See also: last week's Announcements page.

Announcements

Resources

The Safe Way to Remote Console (TechWeb). Tech Web discusses a number of issues in dealing with remote consoles for server machines. " Console access is the next best thing to being there. You can do things on a console that you can't do by normal remote management. For example, you can't normally see the status of the boot RAM check remotely, and if a server is rebooted and a floppy disk is in the drive, the computer's operating system might not load. The network card might go bad, or the server could become unplugged from the network. No matter how good the operating system is, you will need to access the console at some time."

You Can Get There from Here, Part 2 (Linux Journal). Linux Journal talks more about dealing with email and other data while on the road. "Every once in a while, you need to get to your system. Specifically, you need to get shell access. If you happen to be on someone else's network or, if you are not carrying your handy-dandy notebook (computer), this can be a problem. The problem gets worse if, being the security-conscious type that you are, you deny Telnets in favor of an SSH connection. Just about every PC has some kind of Telnet terminal application (though the standard one that comes with that other OS tends to be pretty, ahem, crappy), but not everyone has a SSH terminal for you to use."

Events

LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Showcases the Adoption of Open Source in the Enterprise. Business wire summarizes the events at the recent LinuxWorld Conference and Expo. "Attracting more than 18,000 attendees and 180 exhibitors, the show's success demonstrated a growing popularity and demand for all things Linux, and marked a shift from what was once considered a meeting place for "hackers" to a mature marketplace for businesses both emerging and global."

Linuxbierwanderung 2001. For all those who missed it, here's an account of this year's Linux Beer Hike.

SDL Game Contest. No Starch Press, publishers of the Programming Linux Games, has announced a contest for game developers. Games written with SDL that compile to under 1MB are eligible.

O'Reilly P2P postponed. Due to the recent terrorist events and the effects that they have had on travel, O'Reilly has postponed it's upcoming P2P conference. (Thanks to Lynn Danielson)

6th Linux Developers Meeting in Oldenburg. Linux developers are invited to attend the 6th Linux Developers Meeting in Oldenburg As in previous years, the meeting brings Linux/m68k core developers and active users together to discuss current problems, show off projects, exchange news, and generally to have fun. The meeting will take place at the University of Oldenburg, Wechloy from September 27 to September 30, 2001.

Open Source in Banking and Finance. A conference for Open Source in Banking and Finance will be held on November 9, 2001 in Baltimore, Maryland.

Events: September 20 - November 22, 2001.

Date	Event	Location
September 20, 2001	XML Information Days	Zurich
September 21, 2001	XML Information Days	Milan
September 23 - 28, 2001	Australian Unix User Group's Annual Conference(AUUG 2001)	Sydney, Australia
September 24, 2001	XML Information Days	Paris
September 25, 2001	XML Information Days	Copenhagen
September 26, 2001	XML Information Days	Oslo
September 27, 2001	XML Information Days	Stockholm
September 27 - 30, 2001	6th Linux Developers Meeting	University of Oldenburg, Wechloy
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 8 - 12, 2001	IBM pSeries and UNIX Technical University	(Hotel Munchen)Munich, Germany
October 10, 2001	Richard Stallman and Eben Moglen to speak on: "Free Software: the Free Market/Free Speech Solution to the Microsoft Antitrust Problem."	(George Washington University)Washington, D.C.
October 11 - 13, 2001	Wizards of OS 2	(House of World Cultures)Berlin, Germany
October 14 - 18, 2001	ACM Conference on Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages and Applications(OOPSLA 2001)	(Tampa Convention Center)Tampa Bay, Florida
October 22 - 25, 2001	XMLEdge International Developer Conference & Expo
October 22 - 26, 2001	The Open Group Quarterly Conference	Amsterdam, Netherlands
October 30 - November 1, 2001	LinuxWorld Germany	Frankfurt, Germany
October 30 - 31, 2001	tech-u-wear 2001	(Madison Square Garden)New York City
November 6 - 10, 2001	Annual Linux Showcase and Conference	Oakland, CA
November 6 - 8, 2001	LinuxWorld Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
November 8, 2001	NLUUG Annual Autumn conference	De Reehorst, Ede, Netherlands
November 8 - 9, 2001	XFree86 Technical Conference	(Oakland Convention Center)Oakland, CA
November 9, 2001	Open Source in Banking and Finance(OSBAF)	(Baltimore Engineering Society)Baltimore, Maryland

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

Web sites

User Group News

LUG Events: September 20 - October 4, 2001.

Date	Event	Location
September 20, 2001	St. Louis LUG(SLLUG)	(St. Louis County Library, Indian Trails Branch)St. Louis, MO.
September 20, 2001	Omaha Linux User Group(OLUG)	Omaha, Nebraska
September 20, 2001	South Mississippi LUG(SMLUG)	(Barnes & Noble)Gulfport, Mississippi
September 20, 2001 October 4, 2001	Gallup Linux Users Group(GalLUG)	(Coyote Bookstore)Gallup, New Mexico
September 20, 2001	Linux Enthusiasts And Professionals of Central Florida(LEAP-CF)	(DeVry Institute)Orlando, FL.
September 20, 2001	New Orleans Linux Users' Group(NOLUG)	(University of New Orleans (UNO) Mathematics Building)New Orleans, Louisiana
September 20, 2001	AaLUG: Foredrag om Dia	Denmark
September 20, 2001	SSLUG: Quicktalks...	Denmark
September 21, 2001	Rock River Linux User Group(RRLUG)	(Rockford College)Rockford, Illinois
September 21, 2001	AaLUG: AaLUG Linux Weekend 2001	Denmark
September 22, 2001	Consortium of All Bay Area Linux(CABAL)	Menlo Park, CA
September 22, 2001	Greater London Linux User Group(GLLUG)	London, England.
September 22, 2001	North Texas Linux Users Group(NTLUG)	(Nokia Centre)Irving, Texas
September 22, 2001	Rice LUG Installfest Fall 2001	(Duncan Hall, Rice University)Houston, TX.
September 24, 2001	Roseville Area Linux Users Group(roselug)	(Nerd Books)Roseville, California
September 25, 2001	Hazelwood Linux User Group(HLUG)	(Prairie Commons Branch Library)Hazelwood, Missouri
September 25, 2001 October 2, 2001	Kalamazoo Linux Users Group(KLUG)	(Western Michigan University)Kalamazoo, Michigan
September 25, 2001	Western Cape Linux Users Group(CLUG)	University of Cape Town, South Africa
September 26, 2001	Linux User Group in Assen	Netherlands
September 26, 2001	Nashville Linux User's Group(NLUG)	Nashville, Tennessee
September 27, 2001	GalLUG Installfest	(Connecting Point Computers)Gallup, New Mexico
September 27, 2001	K-LUG	Rochester, Minnesota
September 27, 2001	LinuxDK: Seminar: HP og IBM viser high-end Linux-løsninger	Denmark
September 29, 2001	Central Ohio LUG(COLUG)	Columbus, Ohio
October 1, 2001	Baton Rouge Linux User Group(BRLUG)	Baton Rouge, LA.
October 2, 2001	Linux User Group of Davis(LUGOD)	(Z-World)Davis, CA
October 2, 2001	Missouri Open Source LUG(MOSLUG)	Kirkwood, Missouri
October 3, 2001	Silicon Valley Linux Users Group(SVLUG)	San Jose, CA
October 3, 2001	Southeastern Indiana LUG(SEILUG)	(Madison/Jefferson County Public Library)Madison, IN
October 3, 2001	Kansas City LUG Demoday(KCLUG)	(Kansas City Public Library)KC, Missouri
October 4, 2001	Edinburgh LUG(EDLUG)	Edinburgh, Scotland
October 4, 2001	St. Louis Area Computer Club Linux workshop	St. Louis, MO
October 4, 2001	UNIX/Linux Special Interest Group of the Dayton Microcomputer Association	(DMA office at 119 Valley St)Dayton, OH, USA.
October 4, 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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