See also: last week's Announcements page.

Announcements

Resources

DesktopLinux.com launches. A new site, DesktopLinux.com, has hit the net. It's run by the same folks who do LinuxDevices.com, but is aimed at the desktop market.

Network Scanning (O'Reilly). Chris Coleman examines several network scanning tools on O'Reilly's OnLamp site. "Hackers have access to utilities to scan your servers, but so do you. We know that hackers are scanning our servers for open ports. We can scan our servers first, and know what the hackers will see and close any ports that shouldn't be open. The two tools we need are nmap and ethereal."

Linux Managers mailing list. Bill Bradford has set up a new mailing list called "Linux Managers." It's patterned after the venerable Sun Managers list; the intent is to provide a forum for those who manage Linux systems. See the Linux Managers page for signup information and list archives.

Events

SDL Game Development Contest. No Starch Press is holding a contest for Linux game developers. Get your entries in by December 1, 2001 to be eligible for winning prizes.

Events: November 21, 2001 - January 16, 2001.

Date	Event	Location
November 25, 2001	The Business of Open Source Software(BOSS)	(Ottawa Public Library)Ottawa Ontario, Canada
November 28 - 30, 2001	Linux-Kongress 2001	(University of Twente)Enschede, The Netherlands.
December 7 - 9, 2001	PLUTO MEETING 2001	Terni, Italy
December 10 - 12, 2001	Linux Bangalore 2001	Bangalore, India

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

Section Editor: Forrest Cook.

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