with Instant Messaging. With PhoneGaim, Linux computer users have the option to dial and receive phone calls directly from their PC to any phone, SIPphone or PhoneGaim user."
Microsoft and Lindows Settle Trademark Case
Microsoft and Lindows have announced a settlement in all the trademark infringement cases between the two companies. The press release reports that the settlement terms are confidential, however News.com reports that Microsoft will pay Lindows a $20 million settlement fee. "In exchange for the payment, Lindows--which recently renamed most of its products "Linspire" to work around European trademark suits--will give up the Lindows name and assign related Web domains to Microsoft, according to the registration statement Lindows filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission."
European Weather Forecast Center Installs Linux Networx Cluster System
Linux Networx has announced that the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) has installed an Evolocity II Linux Networx cluster computing system. The system will be used to evaluate the suitability of cluster technology for broader deployment within ECMWF's high performance production environment.Net Integration Technologies and Ingram Micro form Alliance
Net Integration Technologies and Ingram Micro have announced an alliance. "Net Integration Technologies Inc. (NITI), an award-winning software developer, today announced an exclusive North American distribution agreement with Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE:IM), the world's largest technology distributor, for its Nitix(TM)-powered server solutions."
ObjectsSearch Web APIs announced
ObjectsSearch.com has announced its new Web APIs service. "With the ObjectsSearch Web APIs service, software developers can query ObjectsSearch index from their own computer programs. ObjectsSearch uses the SOAP and WSDL standards so a developer can program in his or her favorite environment - such as Java, Perl, or Visual Studio .NET."
64-bit Applications Infrastructure Continues to Build Using Latest Release of PGI Compilers and Tools
The Portland Group has announced the general availability of version 5.2 of PGI Workstation, a suite of Fortran, C, and C++ compilers and development tools for scientists and engineers. The PGI compilers and tools are used on Linux workstations, servers, and clusters based on AMD64 and IA32 processors to build high-performance computing (HPC) applications for complex modeling and simulations in automotive crash testing, structural analysis, weather forecasting, geophysical processing, aerodynamic simulation, computational chemistry, and related fields.Sleepycat pushes into telecom market
Sleepycat Software and MontaVista Software Inc. have announced their collaboration to deliver and support a fault-tolerant and highly scalable platform for developers of carrier-class telecommunications and networking applications. The platform combines MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition with Sleepycat's Berkeley DB High Availability database.
New Books
Dive Into Python on paper
A paper version of Mark Pilgrim's Dive Into Python is now available.Signate Announces Publication of First Comprehensive Guide to Asterisk Open Source PBX Software
Signate has announced the publication of VoIP Telephony with Asterisk, by Paul Mahler. VoIP Telephony with Asterisk is the first comprehensive guide to the open source Linux PBX software.
Resources
The LDP Weekly News
A double issue of the LDP Weekly News is available with more than the usual amount of new documentation.
Upcoming Events
Gnome Documentation Day
The first Gnome Documentation Day will be held on Sunday, July 24. "Here's how you can help: Show up on #docs on GIMPNet (irc.gnome.org) on Sunday. Bring a fresh copy of emacs (or your text editor of choice), and prepare to be greeted shamelessly by one of our fearless community leaders. If you want to write, we can give you something to write. If you want to review, we can give you something to review. If you want to hack (oh please!), we can give you something to hack."
Linux event: Picn*x13
The 4th annual Linux Anniversary Picnic & Barbecue ("Picn*x13") will be held on August 7, 2004 at the Sunnyvale Baylands Park in Sunnyvale, California. "All members of the Linux community are invited and encouraged to bring their friends and family. Picn*x13 is organized as a family event, so pack the kids in the minivan and head on over."
LinuxPro 2004 Conference
The LinuxPro 2004 conference will be held in Warsaw, Poland on November 29 and 30, 2004. "LinuxPro - is the biggest meeting of Polish users and creators of Linux solutions, it is also an overview of applications of Linux environment and software which is dedicated to it as a basis of building efficient, stable and safe professional solutions."
pd~convention04 - call for works
A call for works has gone out for the pd~convention04. The event will take place in Graz, Austria on September 27 - October 3, 2004. Proposals and material are due before August 31.Pre-register for ESC Boston
Pre-registration is now open for the Boston Embedded Systems Conference. The event takes place on September 13-16, 2004.YAPC::NA::2005 Call For Venues (use Perl)
A call for venues has gone out for the 2005 YAPC::NA conference. Proposals are due by August 31.Events: July 22 - September 16, 2004
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| July 22 - 24, 2004 | Linux Symposium | Ottawa, Canada |
| July 26 - 30, 2004 | O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2004(OSCON) | Portland, OR |
| July 26 - 30, 2004 | IBM pSeries Technical Conference | Cairns, Australia |
| July 31 - August 2, 2004 | Vancouver Python Workshop | Vancouver, Canada |
| August 2 - 5, 2004 | LinuxWorld Conference & Expo | (Moscone Center)San Francisco, California |
| August 5 - 8, 2004 | UKUUG 2004 Linux Technical Conference | Leeds, England |
| August 21 - 29, 2004 | KDE Community World Summit 2004(aKademy) | (Filmakademie Ludwigsburg)Ludwigsburg (Stuttgart Region), Germany |
| September 2 - 3, 2004 | Python for Scientific Computing(SciPy) | (CalTech)Pasadena, CA |
| September 2 - 4, 2004 | 2nd Swiss Unix Conference | (Technopark)Zurich, Switzerland |
| September 9 - 10, 2004 | Linux Expo Shanghai | (Shanghai Exhibition Center)Shanghai, China |
| September 13 - 16, 2004 | Embedded Systems Conference | (Hynes Convention Center)Boston, MA |
| September 15 - 17, 2004 | YAPC::Europe 2004 | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Event Reports
Summary of the LSM Free Software Printing Summit
Roger Leigh has put together a summary of the Free Software Printing Summit that was held at the Rencontres Mondiales du Logiciel Libre (Libre Software Meeting) in Bordeaux, France.
Mailing Lists
"Internetworking" by netwosix.org
Linux Netwosix has announced a new mailing list for the discussion of networking, security and Linux. The internetworking list aims to be a resource for those who wish to learn or share their knowledge about the world of the Linux Networking.
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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