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Linux Gazette issue #65, April 2001. The Linux Gazette issue #65 is available. This month's issue contains articles on Internet printing, parallel processing, web portals and much more.

Tip Of The Week: What's the diff?. Linuxlookup looks at 'diff'. "Files change. Stuff happens. Sometimes you'll forget what changed (and why!)."

BeOS Buyer's Guide #2 (Duke of URL). This Buyer's Guide focuses on how to get the components to build your own BeBox.

Events

Embedded Systems Conference Exhibit Floor. This press release from CMP Media describes the exhibits at the upcoming Embedded Systems Conference. April 10-12 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

ASPIC 2001 Informations. Here's some further information (in French) on ASPIC (Annual Symposium on Pliant Implementation and Concepts) 2001. The conference will be held in Paris, 20 April 2001. See the ASPIC website for more information.

Open Group conference on real-time and embedded systems. The Open Group has announced a conference on real-time and embedded systems, to be held April 25 in Berlin, Germany.

April/May events.
Date Event Location
April 4 - April 6, 2001. ApacheCon 2001 Santa Clara, California.
April 6 - April 8, 2001. GNOME Users And Developers European Conference (GUADEC) 2001 Copenhagen, Denmark.
April 8 - April 11, 2001. XML DevCon Spring 2001 New York Marriott Marquis, New York City.
April 9 - April 11, 2001. Smalltalk Solutions 2001 Conference Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, IL (Near Chicago O'Hare)
April 9 - April 13, 2001. Embedded Systems Conference San Francisco, California.
April 12, 2001. 2001 Twin Cities Linux Solutions Conference - A Real Time Perspective Radisson South, Bloomington MN.
April 20, 2001. 2nd Annual Symposium on Pliant Implementation and Concepts (ASPIC 2001) Paris, France.
April 23 - April 27, 2001. Linux Expo Road Show Eastern Europe.
April 24 - April 26, 2001. Linux Africa Kyalami Exhibition & Conference Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
April 25, 2001. Real-time and Embedded Systems Forum Conference Berlin, Germany
May 8, 2001. Linux@work Copenhagen, Denmark.
May 9, 2001. Linux@work Oslo, Norway.
May 9 - May 10, 2001. Linux Expo Brazil São Paulo - Anhembi - Palácio das Convenções.
May 10, 2001. Linux@work Stockholm, Sweden.
May 11, 2001. Linux@work Helsinki, Finland.
May 13 - May 17, 2001. Spring 2001 Enterprise Linux Implementation Conference Doubletree Hotel, San Jose, CA.
May 14 - May 17, 2001. The 2001 Applied Computing Conference Santa Clara, CA.
May 15, 2001. Linux@work Frankfurt, Germany.
May 15 - May 18, 2001. Linux Expo China Shanghai Mart, Shanghai, China.
May 16, 2001. Linux@work Zurich, Switzerland.
May 17, 2001. Linux@work Milan, Italy.
May 18, 2001. Linux@work Vienna, Austria.
May 20 - May 23, 2001. eXtreme Programming - XP2001 Villasimius, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.

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

Employment Opportunities

Embedded Linux Software Developer, UK. Jobs are available in the UK for an Embedded Linux Software Developer and for Software Engineers.

User Group News

Rusty Russell Comes to Sheffield, England. Rusty Russell, best known as packet filter maintainer for the Linux Kernel, is flying in from Oz to give a talk on the 2.4 kernel code and related issues at the next ShefLUG meeting on April 14, 2001.

LUG Events: April 5 - April 19, 2001.
Date Event Location
April 5, 2001. Linux User Support Team, Taegu (LUST-T) Taegu, Korea.
April 5, 2001. St. Louis Area Computer Club Linux workshop Thornhill Branch Library, Creve Coeur, Missouri.
April 5, 2001. Edinburgh Linux Users Group (EDLUG) Holyrood Tavern, Edinburgh, Scotland.
April 7, 2001. Greater London Linux User Group (GLLUG) CFC Preview Theatre, London, UK.
April 7, 2001. Twin Cities Linux Users Group (TCLUG) Minneapolis, MN.
April 10, 2001. Long Island Linux Users Group (LILUG) SUNY Farmingdale, NY.
April 10, 2001. Victoria Linux Users Group(VLUG) University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
April 11, 2001. Columbia Area Linux Users Group (CALUG) Capita Technologies Training Center, Columbia, MD.
April 11, 2001. Silicon Corridor LINUX Users Group (SCLUG) Back of Beyond pub in Kings Road, Reading.
April 11, 2001. Toledo Area Linux Users Group (TALUG) University of Toledo, Toledo, OH.
April 12, 2001. East Side Phoenix Linux Users Group (PLUG) Sequoia Charter School, Mesa, AZ.
April 12, 2001. Boulder Linux Users Group (BLUG) NIST Radio Building, Boulder, CO.
April 14, 2001. Sheffield LUG with Rusty Russel(ShefLUG) University of Sheffield, UK
April 14, 2001. Consortium of All Bay Area Linux (CABAL) Menlo Park, California.
April 14, 2001. Route 66 Linux Users Group La Verne, California.
April 15, 2001. Linux Users' Group of Davis and the UC Davis Computer Club Installfest Davis, CA.
April 15, 2001. Beachside Linux User Group Conway, South Carolina.
April 16, 2001. Linux Users' Group of Davis (LUGOD) Z-World, Davis, CA.
April 17, 2001. Kansas City LUG Installfest Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, MO.
April 17, 2001. Bay Area Linux User Group (BALUG) Four Seas Restaurant, Chinatown, San Francisco.
April 17, 2001. Linux Stammtisch Bandersnatch Brew Pub, Tempe, AZ.
April 18, 2001. Arizona State University Linux Users Group (ASULUG) Tempe, AZ.
April 18, 2001. Linux User Group of Groningen Groningen, Netherlands.
April 18, 2001. Central Iowa Linux Users Group (CIALUG) West Des Moines, IA.
April 19, 2001. St. Louis LUG (SLLUG) St. Louis County Library, Indian Trails Branch, St. Louis, Missouri.
April 19, 2001. South Mississippi Linux Users Group (SMLUG) Barnes & Noble, Gulfport, Mississippi.
April 19, 2001. Rice Linux User Group (RLUG) Rice University, Houston, TX

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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