See also: last week's Announcements page.

Announcements

Resources

Setting up devfs (developerWorks). IBM's developerWorks site looks at setting up devfs. "And this is the problem with having the kernel mount devfs. If the kernel mounts the devfs filesystem at /dev before any process is able to start, then we have no opportunity to perform the bind mount, and the original contents of /dev are completely hidden. Icky, isn't it?"

Embedded Linux Cool Devices Reference Guide. Just in time for the early Christmas shopping season: LinuxDevices.com has updated its Embedded Linux Cool Devices Reference Guide. Check it out to see what sorts of fun toys are being built with Linux inside.

Events

Linux Kongress 2001 Clustering Workshop. A Linux clustering workshop will take place on November 26 - 28, 2001 prior to the Linux Kongress 2001 in Enschede, NL.

Python Conference Tools Track. Proposals are being accepted for the tools track of the 10th International Python Conference on February 4-7, 2001 in Alexandria, Virginia.

Linux Scholar Challenge. IBM is sponsoring an online event, called the Linux Scholar Challenge, for college level students where they can win ThinkPad's or IBM internships for themselves and a 16 node cluster for their school.

Events: October 11 - December 6, 2001.

Date	Event	Location
October 11 - 13, 2001	Wizards of OS 2	(House of World Cultures)Berlin, Germany
October 11 - 12, 2001	IBM pSeries and UNIX Technical University	(Hotel Munchen)Munich, Germany
October 11, 2001	Java Information Days, Europe	Oslo
October 12, 2001	Java Information Days, Europe	Copenhagen
October 12, 2001	Porto Cidade Tecnologica	(City Hall)Porto, Portugal
October 13, 2001	Linux at LAX User's Group(LILAX)	(eLinux)Torrance, CA
October 14 - 18, 2001	ACM Conference on Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages and Applications(OOPSLA 2001)	(Tampa Convention Center)Tampa Bay, Florida
October 21, 2001	LUGOD Linux Installfest	(Engineering Unit II, Rm 1131, UC Davis)Davis, CA
October 22 - 25, 2001	XMLEdge International Developer Conference & Expo
October 22 - 26, 2001	The Open Group Quarterly Conference	Amsterdam, Netherlands
October 27, 2001	LUGOD Linux Demonstration	(Davis Food Co-Op)Davis, CA
October 30 - November 1, 2001	LinuxWorld Germany	Frankfurt, Germany
October 30 - 31, 2001	tech-u-wear 2001	(Madison Square Garden)New York City
November 6 - 10, 2001	Annual Linux Showcase and Conference	Oakland, CA
November 6 - 8, 2001	LinuxWorld Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
November 6, 2001	Java Information Days, Europe	Paris
November 7, 2001	Java Information Days, Europe	Amsterdam
November 8, 2001	NLUUG Annual Autumn conference	De Reehorst, Ede, Netherlands
November 8 - 9, 2001	XFree86 Technical Conference	(Oakland Convention Center)Oakland, CA
November 8, 2001	Java Information Days, Europe	Frankfurt
November 8, 2001	Embedded Linux Expo & Conference	(Sheraton Reston Hotel)Reston, VA
November 9, 2001	Open Source in Banking and Finance(OSBAF)	(Baltimore Engineering Society)Baltimore, Maryland
November 9, 2001	Java Information Days, Europe	Zurich
November 28 - 30, 2001	Linux-Kongress 2001	(University of Twente)Enschede, The Netherlands.

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 for Business" opens its doors. A new Web site launched today: Open for Business. The site is another in the emerging group of solutions aimed at IT managers and groups planning migration to open source software.

LUG Events: October 11 - 25, 2001.

Date	Event	Location
October 11, 2001	Boulder Linux Users Group(BLUG)	(Nist Radio Building)Boulder, CO
October 11, 2001	Kernel-Panic Linux User Group(KPLUG)	San Diego, CA
October 12, 2001	St. Louis LUG Linux InstallFest	St. Louis, MO
October 12, 2001	Porto Cidade Tecnologica	(City Hall)Porto, Portugal
October 13, 2001	Consortium of All Bay Area Linux(CABAL)	Menlo Park, CA
October 13, 2001	Route 66 LUG	La Verne, CA
October 13, 2001	KPLUG Installfest	(National City Adult Center)San Diego, CA
October 13, 2001	Linux at LAX User's Group(LILAX)	(eLinux)Torrance, CA
October 15, 2001	Linux User Group of Davis(LUGOD)	(Z-World)Davis, CA
October 16, 2001	Bay Area Linux User Group(BALUG)	(Four Seas Restaurant, Chinatown)San Francisco, CA
October 16, 2001	KCLUG Installfest	Kansas City, MO.
October 16, 2001	Linux Stammtisch	(Bandersnatch Brew Pub)Tempe, AZ
October 16, 2001 October 23, 2001	Kalamazoo Linux Users Group(KLUG)	(Western Michigan University)Kalamazoo, Michigan
October 17, 2001	Central Iowa Linux Users Group(CIALUG)	West Des Moines, IA
October 17, 2001	Linux User Group in Groningen	The Netherlands
October 17, 2001	Washington D.C. Linux User Group(DCLUG)	(National Institute of Health)Bethesda, Maryland
October 17, 2001	New York Linux User's Group(NYLUG)	(IBM Building)New York, NY
October 18, 2001	St. Louis LUG(SLLUG)	(St. Louis County Library, Indian Trails Branch)St. Louis, MO.
October 18, 2001	South Mississippi LUG(SMLUG)	(Barnes & Noble)Gulfport, Mississippi
October 18, 2001	Gallup Linux Users Group(GalLUG)	(Coyote Bookstore)Gallup, New Mexico
October 18, 2001	New Orleans Linux Users' Group(NOLUG)	(University of New Orleans (UNO) Mathematics Building)New Orleans, Louisiana
October 19, 2001	Rock River Linux User Group(RRLUG)	(Rockford College)Rockford, Illinois
October 20, 2001	SVLUG Installfest	Silicon Valley, CA
October 21, 2001	Beachside LUG	Conway, South Carolina
October 21, 2001	Mesilla Valley Linux User Group(MVLUG)	(Village Inn on El Paseo Rd.)Las Cruces, New Mexico
October 21, 2001	LUGOD Linux Installfest	(Engineering Unit II, Rm 1131, UC Davis)Davis, CA
October 23, 2001	Hazelwood Linux User Group(HLUG)	(Prairie Commons Branch Library)Hazelwood, Missouri
October 24, 2001	Linux User Group in Assen	Netherlands
October 25, 2001	Bergen Linux User Group(BLUG)	Bergen, Norway
October 25, 2001	GalLUG Installfest	(Connecting Point Computers)Gallup, New Mexico
October 25, 2001	K-LUG	Rochester, Minnesota

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

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