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Announcements

Resources

Linux 2.4 stateful firewall design tutorial (IBM developerWorks). This tutorial shows you how to use netfilter to set up a powerful Linux stateful firewall.

Core dump files and what to do about them (Linuxnewbie.org). Ever wondered what with those large files named 'core' that appear in your directory? Linuxnewbie.org has the answers.

News in brief from IBM's Linux Technology Center . Here's the biweekly news in brief from the Linux Technology Center -- where all the Linux-related technologies happening inside IBM are tracked.

Tip of the Week: Code Cleanup with indent. LinuxLookup cleans up some ugly code with indent. "indent is another of those commands with a mile long set of options, so you really need to read the man page and experiment to see how it all works. But with the right set of options you can do things like fix indenting, standardize brace usage, comment formatting, line length, and much more."

Events

Is Open Source Software THREATENING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY?. Two of the Linux@work series of events will hold an open panel exploring the topic. Join panelists Jon 'maddog' Hall and representatives from Borland, Compaq, Intel,Quadratec, SGI, SuSE and Xybernaut at Linux@work Paris, June 13 and Linux@work Brussels, June 14, 2001.

XML Information Days. LogOn Technology Transfer GmbH is organizing XML Information Days in cities throughout Europe during September and October 2001.

Events: May 17 - July 12, 2001.

Date	Event	Location
May 17 - 18, 2001	Linux Expo	Shanghai, China
May 17, 2001	Linux@work	Milan
May 17, 2001	Spring 2001 Enterprise Linux Implementation Conference	San Jose, CA
May 17, 2001	The 2001 Applied Computing Conference	Santa Clara, CA
May 18 - 19, 2001	2nd Magdeburger Linuxtag	Magdeburg, Germany
May 18, 2001	IST programme actions on free / open source software development	Brussels
May 19 - 20, 2001	LinuxCertified.com Linux Fundamentals	Cupertino, California
May 20 - 23, 2001	eXtreme Programming(XP2001)	Sardinia, Italy
May 22 - 23, 2001	Linux 2001 congress	Ede, the Netherlands
May 24 - 26, 2001	LinuxWorld	Korea
May 24, 2001	MontaVista seminar	(Santa Clara Hilton)Santa Clara, Calif.
May 29 - 31, 2001	II Forum Internacional do Software Livre	Brazil
May 31, 2001	The Unix Users Group the Netherlands Spring Conference	(De Reehorst)Ede, the Netherlands
May 31, 2001	MontaVista seminar	(Irvine Hilton)Irvine, Calif.
June 5, 2001	MontaVista seminar	Chicago.
June 6 - 7, 2001	Linux Expo	Milan, Italy
June 7 - 8, 2001	Second European Tcl/Tk User Meeting	Germany
June 7, 2001	MontaVista seminar	Toronto.
June 11 - 14, 2001	Hot Springs Educational Technology Institute conference	(Hot Springs High School)Hot Springs, Arkansas
June 13, 2001	Linux@work	Paris
June 14, 2001	Linux@work	Brussels
June 15, 2001	Linux@work	Amsterdam
June 20 - 21, 2001	Linuxdays 2001	St. Pölten, Austria
June 25 - 30, 2001	USENIX Annual Technical Conference	Boston, Massachusetts
June 25 - 27, 2001	NCSA Linux users' and system administrators' conference	(University of Illinois)Urbana, IL
June 29 - July 1, 2001	Linux 2001 Developers'' Conference	Manchester, UK
July 3 - 5, 2001	Enterprise Linux Institute Conference	Olympia, London
July 4 - 9, 2001	Libre Software Meeting	Bordeaux, France
July 4 - 5, 2001	Linux Expo Exhibition	Olympia, London
July 5 - 8, 2001	LinuxTag 2001 - Stuttgart,	Germany
July 9 - 12, 2001	Embedded Systems Conference	(Navy Pier Festival Hall)Chicago, Ill.
July 9 - 13, 2001	SAGE - AU 2001	(Grosvenor Vista Hotel)South Australia

User Group News

LUG Events: May 17 - May 31, 2001.

Date	Event	Location
May 17, 2001	St. Louis LUG(SLLUG)	(St. Louis County Library, Indian Trails Branch)St. Louis, MO.
May 17, 2001	Omaha LUG(OLUG)	Omaha, Nebraska
May 17, 2001	South Mississippi LUG(SMLUG)	(Barnes & Noble)Gulfport, Mississippi
May 17, 2001	SSLUG: Kerneprogrammering for begyndere	Denmark
May 17, 2001	FLUG: FLUG foredrag	Denmark
May 18, 2001	Rock River LUG(RRLUG)	(Rockford College)Rockford, Illinois
May 19, 2001	SVLUG Installfest	Silicon Valley, CA
May 19, 2001	North Texas Linux Users Group(NTLUG)	(Nokia Centre)Irving, Texas
May 19, 2001	Eugene Unix and GNU/Linux User Group(EUGLUG)	Eugene, Oregon
May 20, 2001	Beachside LUG	Conway, South Carolina
May 20, 2001	LUGOD / UC Davis Installfest(LUG of Davis)	Davis, CA.
May 21, 2001	Haifa Linux Club	(Technion CS dept. bldg.)Haifa, Israel
May 22, 2001	Hazelwood LUG	(Prairie Commons Branch Library)Hazelwood, Missouri
May 23, 2001	Linux User Group in Assen	Netherlands
May 23, 2001	The Nashua Chapter of the Greater New Hampshire LUG(GNHLUG)	(Martha's Exchange)Nashua, NH.
May 25 - 27, 2001	LUG-Camps 2001	Nördlinger Ries
May 26, 2001	Consortium of All Bay Area Linux(CABAL)	Menlo Park, CA
May 26, 2001	Central Ohio LUG(COLUG)	Columbus, Ohio
May 29, 2001	Phoenix Linux Users Group(PLUG)	(Glendale Community College)Glendale, AZ
May 31, 2001	Bergen Linux User Group(BLUG)	Bergen, Norway
May 31, 2001	The Unix Users Group the Netherlands Spring Conference	(De Reehorst)Ede, the Netherlands

Software Announcements

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