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Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO. The Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO team announced the creation of a mailing list dedicated to discussion of the topic of their HOWTO.

Events

Proceedings: Open source software in the space business. A conference entitled "The role of open source software in the space business: technical issues, use guidance, legal implications" was held on October 5 in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. The proceedings from the conference are now available on line. The contents of several talks are available, though most are in PDF format. (Thanks to Bernard Lang and Stéfane Fermigier).

JavaPlus Comes to San Jose. JavaPlus opens October 29 in San Jose, California. This event offers keynote presentations, panel discussions, developer workshops, technical briefings and an Exhibit Hall.

Open Source Development Network. Two open source developers, Bruce Momjian and Tom Lane, both from Great Bridge LLC, will keynote the Open Source Database Summit, hosted by the Open Source Development Network, October 30 and 31 in San Jose, California.

Linux Expo Keynotes announced. Linux Expo Canada has announced their keynote speakers for their October 31st sessions. Speakers from Oracle, Red Hat, MandrakeSoft, and the Free Software Foundation are scheduled to talk. Here's a separate announcement about ParaSoft CTO, Marc Campbell. He will present "How to Create a More Effective Development Process".

Linux TechTracks at Bangalore (India) IT.COM 2000. Linux TechTracks is a series of almost 30 talks delivered by Linux Community members about various aspects of Linux and its usage. "The TechTracks address technical, corporate and "newbie" audiences, and will run from November 1-4 (both days inclusive). The schedule is available online at http://itcom.linux-india.org."

October/November events.
Date Event Location
October 27, 2000. Embedded Linux Expo & Conference Wyndham Westborough Hotel, Westborough, MA.
October 29 - November 2, 2000. Software Development Conference & Expo 2000 East Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C.
October 30 - October 31, 2000. Open Source Database Summit Hayes Mansion Conference Center, San Jose, California.
October 30, 2000. First Annual Federal GNU and Linux Users' Conference And Awards Presentation Washington, D.C.
October 30 - November 1, 2000. Linux Expo Canada Metro Toronto Convention Center, Toronto, Ontario
November 1 - November 5, 2000. Linux@IT.COM Palace Grounds, Bangalore, India
November 4 - November 10, 2000. SC2000 - SuperComputing Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, TX.
November 7 - November 9, 2000. Embedded Systems Conference Europe Maastricht, Netherlands.
November 10 - 11, 2000. Linux Meeting 2000 Rome, Italy.
November 12 - November 15, 2000. XML DevCon Fall 2000 San Jose, California.
November 13 - November 17, 2000. LINUX Business Expo Sands Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada.
November 25, 2000. Australian Open Source Symposium Adelaide, Australia.
November 28 - December 1, 2000. IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing Technische Universität Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany.

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

The Linux Game Tome Shows ShowMeLinux How the Game is Played. ShowMeLinux announced the addition of Linux Game Tome to their team. Linux Game Tome will be authoring ShowMeLinux's 'Game Room'. The Game Room is a column offering a monthly review of new or upgraded Linux games.

BountyQuest Launches Internet Destination. BountyQuest has launched a high-stakes knowledge marketplace at www.BountyQuest.com that rewards individuals across the globe for what they know and helps companies settle critical patent disputes more quickly and cost-effectively. Site backers include Jeff Bezos and Tim O'Reilly.

YourWriters.com. Here's a web site that will help you find technology/business writers.

InformIT Adds Live Expert Consultations. EXP.com, an online marketplace for expert advice and services, announced it has teamed with InformIT to provide personalized answers to specific technology and business questions on InformIT's Web site.

User Group News

Linux Users Group of Davis donates books. LUGOD will be donating a collection of Linux- and Unix-related books to the Davis branch of the Yolo County Library on Saturday, October 28th, 2000. Following that event, LUGOD will be demonstrating the Linux operating system at Border's Books.

LUG Events: October 26 - November 9, 2000.
Date Event Location
October 28, 2000. Simi Conejo Linux Users Group LUG Fest III Nortel Networks, Simi Valley, CA.
October 28, 2000. Central Ohio Linux User Group Columbus, Ohio.
October 29 - October 30, 2000. Italian LUG community meeting University of Bologna, Italy.
November 1, 2000. Kansas City Linux Users Group Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, MO.
November 1, 2000. Southeastern Indiana Linux Users Group Madison/Jefferson County Public Library, Madison, IN.
November 1, 2000. Silicon Valley Linux Users Group Cisco Building 9, San Jose, CA.
November 2, 2000. Edinborough Linux Users Group Holyrood Tavern, Edinborough, Scotland.
November 6, 2000. Baton Rouge Linux User Group The Bluebonnet Library, Baton Rouge, LA.
November 6, 2000. Rice University Linux Users Group Rice University, Houston, TX.
November 7, 2000. Linux Users' Group of Davis Z-World, Davis, CA.
November 9, 2000. Boulder Linux Users Group NIST Radio Building, Boulder, CO.
November 9, 2000. Phoenix Linux Users Group Phoenix, AZ.
November 9, 2000. Linux Installation Delfzijl, Netherlands.
November 9, 2000. The autumn conference of the Unix User Group - the Netherlands "De Reehorst", Ede, 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.


October 26, 2000

   

 

Software Announcements


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