See also: last week's Announcements page.

Announcements

Resources

IBM developerWorks China. IBM has announced the launch of its Chinese developerWorks site. Like the English-language version, it includes a good deal of coverage of Linux and other free software topics.

Linux Gazette #63. A new issue of the Linux Gazette has been published. This midmonth extra includes articles on Linux multimedia, PHP programming, using online dictionaries, and getting USB and PCMCIA working on a 2.2.18 kernel and a laptop.

LinuxDevices.com Embedded Linux Newsletter. The LinuxDevices.com Embedded Linux Newsletter for February 15 is out, with the usual comprehensive summary of embedded Linux events and coverage.

Easy Internet Sharing NHF: VERSION 1.0. LinuxNewbie.org has a tutorial on sharing your Internet connection by configuring a Linux machine as your gateway/firewall.

Tip of the Week: RTFM. Linuxlookup.com presents RTFM, this week's tip of the week.

Events

European Open Source Developers Conference. Richard Morrell, of SmoothWall.org, went to OSDEM in Brussels and produced this report. It sounds like a good time was had by all.

REDSonic announces its upcoming events in Asia. REDSonic, Inc. will be featuring REDICE-Linux, the company's embedded OS, in an Asian tour. The tour visits Tokyo, Beijing, Singapore and Taipei between February 21 and March 2, 2001.

COMDEX Chicago schedule. Key3Media has released this press release with a look at the schedule for COMDEX Chicago and the accompanying Linux Business Expo, April 2 - April 5, 2001.

Keynote speakers announced for Embedded Systems Conference. Douglas Adams, author of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy joins Sun Microsystems' Java experts as keynote speakers at the Embedded Systems Conference, San Francisco, April 9 - 13, 2001.

O'Reilly Open Source Convention call for papers. The O'Reilly Open Source Convention will be happening July 23-27 in San Diego, California. The call for papers is out; they are looking for both tutorials and talks. No deadline is given.

The Ottawa Linux Symposium. The 2001 Ottawa Linux Symposium is also coming up, July 25 - July 28, 2001.

Embedded Internet Conference. There is an Embedded Internet Conference coming up next August in Santa Clara, CA.

Upcoming Events: February - April, 2001.

Date	Event	Location
February 21 - February 23, 2001.	XML DevCon Europe 2001	Novotel London West Hotel and Convention Centre, London, England.
February 28 - March 2, 2001.	3rd German Perl Workshop	Sankt Augustin, Germany.
March 3, 2001.	LinuxForum 2001	Copenhagen, Denmark.
March 5 - March 7, 2001.	BangLinux 2001	Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
March 5 - March 8, 2001.	The 9th International Python Conference	Long Beach, California.
March 5 - March 9, 2001.	Networld+Interop 2001	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, Australia.
March 7 - March 9, 2001.	Linux Open Source Conference and Business Expo.	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, Australia.
March 15. 2001	Linux convention (in Icelandic).	Iceland.
March 19 - March 22, 2001.	SGI Global Developer Conference	Burlingame, California.
March 20 - March 22, 2001.	FOSE 2001	Washington DC Convention Center.
March 21 - March 24, 2001.	Singapore Linux Conference / LinuxWorld 2001	Singapore.
March 22 - March 23, 2001.	Linux Accessibility Conference	Los Angeles, California.
March 28 - March 29, 2001.	LinuxBazaar 2001	Czech Republic.
March 29 - March 30, 2001.	Colorado Linux Info Quest	Denver Marriott Tech Center, Denver, Colorado.
April 2 - April 5, 2001.	COMDEX Chicago	McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois.
April 4 - April 5, 2001.	Linux Expo Madrid	Palacio de Congresos, Madrid, Spain.
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 13, 2001.	Embedded Systems Conference	San Francisco, California.
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.

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

User Group News

GNHLUG Quarterly Meeting. The Greater New Hampshire Linux Users Group is having it's quarterly meeting at Martha's Exchange, Nashua, NH on February 26, 2001. Moiz Kohari, president of Mission Critical Linux will be speaking.

LUG Events: February 22 - March 8, 2001.

Date	Event	Location
February 24, 2001.	Greater London Linux User Group (GLLUG)	Eisai Lounge, University College, London, UK.
February 24, 2001.	Consortium of All Bay Area Linux (CABAL)	Menlo Park, California.
February 25, 2001.	Tucson Free Unix Group (TFUG) Installfest	Tucson, AZ.
February 26, 2001.	The Greater New Hampshire Linux Users Group (GNHLUG)	Martha's Exchange, Nashua, NH.
February 28, 2001.	Hazelwood Linux User Group (HZLUG)	Prairie Commons Branch Library, Hazelwood, Missouri.
February 28, 2000.	Central Ohio Linux User Group (COLUG)	Columbus, Ohio.
February 28, 2001.	Linux User Group of Assen	Assen, Netherlands.
March 1, 2001.	Edinburgh Linux Users Group (EDLUG)	Holyrood Tavern, Edinburgh, Scotland.
March 5, 2001.	Baton Rouge Linux User Group (BRLUG)	The Bluebonnet Library, Baton Rouge, LA.
March 6, 2001.	NorthWest Chicagoland Linux User Group (NWCLUG)	Harper College, Palatine, Illinois.
March 6, 2001.	Omaha Linux Users Group (OLUG)	Omaha, Nebraska
March 7, 2001.	Kansas City Linux Users Group Installfest (KCLUG)	Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, MO.
March 7, 2001.	Southeastern Indiana Linux Users Group (SEILUG)	Madison/Jefferson County Public Library, Madison, IN.
March 7, 2001.	Silicon Valley Linux Users Group (SVLUG)	Cisco Building 9, San Jose, CA.
March 8, 2001.	Phoenix Linux Users Group (PLUG)	Sequoia Charter School, Mesa, AZ.
March 8, 2001.	Boulder Linux Users Group (BLUG)	NIST Radio Building, Boulder, CO.

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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