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CFP Deadlines: August 8, 2024 to October 7, 2024
The following listing of CFP deadlines is taken from the LWN.net CFP Calendar.
| Deadline | Event Dates | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 8 | September 19 September 20 |
Git Merge | Berlin, Germany |
| August 15 | November 19 November 21 |
Open Source Monitoring Conference 2024 | Nuremberg, Germany |
| August 15 | October 10 October 12 |
LibreOffice Conference | Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
| August 18 | December 4 December 5 |
Cephalocon | Geneva, Switzerland |
| August 18 | October 3 October 4 |
PyConZA 2024 | Cape Town, South Africa |
| August 19 | October 9 October 11 |
X.Org Developer's Conference 2024 | Montréal, Canada |
| August 30 | October 9 October 10 |
oneAPI Devsummit Hosted by UXL Foundation | Everywhere |
| September 2 | October 7 October 8 |
GStreamer Conference 2024 | Montréal, Canada |
| September 6 | September 7 September 8 |
Kangrejos 2024 - The Rust for Linux Workshop | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| September 20 | December 7 December 8 |
EmacsConf | online |
| September 20 | November 7 November 9 |
Nerdearla Mexico | Mexico City, Mexico |
| September 22 | January 20 January 22 |
Everything Open 2025 | Adelaide, Australia |
| September 27 | November 15 November 16 |
OLF (Open Libre Free, formerly Ohio Linux Fest) | Columbus OH, US |
If the CFP deadline for your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Upcoming Events
Events: August 8, 2024 to October 7, 2024
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| August 7 August 11 |
Fedora Flock 2024 | Rochester New York, US |
| August 7 August 10 |
Wikimania 2024 | Katowice, Poland |
| August 14 August 16 |
Devconf.US 2024 | Boston, US |
| August 17 August 18 |
FrOSCon 19 | Sankt Augustin, Germany |
| August 31 September 2 |
UbuCon Asia 2024 | Jaipur, India |
| September 7 September 8 |
Kangrejos 2024 - The Rust for Linux Workshop | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| September 7 September 12 |
Akademy 2024 | Würzburg, Germany |
| September 10 September 13 |
RustConf 2024 | Montreal, Canada |
| September 14 September 16 |
GNU Tools Cauldron | Prague, Czech Republic |
| September 16 September 18 |
Open Source Summit Europe | Vienna, Austria |
| September 16 September 17 |
Linux Security Summit Europe | Vienna, Austria |
| September 17 | Kernel Maintainers Summit | Vienna, Austria |
| September 17 September 19 |
Reproducible Builds Workshop | Hamburg, Germany |
| September 18 September 20 |
Linux Plumbers Conference | Vienna, Austria |
| September 19 September 20 |
Git Merge | Berlin, Germany |
| September 20 September 22 |
Qubes OS Summit | Berlin, Germany |
| September 21 | Software Freedom Day | Global |
| September 22 September 23 |
KVM Forum 2024 | Brno, Czechia |
| September 23 September 25 |
Kernel Recipes | Paris, France |
| September 24 September 28 |
Nerdearla Argentina | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| September 25 September 26 |
All Systems Go! 2024 | Berlin, Germany |
| October 3 October 4 |
PyConZA 2024 | Cape Town, South Africa |
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Security updates
Alert summary August 1, 2024 to August 7, 2024
| Dist. | ID | Release | Package | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | DSA-5735-1 | stable | chromium | 2024-07-31 |
| Debian | DSA-5740-1 | stable | firefox-esr | 2024-08-07 |
| Debian | DSA-5737-1 | stable | libreoffice | 2024-08-05 |
| Debian | DSA-5736-1 | stable | openjdk-11 | 2024-08-05 |
| Debian | DSA-5738-1 | stable | openjdk-17 | 2024-08-06 |
| Debian | DSA-5739-1 | stable | wpa | 2024-08-06 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2024-8af1780fdf | F40 | bind | 2024-08-03 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2024-8af1780fdf | F40 | bind-dyndb-ldap | 2024-08-03 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2024-f2e57b108e | F39 | chromium | 2024-08-02 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2024-ff743391c3 | F39 | chromium | 2024-08-03 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2024-3a1a0a664e | F40 | chromium | 2024-08-03 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2024-4d2c8e6f85 | F39 | ffmpeg | 2024-08-05 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2024-73626281d8 | F40 | hostapd | 2024-08-03 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2024-873e2cb5f2 | F40 | kernel | 2024-08-01 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2024-47dbf2a4de | F40 | obs-cef | 2024-08-01 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2024-2243c5abee | F39 | trafficserver | 2024-08-05 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2024-77fe791124 | F40 | trafficserver | 2024-08-05 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2024-73626281d8 | F40 | wpa_supplicant | 2024-08-03 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2024-58c950d8d8 | F39 | xen | 2024-08-01 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2024-169a1cc589 | F40 | xen | 2024-08-01 |
| Gentoo | 202408-12 | Bitcoin | 2024-08-07 | |
| Gentoo | 202408-09 | Cairo | 2024-08-07 | |
| Gentoo | 202408-07 | Go | 2024-08-07 | |
| Gentoo | 202408-04 | Levenshtein | 2024-08-07 | |
| Gentoo | 202408-06 | PostgreSQL | 2024-08-07 | |
| Gentoo | 202408-05 | Redis | 2024-08-07 | |
| Gentoo | 202408-11 | aiohttp | 2024-08-07 | |
| Gentoo | 202408-01 | containerd | 2024-08-06 | |
| Gentoo | 202408-02 | firefox | 2024-08-06 | |
| Gentoo | 202408-08 | json-c | 2024-08-07 | |
| Gentoo | 202408-03 | libXpm | 2024-08-07 | |
| Gentoo | 202408-10 | nghttp2 | 2024-08-07 | |
| Mageia | MGASA-2024-0276 | 9 | emacs | 2024-07-31 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2024-4935 | OL9 | freeradius | 2024-08-01 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2024-4936 | OL8 | freeradius:3.0 | 2024-08-01 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2024-4928 | OL9 | kernel | 2024-08-01 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2024:4971-01 | EL8.6 | emacs | 2024-08-01 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2024:4943-01 | EL7 | httpd | 2024-07-31 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2024:5001-01 | EL9.2 | httpd | 2024-08-06 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2024:5065-01 | EL8.6 | kernel | 2024-08-07 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2024:5067-01 | EL9.2 | kernel-rt | 2024-08-07 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2024:4970-01 | EL8.4 | kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_120_1 | 2024-08-01 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2024:5040-01 | EL8.6 | python-setuptools | 2024-08-06 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2024:5000-01 | EL8.8 | python-setuptools | 2024-08-06 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2024:5041-01 | EL8.6 | python-urllib3 | 2024-08-06 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2024:5002-01 | EL8.8 | python3.11-setuptools | 2024-08-06 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2024:4998-01 | EL8.6 | wget | 2024-08-06 |
| Slackware | SSA:2024-213-01 | curl | 2024-07-31 | |
| Slackware | SSA:2024-219-01 | mozilla | 2024-08-06 | |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:1868-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 SLE-m5.5 oS15.4 oS15.5 | apache2 | 2024-07-31 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2810-1 | SLE15 SES7.1 oS15.3 | bind | 2024-08-07 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2811-1 | SLE15 SLE-m5.0 SLE-m5.1 SLE-m5.2 SLE-m5.3 SLE-m5.4 SLE-m5.5 | bind | 2024-08-07 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2767-1 | SLE12 | ca-certificates-mozilla | 2024-08-06 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:1415-2 | SLE-m5.5 | cockpit-wicked | 2024-07-31 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2784-1 | SLE15 oS15.6 | curl | 2024-08-06 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2709-1 | SLE12 | docker | 2024-08-02 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2801-1 | SLE15 SLE-m5.1 SLE-m5.2 SLE-m5.3 SLE-m5.4 SLE-m5.5 SES7.1 oS15.5 oS15.6 osM5.5 | docker | 2024-08-07 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2801-2 | SLE15 SLE-m5.1 SLE-m5.2 SLE-m5.3 SLE-m5.4 SLE-m5.5 SES7.1 oS15.5 oS15.6 osM5.5 | docker | 2024-08-07 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2803-1 | SLE15 SLE-m5.5 oS15.4 oS15.5 | ffmpeg-4 | 2024-08-07 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2814-1 | SLE15 SLE-m5.5 oS15.5 oS15.6 | ffmpeg | 2024-08-07 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:1895-2 | SLE-m5.5 | glibc | 2024-07-31 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:1271-3 | SLE-m5.5 | gnutls | 2024-07-31 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2681-1 | SLE12 | gvfs | 2024-07-31 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2802-1 | SLE15 oS15.6 | kernel | 2024-08-07 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2785-1 | SLE15 oS15.6 | kernel-firmware | 2024-08-06 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2756-1 | SLE12 | ksh | 2024-08-05 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:1598-2 | SLE-m5.5 | less | 2024-07-31 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2813-1 | SLE15 oS15.6 | libnbd | 2024-08-07 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2789-1 | oS15.3 oS15.5 | libnbd | 2024-08-06 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:1167-2 | SLE-m5.5 | nghttp2 | 2024-07-31 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:1402-2 | SLE-m5.5 | opensc | 2024-08-01 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2761-1 | SLE15 oS15.6 | openssl-3-livepatches | 2024-08-06 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2704-1 | SLE12 | patch | 2024-08-02 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2780-1 | SLE15 oS15.5 oS15.6 | patch | 2024-08-06 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2273-2 | SLE-m5.3 SLE-m5.4 | podman | 2024-08-06 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2732-1 | SLE12 | python-Twisted | 2024-08-05 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2757-1 | SLE15 SES7.1 | python-Twisted | 2024-08-06 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:1439-2 | SLE-m5.5 | python-idna | 2024-07-31 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:1880-2 | MP4.3 SLE15 SES7.1 | python-requests | 2024-08-01 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2685-1 | SLE15 SES7.1 osM5.3 | python-requests | 2024-08-01 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:1438-2 | SLE-m5.5 | qemu | 2024-08-01 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:1557-3 | SLE-m5.5 | rpm | 2024-07-31 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2806-1 | SLE-m5.1 SLE-m5.2 oS15.3 | shadow | 2024-08-07 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2807-1 | SLE-m5.4 | shadow | 2024-08-07 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2809-1 | SLE-m5.5 osM5.5 | shadow | 2024-08-07 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2805-1 | SLE12 | shadow | 2024-08-07 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2804-1 | SLE15 SLE-m5.3 oS15.4 oS15.5 | shadow | 2024-08-07 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2808-1 | SLE15 oS15.6 | shadow | 2024-08-07 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2754-1 | SLE15 | skopeo | 2024-08-05 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:2790-1 | SLE15 SLE-m5.5 oS15.5 oS15.6 | thunderbird | 2024-08-06 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:1635-2 | SLE-m5.5 | tpm2-0-tss | 2024-07-31 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:1636-2 | SLE-m5.5 | tpm2.0-tools | 2024-07-31 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2024:1991-2 | SLE-m5.5 | unbound | 2024-08-01 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6909-2 | 18.04 | bind9 | 2024-08-01 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6933-1 | 20.04 | clickhouse | 2024-08-01 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6944-1 | 20.04 22.04 24.04 | curl | 2024-08-05 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6939-1 | 16.04 18.04 20.04 22.04 24.04 | exim4 | 2024-07-31 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6942-1 | 16.04 18.04 20.04 22.04 24.04 | gross | 2024-08-02 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6200-2 | 20.04 22.04 | imagemagick | 2024-08-05 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6936-1 | 14.04 | libcommons-collections3-java | 2024-07-31 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6938-1 | 14.04 16.04 | linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-lts-xenial | 2024-07-31 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6926-2 | 14.04 18.04 | linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15 | 2024-08-01 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6922-2 | 22.04 | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 | 2024-08-01 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6895-4 | 22.04 | linux-oem-6.5 | 2024-08-05 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6934-1 | 20.04 22.04 24.04 | mysql-8.0 | 2024-07-31 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6937-1 | 20.04 22.04 24.04 | openssl | 2024-07-31 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6913-2 | 16.04 | php-cas | 2024-07-31 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6935-1 | 18.04 20.04 22.04 | prometheus-alertmanager | 2024-07-31 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6946-1 | 18.04 20.04 22.04 24.04 | python-django | 2024-08-06 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6940-1 | 20.04 22.04 24.04 | snapd | 2024-08-01 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6943-1 | 16.04 18.04 20.04 22.04 | tomcat8, tomcat9 | 2024-08-01 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6945-1 | 14.04 16.04 18.04 20.04 22.04 24.04 | wpa | 2024-08-06 |
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