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Resources

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Events

Wizards of OS 2. Wizards of OS 2, Open Cultures and Free Knowledge, is an International Conference at the House of World Cultures Berlin coming October 11 - 13, 2001.

Events: August 23 - October 18, 2001.

Date	Event	Location
August 23 - 25, 2001	LinuxWorld Hong Kong	Hong Kong
August 23 - 24, 2001	HP World 2001	(McCormick Place)Chicago, IL, USA.
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
October 15 - 17, 2001	ApacheCon Europe - Canceled.	Dublin, Ireland

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 23 - September 6, 2001.

Date	Event	Location
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 September 4, 2001	Kalamazoo Linux Users Group(KLUG)	(Western Michigan University)Kalamazoo, Michigan
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
September 1, 2001	Twin Cities Linux Users Group(TCLUG)	Minneapolis, MN
September 1, 2001	LEAP-CF Installfest	Orlando, FL.
September 3, 2001	Baton Rouge Linux User Group(BRLUG)	Baton Rouge, LA.
September 4, 2001	Linux User Group of Davis(LUGOD)	(Z-World)Davis, CA
September 4, 2001	Missouri Open Source LUG(MOSLUG)	Kirkwood, Missouri
September 4, 2001	AaLUG: Foredragsaften	Denmark
September 5, 2001	Silicon Valley Linux Users Group(SVLUG)	San Jose, CA
September 5, 2001	KCLUG Installfest	Kansas City, MO.
September 5, 2001	Southeastern Indiana LUG(SEILUG)	(Madison/Jefferson County Public Library)Madison, IN
September 6, 2001	Edinburgh LUG(EDLUG)	Edinburgh, Scotland
September 6, 2001	St. Louis Area Computer Club Linux workshop	St. Louis, MO
September 6, 2001	Gallup Linux Users Group(GalLUG)	(Coyote Bookstore)Gallup, New Mexico
September 6, 2001	UNIX/Linux Special Interest Group of the Dayton Microcomputer Association	(DMA office at 119 Valley St)Dayton, OH, USA.
September 6, 2001	SSLUG: Hyggemöte på Malmö Högskola	Denmark
September 6, 2001	Ottawa Canada Linux Users Group(OCLUG)	(Algonquin College Rideau Campus)Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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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