See also: last week's Announcements page.

Announcements

Resources

DesktopLinux.com launches Windows-to-Linux FAQ Project. DesktopLinux.com has launched a new "frequently asked questions" list targeting computer users who want to switch from Windows to Linux as their desktop operating system.

Events

Linux Bangalore/2001 program. Linux Bangalore/2001, held in Bangalore, India, starting on December 10, has posted its conference program. There is an impressive list of over 65 talks on numerous topics. Evidently a national television channel will be recording the whole thing for national distribution early next year. It looks like a worthwhile event.

Events: December 5, 2001 - January 31, 2002.

Date	Event	Location
December 6 - 15, 2001	II Unix Internacional Meeting(UMeet2001)	Online
December 7 - 9, 2001	PLUTO MEETING 2001	Terni, Italy
December 10 - 12, 2001	Linux Bangalore 2001	Bangalore, India
January 28 - 29, 2002	The Conference on File and Storage Technologies(FAST 2002)	Monterey, CA
January 29 - February 1, 2002	LinuxWorld	New York, NY

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

FreeGO!. The folks at Prosa have started FreeGO!, a free software news site in the Italian language.

Japanese PostgreSQL site moves. The Japanese PostgreSQL site has moved to a new location.

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