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Announcements

Resources

Linux Buyer's Guide #13. The Duke of URL has posted a new Linux Buyer's Guide. Check it out for an overview of current Linux compatible hardware. The article illustrates how to piece together an 850 Mhz low-end system for under $400. High end systems are also featured.

The Ultimate Linux Box 2001: How to Design Your Dream Machine (Tuxedo.org). Eric Raymond also describes the building of a top-performance Linux system in this article. "And oh, yes, the software. I realize that favorite Linux distribution is a religious war, but I can't resist putting in a plug for mine -- KRUD Linux from Kevin Fenzi and the good folks at tummy.com. Subscribing to KRUD gives you a Red Hat base, plus a monthly update including all security fixes and a tasty selection of additional programs and tools."

Stand Up and be Counted. The Linux Counter project has announced that it will be removing 90,000 old accounts in an effort to improve its data quality. Current users are encouraged to sign up.

Events

ALS Goes Free, as in Beer (Linux Journal). The Annual Linux Showcase, to be held in Oakland California November 5-10, 2001, will feature free admission. "'The USENIX board hopes that by making the conference free, we would encourage people to come and discuss what can be done about things like SSSCA and the W3C RAND patenting discussion', maddog said. The SSSCA is The Walt Disney Company's attempt to effectively ban free software operating systems by requiring mandatory copy restriction in all digital devices."

LL1: Lightweight Languages Workshop 2001. MIT is hosting the first Lightweight Languages Workshop on Saturday, November 17, 2001 in Cambridge MA.

Carly Fiorina to deliver LinuxWorld keynote. IDG World Expo has announced that the opening keynote at the next LinuxWorld Conference and Expo (New York, January 29 to February 1) will be HP CEO Carly Fiorina. Also lined up to give keynotes are Sanjay Kumar (President, CEO of Computer Associates) and William Zeitler (an IBM VP). Distinctly missing from the agenda is Linus Torvalds or any other community figure.

Events: October 18 - December 13, 2001.

Date	Event	Location
October 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 24 - 25, 2001	LinuxDays	Luxembourg
October 27, 2001	LUGOD Linux Demonstration	(Davis Food Co-Op)Davis, CA
October 30 - November 1, 2001	LinuxWorld Germany	Frankfurt, Germany
October 30 - 31, 2001	tech-u-wear 2001	(Madison Square Garden)New York City
November 5 - 10, 2001	Annual Linux Showcase(ALS)	(Oakland Marriott City Center)Oakland, California
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 8, 2001	Embedded Linux Expo & Conference	(Sheraton Reston Hotel)Reston, VA
November 9, 2001	Open Source in Banking and Finance(OSBAF)	(Baltimore Engineering Society)Baltimore, Maryland
November 9, 2001	Java Information Days, Europe	Zurich
November 10 - 16, 2001	SC2001	Denver, Colorado
November 12, 2001	Third Annual Beowulf Bash	Denver, Colorado
November 17, 2001	Lightweight Languages Workshop 2001(LL1)	(MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab)Cambridge MA
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

Announcing New KDE-PIM Site. A new web site that focuses on KDE Personal Information Management (PIM) has been announced. The new site is located at pim.kde.org.

User Group News

LUG Events: October 18 - November 1, 2001.

Date	Event	Location
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 November 1, 2001	Gallup Linux Users Group(GalLUG)	(Coyote Bookstore)Gallup, New Mexico
October 18, 2001	New Orleans Linux Users' Group(NOLUG)	(University of New Orleans (UNO) Mathematics Building)New Orleans, Louisiana
October 19, 2001	Rock River Linux User Group(RRLUG)	(Rockford College)Rockford, Illinois
October 20, 2001	SVLUG Installfest	Silicon Valley, CA
October 21, 2001	Beachside LUG	Conway, South Carolina
October 21, 2001	Mesilla Valley Linux User Group(MVLUG)	(Village Inn on El Paseo Rd.)Las Cruces, New Mexico
October 21, 2001	LUGOD Linux Installfest	(Engineering Unit II, Rm 1131, UC Davis)Davis, CA
October 23, 2001	Hazelwood Linux User Group(HLUG)	(Prairie Commons Branch Library)Hazelwood, Missouri
October 23, 2001 October 30, 2001	Kalamazoo Linux Users Group(KLUG)	(Western Michigan University)Kalamazoo, Michigan
October 24, 2001	Linux User Group in Assen	Netherlands
October 25, 2001	Bergen Linux User Group(BLUG)	Bergen, Norway
October 25, 2001	GalLUG Installfest	(Connecting Point Computers)Gallup, New Mexico
October 25, 2001	K-LUG	Rochester, Minnesota
October 27, 2001	Consortium of All Bay Area Linux(CABAL)	Menlo Park, CA
October 27, 2001	Linux User Group Gießen - Practical Linux	Gießen-Friedberg
October 27, 2001	LUGOD Linux Demonstration	(Davis Food Co-Op)Davis, CA
October 29, 2001	Roseville Area Linux Users Group(roselug)	(Nerd Books)Roseville, California
October 31, 2001	Central Ohio LUG(COLUG)	Columbus, Ohio
October 31, 2001	Nashville Linux User's Group(NLUG)	Nashville, Tennessee
November 1, 2001	Edinburgh LUG(EDLUG)	Edinburgh, Scotland
November 1, 2001	UNIX/Linux Special Interest Group of the Dayton Microcomputer Association	(DMA office at 119 Valley St)Dayton, OH, USA.
November 1, 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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