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Announcements

Resources

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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