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New Vorbis version released (News.com). Release Candidate 2 is available from the Ogg Vorbis group, according to brief a C|Net report.

Linux intranet setup guide published. Ranjit Mathew has announced The Hobbitware.com Intranet Project, which is a guide for setting up a Linux based small office Intranet. He is seeking feedback on the guide.

Twelve Step Program for Windows Users. For your friends who just can't seem to break the cycle of addiction, Windows Anonymous offers a twelve step program.

Tip of the Week: bash Redirection (LinuxLookup). LinuxLookup's Tip of the Week this week shows new users how to use bash to set the location of input or output data.

Just published: Perl for the Web. New Riders has just published Perl for the Web by Chris Radcliff. Happily, the entire book is available on the web as well; no license is specified for the online version.

Events

Events: August 16 - October 11, 2001.

Date	Event	Location
August 16, 2001	Embedded Internet Conference 2001	Santa Clara, CA
August 16, 2001	LinuxWorld China	Beijing, China
August 16 - 18, 2001	IPsec Interoperability Workshop (Bakeoff)	Espoo, Finland
August 16, 2001	IBM Technical Developer Conference	(The Moscone Center)San Francisco, CA
August 20 - 24, 2001	HP World 2001	(McCormick Place)Chicago, IL, USA.
August 20 - 21, 2001	JabberCon 2001	Keystone, Colorado
August 20 - 22, 2001	Forum 2001	University of California at Santa Cruz, Calif.
August 23 - 25, 2001	LinuxWorld Hong Kong	Hong Kong
August 25 - September 1, 2001	The Linuxbierwanderung (Linux Beer Hike) 2001	Bouillon, Belgium
August 25, 2001	"Linux10" - Linux 10th anniversary picnic	Sunnyvale, California
August 26 - 30, 2001	LinuxWorld Conference & Expo	San Francisco
August 26 - 31, 2001	COMDEX Sucesu-SP Brazil 2001	Sao Paulo, Brazil
September 1 - 2, 2001	LinuxCertified.com Linux System Administration Bootcamp	Cupertino, California
September 2, 2001	Erlang Workshop - Firenze	Italy
September 4 - 7, 2001	Embedded Systems Conference	(Hynes Convention Center)Boston, MA
September 6 - 7, 2001	Open Source Health Care Alliance(OSHCA)	(The Posthouse Hotel Kensington)London, UK
September 17, 2001	XML Information Days	Amsterdam
September 18 - 21, 2001	O'Reilly Peer-to-Peer Conference	Washington, DC.
September 18, 2001	XML Information Days	Brussels
September 19, 2001	XML Information Days	Munich
September 20, 2001	XML Information Days	Zurich
September 21, 2001	XML Information Days	Milan
September 24, 2001	XML Information Days	Paris
September 25, 2001	XML Information Days	Copenhagen
September 26, 2001	XML Information Days	Oslo
September 26 - 28, 2001	Australian Unix User Group's Annual Conference(AUUG 2001)	Sydney, Australia
September 27, 2001	XML Information Days	Stockholm
September 28, 2001	XML Information Days	Helsinki
September 30 - October 4, 2001	XML One	San Jose, California
October 1, 2001	XML Information Days	Budapest
October 2 - 5, 2001	Federal Open Source Conference	(Ronald Reagan Building)Washington DC
October 11 - 13, 2001	Wizards of OS 2	(House of World Cultures)Berlin, 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.

User Group News

LUG Events: August 16 - August 30, 2001.

Date	Event	Location
August 16, 2001	St. Louis LUG(SLLUG)	(St. Louis County Library, Indian Trails Branch)St. Louis, MO.
August 16, 2001	Linux User Support Team, Taegu(LUST-T)	Taegu, Korea
August 16, 2001	South Mississippi LUG(SMLUG)	(Barnes & Noble)Gulfport, Mississippi
August 16, 2001	Gallup Linux Users Group(GalLUG)	(Coyote Bookstore)Gallup, New Mexico
August 16, 2001	Linux Enthusiasts And Professionals of Central Florida(LEAP-CF)	(DeVry Institute)Orlando, FL.
August 16, 2001	SSLUG: Hyggemøde på Niels Bohr Institutet	Denmark
August 17, 2001	Rock River Linux User Group(RRLUG)	(Rockford College)Rockford, Illinois
August 18, 2001	SVLUG Installfest	Silicon Valley, CA
August 18, 2001	North Texas Linux Users Group(NTLUG)	(Nokia Centre)Irving, Texas
August 18, 2001	NLUG Canoe trip	(Tennessee's Red River)Nashville, Tenn.
August 19, 2001	Beachside LUG	Conway, South Carolina
August 19, 2001	Mesilla Valley Linux User Group(MVLUG)	(Village Inn on El Paseo Rd.)Las Cruces, New Mexico
August 20, 2001	Linux User Group of Davis(LUGOD)	(Z-World)Davis, CA
August 21, 2001	Bay Area Linux User Group(BALUG)	(Four Seas Restaurant, Chinatown)San Francisco, CA
August 21, 2001	Hazelwood Linux User Group(HLUG)	(Prairie Commons Branch Library)Hazelwood, Missouri
August 21, 2001	Phoenix Linux Users Group(PLUG)	(Glendale Community College)Glendale, AZ
August 21, 2001	KCLUG Installfest	Kansas City, MO.
August 21, 2001	Linux Stammtisch	(Bandersnatch Brew Pub)Tempe, AZ
August 21, 2001 August 28, 2001	Kalamazoo Linux Users Group(KLUG)	(Western Michigan University)Kalamazoo, Michigan
August 21, 2001	AaLUG: Ekstraordinær generalforsamling	Denmark
August 21, 2001	Western Cape Linux Users Group(CLUG)	University of Cape Town, South Africa
August 23, 2001	Omaha Linux User Group(OLUG)	Omaha, Nebraska
August 25, 2001	Consortium of All Bay Area Linux(CABAL)	Menlo Park, CA
August 25, 2001	AaLUG: Weekend arrangement sammen med Prosa	Denmark
August 27, 2001	Haifa Linux Club	(Technion CS dept. bldg.)Haifa, Israel
August 27, 2001	Roseville Area Linux Users Group(roselug)	(Nerd Books)Roseville, California
August 28, 2001	FLUG: DNS af Michael Nielsen	Denmark
August 29, 2001	Central Ohio LUG(COLUG)	Columbus, Ohio
August 29, 2001	Nashville Linux User's Group(NLUG)	Nashville, Tennessee

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

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