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Announcements

Resources

Linux Standard Base aims for single Linux platform (ZDNet). Another technology review from Garnter, this time covering the Linux Standards Base effort. "LSB has the potential to save the Linux market from fragmentation and avoid the same splintering as Unix went through. But to make it work, Linux distributors must be committed to LSB. While the major vendors have all pledged their support, it is still too early to see their commitment- the distributors simply have not yet had a chance to fully incorporate LSB into their own Linux distributions." A list of standards upon which the LSB is based is also available.

Events

Free Software Event in Portugal. Another public event has been scheduled, this time on October 12th in the city of Porto, Portugal. FSF vice-president Bradley Kuhn is expected to speak at the city-hall sponsored event. News on the web site is in Portuguese.

CodeCon 2002. CodeCon 2002, "the premier event in 2002 for the P2P, cypherpunk, and network/security application developer community," will be held February 15 to 17 in San Francisco. The call for papers has gone out, with a deadline of January 1 for submissions. All submissions must be accompanied by source code.

Events: October 4 - November 29, 2001.

Date	Event	Location
October 4 - 5, 2001	Federal Open Source Conference	(Ronald Reagan Building)Washington DC
October 4, 2001	XML One	San Jose, California
October 8 - 12, 2001	IBM pSeries and UNIX Technical University	(Hotel Munchen)Munich, Germany
October 9, 2001	Java Information Days, Europe	Helsinki
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 10, 2001	Java Information Days, Europe	Stockholm
October 11 - 13, 2001	Wizards of OS 2	(House of World Cultures)Berlin, Germany
October 11, 2001	Java Information Days, Europe	Oslo
October 12, 2001	Java Information Days, Europe	Copenhagen
October 12, 2001	Porto Cidade Tecnologica	(City Hall)Porto, Portugal
October 14 - 18, 2001	ACM Conference on Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages and Applications(OOPSLA 2001)	(Tampa Convention Center)Tampa Bay, Florida
October 21, 2001	LUGOD Linux Installfest	(Engineering Unit II, Rm 1131, UC Davis)Davis, CA
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 6, 2001	Java Information Days, Europe	Paris
November 7, 2001	Java Information Days, Europe	Amsterdam
November 8, 2001	NLUUG Annual Autumn conference	De Reehorst, Ede, Netherlands
November 8 - 9, 2001	XFree86 Technical Conference	(Oakland Convention Center)Oakland, CA
November 8, 2001	Java Information Days, Europe	Frankfurt
November 9, 2001	Open Source in Banking and Finance(OSBAF)	(Baltimore Engineering Society)Baltimore, Maryland
November 9, 2001	Java Information Days, Europe	Zurich
November 28 - 30, 2001	Linux-Kongress 2001	(University of Twente)Enschede, The Netherlands.

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: October 4 - 18, 2001.

Date	Event	Location
October 4, 2001	Linux User Support Team, Taegu(LUST-T)	Taegu, Korea
October 4, 2001	Edinburgh LUG(EDLUG)	Edinburgh, Scotland
October 4, 2001	St. Louis Area Computer Club Linux workshop	St. Louis, MO
October 4, 2001 October 18, 2001	Gallup Linux Users Group(GalLUG)	(Coyote Bookstore)Gallup, New Mexico
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	SSLUG: Hyggemöte på Malmö Högskola	Denmark
October 4, 2001	Ottawa Canada Linux Users Group(OCLUG)	(Algonquin College Rideau Campus)Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
October 6, 2001	Twin Cities Linux Users Group(TCLUG)	Minneapolis, MN
October 6, 2001	Sheffield Linux User's Group(ShefLUG)	(Sheffield Hallam University)Sheffield, UK.
October 6, 2001	LEAP-CF Installfest	Orlando, FL.
October 6 - 7, 2001	Eugene Expo	(Wheeler Pavillion)Eugene, Oregon
October 9, 2001	Victoria Linux Users Group(VLUG)	(University of Victoria)Victoria, British Columbia
October 9, 2001	Long Island LUG(LILUG)	(SUNY Farmingdale)Farmingdale, NY
October 9, 2001 October 16, 2001	Kalamazoo Linux Users Group(KLUG)	(Western Michigan University)Kalamazoo, Michigan
October 9, 2001	K-LUG	Rochester, Minnesota
October 10, 2001	Toledo Area Linux User's Group(TALUG)	Toledo, OH
October 10, 2001	Columbia Area LUG(CALUG)	(Capita Technologies Training Center)Columbia, Maryland
October 10, 2001	Silicon Corridor LUG(SCLUG)	(Back of Beyond pub in Kings Road)Reading, UK
October 10, 2001	Linux Users Group of Sacramento(sacLUG)	(Calweb)Sacramento, California
October 10, 2001	St. Louis Unix Users Group Wireless Networking	(Sunnen Products)St. Louis, MO
October 11, 2001	Boulder Linux Users Group(BLUG)	(Nist Radio Building)Boulder, CO
October 11, 2001	Kernel-Panic Linux User Group(KPLUG)	San Diego, CA
October 12, 2001	St. Louis LUG Linux InstallFest	St. Louis, MO
October 12, 2001	Porto Cidade Tecnologica	(City Hall)Porto, Portugal
October 13, 2001	Consortium of All Bay Area Linux(CABAL)	Menlo Park, CA
October 13, 2001	Route 66 LUG	La Verne, CA
October 13, 2001	KPLUG Installfest	(National City Adult Center)San Diego, CA
October 15, 2001	Linux User Group of Davis(LUGOD)	(Z-World)Davis, CA
October 16, 2001	Bay Area Linux User Group(BALUG)	(Four Seas Restaurant, Chinatown)San Francisco, CA
October 16, 2001	KCLUG Installfest	Kansas City, MO.
October 16, 2001	Linux Stammtisch	(Bandersnatch Brew Pub)Tempe, AZ
October 17, 2001	Central Iowa Linux Users Group(CIALUG)	West Des Moines, IA
October 17, 2001	Linux User Group in Groningen	The Netherlands
October 17, 2001	Washington D.C. Linux User Group(DCLUG)	(National Institute of Health)Bethesda, Maryland
October 17, 2001	New York Linux User's Group(NYLUG)	(IBM Building)New York, NY
October 18, 2001	St. Louis LUG(SLLUG)	(St. Louis County Library, Indian Trails Branch)St. Louis, MO.
October 18, 2001	South Mississippi LUG(SMLUG)	(Barnes & Noble)Gulfport, Mississippi
October 18, 2001	New Orleans Linux Users' Group(NOLUG)	(University of New Orleans (UNO) Mathematics Building)New Orleans, Louisiana

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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