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Resources

Get started - Using LILO (FreeOS.com). Here are a couple of articles from FreeOS.com. The first, Starters for Linux - Part 1, looks at the Command Line Interface. The second article provides an in-depth look at LILO.

Help Wanted

Embedded Linux hacker position in London. There is a position open for an embedded Linux hacker in London.

Events

Marc Merlin's report from Linux.conf.au. Marc Merlin has put up a report from Linux.conf.au, held recently in Sydney. As usual for his reports, this one is detailed, comprehensive, and contains quite a few pictures. Worth a look.

Pictures from Linux Expo Amsterdam. Valentijn Sessink has posted a set of pictures from Linux Expo Amsterdam for those of us who were unable to go. (Thanks to Wouter Hanegraaff).

Fresno III To Discuss Medical Open Source. Fresno III is meeting of the medical open source minds, occurring February 4 - February 5, 2001 in Fresno, California.

Open Group Conference. Larry Augustin, CEO and President of VA Linux Systems is the invited guest speaker at the upcoming Open Group conference in San Jose on Tuesday February 6th. Dr. Augustin's presentation will address how Open Source infrastructure is expanding market share in the enterprise.

Internet Appliance Workshop. The Internet Appliance Workshop targets designers, developers and marketers of Internet appliances. February 20 - February 21, 2001 at the Wyndham Hotel, San Jose, CA. There will be an Embedded Linux, Birds of a Feather Session in the evening of the 20th.

Bang!inux 2001. India's biggest Linux Developer Conference is back. The 2nd Annual Bang!inux 2001 is coming March 5 - March 7, 2001 at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, India.

Colorado Linux Info Quest 2001. The Colorado Linux Info Quest is coming back for another year; it will be held on March 30, 2001 in Denver, Colorado. The event has just announced that Daryll Strauss and Havoc Pennington will be speaking at the event, with other speakers to be announced soon. LWN is a sponsor of the CLIQ; we look forward to seeing you there.

European Tcl/Tk User Meeting. The second European Tcl/Tk User Meeting will be held in Hamburg-Harburg, Germany from June 7 - June 8, 2001. There is a call for papers out now.

February/March events.

Date	Event	Location
January 30 - February 2, 2001.	LinuxWorld Conference & Expo	Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York, NY.
January 31 - February 2, 2001.	Linux Expo Paris	Paris, France.
February 3 - February 4, 2001.	Open Source and Free Software Developers' European Meeting	Brussels.
February 6 - February 8, 2001.	Real-time and Embedded Systems Forum	Doubletree Hotel, San Jose, California.
February 14 - February 16, 2001.	O'Reilly Peer-to-Peer Conference	Westin St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, California.
February 21 - February 23, 2001.	XML DevCon Europe 2001	Novotel London West Hotel and Convention Centre, London, England.
February 28 - March 2, 2001.	3rd German Perl Workshop	Sankt Augustin, Germany.
March 3, 2001.	LinuxForum 2001	Copenhagen, Denmark.
March 5 - March 7, 2001.	Bang!inux 2001	Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
March 5 - March 8, 2001.	The 9th International Python Conference	Long Beach, California.
March 19 - March 22, 2001.	SGI Global Developer Conference	Burlingame, California.
March 20 - March 22, 2001.	FOSE 2001	Washington DC Convention Center.
March 21 - March 24, 2001.	Singapore Linux Conference / LinuxWorld 2001	Singapore.
March 22 - March 23, 2001.	Linux Accessibility Conference	Los Angeles, California.
March 28 - March 29, 2001.	LinuxBazaar 2001	Czech Republic.
March 29 - March 30, 2001.	Colorado Linux Info Quest	Denver Marriott Tech Center, Denver, Colorado.

Additional events can be found in the LWN Event Calendar. Event submissions should be sent to lwn@lwn.net in a plain text format.

Web sites

Open Source Development Network Kicks Off Linux Kernel Month. The Open Source Development Network (OSDN.com), a division of VA Linux Systems, Inc. announced the launch of Linux Kernel Month, a network-wide focus on the recently released Linux kernel. OSDN's Linux Kernel Month will feature events, articles and how-tos focusing on the 2.4 kernel release.

Voxeo Community Portal Registers More Than 1,000 Phone+Web Developers. Voxeo Corporation, a network and web development platform for creating and deploying phone applications, announced that more than 1,000 developers have become registered members of the Voxeo Community. This site includes an open source library, including open source sample applications and audio libraries that developers can use as a starting point to create their own custom applications.

User Group News

Reunion in Aguascalientes, Mex.. Grupo de Usuarios de Linux en Aguascalientes Mexico is having a reunion or meeting on February 1, 2001.

LUG Events: February 1 - February 15, 2001.

Date	Event	Location
February 1, 2001.	Linux User Support Team, Taegu (LUST-T)	Taegu, Korea.
February 1, 2001.	Edinburgh Linux Users Group (EDLUG)	Holyrood Tavern, Edinburgh, Scotland.
February 5, 2001.	Baton Rouge Linux User Group (BRLUG)	The Bluebonnet Library, Baton Rouge, LA.
February 5, 2001.	Rice University Linux Users Group (RLUG)	Rice University, Houston, TX.
February 6, 2001.	Kansas City Linux Users Group (KCLUG)	Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, MO.
February 6, 2001.	Linux Users' Group of Davis (LUGOD)	Z-World, Davis, CA.
February 7, 2001.	Columbia Area Linux Users Group (CALUG)	Capita Technologies Training Center, Columbia, MD.
February 7, 2001.	Southeastern Indiana Linux Users Group (SEILUG)	Madison/Jefferson County Public Library, Madison, IN.
February 8, 2001.	Phoenix Linux Users Group (PLUG)	Sequoia Charter School, Mesa, AZ.
February 8, 2001.	Boulder Linux Users Group (BLUG)	NIST Radio Building, Boulder, CO.
February 10, 2001.	Route 66 Linux Users Group	La Verne, California.
February 10, 2001.	Consortium of All Bay Area Linux (CABAL)	Menlo Park, California.
February 13, 2001.	Long Island Linux Users Group (LILUG)	SUNY Farmingdale, NY.
February 13, 2001.	Victoria Linux Users Group(VLUG)	University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
February 14, 2001.	Toledo Area Linux Users Group (TALUG)	University of Toledo, Toledo, OH.
February 15, 2001.	St. Louis Unix Users Group (SLUUG) - Linux SIG	St. Louis County Library, Indian Trails Branch, St. Louis, Missouri.

Additional events can be found in the LWN Event Calendar. Event submissions should be sent to lwn@lwn.net in a plain text format.

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