Announcements

ATI Linux Driver Petition

An online petition is being held for the purpose of persuading ATI to provide better Linux driver support for their graphics cards.

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Astaro and eIQnetworks to Provide Centralized Security Reporting Tool for Astaro Security Linux

Astaro has announced that it has entered into an OEM licensing agreement with eIQnetworks, Inc., which puts eIQnetwork’s FirewallAnalyzer into Astaro Security Linux.

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Eagle PCB Layout Editor 4.13 released

Version 4.13 of Eagle, a commercial printed circuit board CAD package with a no-charge evaluation version, is out. Some of the changes include support for Mac OS X, better zooming, and more.

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gumstix Launched Bluetooth enabled Linux Boards & Computers

gumstix, inc. has announced its next generation of gumstix boards and computers, providing optional BluetoothT connectivity. They come with open source software including Linux kernel 2.6.7.

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Novell's third quarter results

Novell has announced its third quarter results. The company claims $23 million in income, but $19 million of that is a result of a legal judgment against our old friends the Canopy Group. "Also in the third fiscal quarter 2004, Novell recognized revenue of $12 million associated with its SUSE LINUX business. Sales of subscriptions to SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server reached 19,000 units in the quarter, with 12,000 of the units sold to one customer."

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Red Hat Appoints Kate Johnson as Global Services Head

Red Hat, Inc. has announced the appointment of Kate Johnson as Vice President of Services. "Johnson possesses over 13 years of client service experience, from sales through delivery. Her experience ranges across several industries, mainly focusing on helping organizations manage through significant change and transformation. Johnson will be responsible for delivering Red Hat's training, support and consulting services globally."

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GUPTA Opens Team Developer 2005 Beta Program

Gupta Technologies, LLC has announced a month-long beta program for its Team Developer RAD tool. "Team Developer 2005 introduces support for the Linux operating system. For the first time, it will be possible to use a Rapid Application Development approach for Linux and Windows Desktop business applications. Team Developer doubles productivity by enabling developers to create one line of code to support both OS's simultaneously. This powerful feature will help to expand Linux Desktop adoption as more solutions can be deployed faster than ever."

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"SpamAssassin" Released by O'Reilly

O'Reilly has published the book SpamAssassin by Alan Schwartz.

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Guide to Updating Extensions for Firefox PR/Thunderbird 0.8 Available (MozillaZine)

MozillaZine has announced the availability of a new guide for working with Firefox PR/Thunderbird extensions. "If your extension or theme still works and has no compatibility problems with the nightly builds, please look at the guide for updating to 1.0PR (this also applies to Thunderbird 0.8) for information about how to get update.mozilla.org to contain the newer compatibility information. If your extension or theme is incompatible, the guide also has information on how to provide a newer XPI or JAR file. Finally, people not hosted by update.mozilla.org but who use the custom RDF update system should also check out the guide as it provides links that explain changes to the RDF format since 0.9."

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OSDL Bolsters Linux Kernel Testing

The Open Source Development Labs has announced the release of version 3.0 of its Scalable Test Platform (STP) testing services for the Linux kernel. "The latest release of STP, version 3.0, broadens the range of features to help developers simulate real-world data center environments on the Linux kernel and the impact of different workloads on the most widely-used open source databases, including MySQL, PostgreSQL and SAPDb."

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The LDP Weekly News

The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News for August 25, 2004 is out with the latest new documentation releases.

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GRASS News - The newsletter of the GRASS Project

The first edition of the GRASS newsletter has been published. Take a look for the latest news from the GRASS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System) GIS project. "The GRASS newsletter aims at covering the gap between scientific publications and manuals on one hand and the mailing list on the other hand. Articles shall not be as scientific/professional as in scientific journals and reach beyond the usual question-answer structure of a mailing list." Thanks to Bernhard Reiter.

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The 11th Annual Tcl/Tk Conference

The Eleventh Annual Tcl/Tk Conference will take place in New Orleans, LA on October 11-15, 2004.

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Large Installation System Administration Conference 2004

The Large Installation System Administration Conference (LISA) will be held in Atlanta, Georgia on November 14–19, 2004.

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Events: August 26 - October 21, 2004

Date	Event	Location
August 26 - 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
September 20 - 23, 2004	New Security Paradigms Workshop(NSPW)	(White Point Beach Resort)Nova Scotia
September 20 - 22, 2004	Plone Conference 2004	Vienna, Austria.
September 22 - 24, 2004	OpenOffice.org Conference(OOoCon 2004)	(Humboldt University)Berlin, Germany
September 22 - 24, 2004	php|works 2004	(Holiday Inn Yorkdale Hotel & Conference Centre)Toronto, Canada
September 27 - October 1, 2004	4th International SANE Conference(SANE)	(Amsterdam RAI Centre)Amsterdam, The Netherlands
September 27 - 29, 2004	ConSec '04	(J.J.Pickle Research Center)Austin, Texas
September 29 - October 1, 2004	OSCOM 4	(Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)Zurich, Switzerland
October 2, 2004	Ohio LinuxFest	Columbus, Ohio
October 6 - 7, 2004	LinuxWorld Conference and Expo	(Olympia Exhibition Centre)London, England, UK
October 8 - 10, 2004	Linucon	(Red Lion Hotel)Austin, TX
October 10 - 17, 2004	MySQL Swell	Across the Mediterranean
October 11 - 15, 2004	11th Annual Tcl/Tk Conference	(Bourbon Orleans Hotel)New Orleans, LA
October 21 - 22, 2004	Web.It 2004	Bari, Italy
October 21 - 22, 2004	5. Encuentro Linux	Valparaiso, Chile

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Live streams from aKademy

For those of you who couldn't make it to the big KDE gathering: there is a set of live audio and video feeds available from aKademy. Click below for the details.

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Mailing list for Python grant proposals

A new mailing list has been created for the purpose of discussing Python language grant proposals.

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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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Linuxcafé is open in Basel Switzerland

Switzerland's first Linuxcafé has opened in Basel. "The Linuxcafé in Basel combines the agreeable atmosphere of an internet café with the opportunity to profit from the know-how of IT experts with years of experience. Here the internet café not only sets new standards with respect to quality and products offered, but also offers competent advice on all hardware and software questions arising in connection with the free Linux operating system, which is an absolute first in the Swiss computer landscape."

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