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Configuring Outlook to use Linux servers. The folks at Bynari have posted a
configuration manual describing how to make the Outlook client work
with Linux-based servers. Essentially, it's a recipe for eliminating
Exchange.
NetPBM reference guide. Resurrecting an old project from last year, LWN.net
Daily and On the Desktop editor Michael
J. Hammel has released a
reference guide in postscript format for NetPBM, the suite of
command line graphics utilities for Linux/Unix systems. The guide
is designed for a front/back, 4 column landscape printout on legal
sized paper so that a 4 page fold out can be made. The original is
in ApplixWords, if anyone wants to try their hand with converting to
a more public format.
Creating hog heaven with IBM WebSphere Homepage
Builder (IBM developerWorks). This article from IBM's developerWorks site shows how to use
the personal WebSphere package for Linux to create a personal
web site. "When you're satisfied with your Web page, you're
ready to send it up the Web server for the whole world to see. This
is where the File Transfer application comes into play. This
application works just like an FTP application. Select Tool, then
File Transfer. You'll need to create a profile for the server you
intend to publish to."
The State of Embedded Linux (LinuxDevices). Rick Lehrbaum has made available the slides from his talk at the CLIQ on
the
State of Embedded Linux.
The Newbie takes on the Screen-Grabbers (Linux
Orbit). This article
shows how to get and save screenshots using KDE and GNOME
"Screen-Grabbers".
Tip Of The Week: Terminfo. Linuxlookup examines the
terminfo database and compares it to the old /etc/termcap file.
Setting up Apache with mySQL, Frontpage 2000
Extensions, and PHP NHF. This LinuxNewbie article gives step
by step instructions.
Events
OMG Days Europe 2001. LogOn Technology Transfer
and the Object Management Group (OMG) announced the successful conclusion of OMG Days Europe 2001.
There's also a schedule for next year.
Linux@work 2001. More Linux@work one-day seminars are coming up in May and
June.
April/May/June events.
Date |
Event |
Location |
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 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 20 - May 23, 2001. |
eXtreme Programming -
XP2001 |
Villasimius, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. |
June 7 - June 8, 2001. |
Second
European Tcl/Tk User Meeting |
Hamburg-Harburg, Germany |
June 12, 2001. |
Linux@work |
London. |
June 13, 2001. |
Linux@work |
Paris. |
June 14, 2001. |
Linux@work |
Brussels. |
June 15, 2001. |
Linux@work |
Amsterdam. |
June 25 - June 30, 2001 |
USENIX
Annual Technical Conference |
Boston, Massachusetts. |
June 29 - July 1, 2001 |
Linux 2001 -
Linux Developers' Conference |
Manchester, UK. |
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
UNIX Software Administrator UK. The School of Electronics, Computing and Mathematics at the
University of Surrey, in Guildford in the UK has a vacancy for a
UNIX Software Administrator. This post will be responsible for
evaluating, updating and enhancing the wide range of Solaris and
Linux application software within the school. This includes basic
GNU tools and utilities, web-hosted services, open-source
application suites such as GNOME and industry standard commercial
software. The salary range is £26,216 to £30,967. For more
information, please email Mike Stonebank at
M.Stonebank@eim.surrey.ac.uk or call him on +44 (1483) 879826.
User Group News
LUG Events: April 12 - April 26, 2001.
Date |
Event |
Location |
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. |
LUGOD/UC Davis Computer
Club Installfest - postponed |
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. |
New York Linux User's
Group(NYLUG) |
IBM Building, New York, NY. |
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. |
Linux User Support Team,
Taegu (LUST-T) |
Taegu, Korea. |
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 |
April 20, 2001. |
Rock River Linux Users
Group (RRLUG) |
Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois. |
April 21, 2001. |
Eugene Unix and GNU/Linux User
Group |
Eugene, Oregon. |
April 21, 2001. |
Silicon Valley Linux Users
Group Installfest |
Computer Literacy Bookshop, San Jose, CA. |
April 21, 2001. |
North Texas
Linux Users Group (NTLUG) |
Nokia Centre, Irving, Texas. |
April 24, 2001. |
Hazelwood LUG |
Prairie Commons Branch Library, Hazelwood, Missouri. |
April 24, 2001. |
West Side Phoenix Linux Users
Group (PLUG) |
Glendale Community College, Glendale, AZ. |
April 25, 2000. |
Central Ohio Linux User
Group (COLUG) |
Columbus, Ohio. |
April 25, 2001. |
Linux User
Group of Assen |
Assen, Netherlands. |
April 26, 2001. |
Bergen Linux User Group
(BLUG) |
Bergen, Norway. |
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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