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Announcements

Resources

UML Disaster of the Month Contest. Jeff Dike, creator of User-mode Linux, has announced a new 'Disaster of the Month' contest. The challenge: use UML to create a horribly damaged system, then figure out how to recover. User-mode Linux is, indeed, an ideal tool for this sort of exercise, since one need not vandalize an actual, working system. The first test is a zeroed-out superblock; roll up your sleeves and figure out how you're going to get out of this one...

Events

FOSDEM 2002. The Free and Open Source Software Developers European Meeting (FOSDEM) has been announced for February 16 and 17 in Brussels. A number of speakers have already been scheduled, including Richard Stallman and Miguel de Icaza. More information is available on the FOSDEM web site. There will also be a chance to meet some KDE developers at FOSDEM.

Python 10 conference program. The program for the Tenth International Python Conference (February 4 to 7, Alexandria, Virginia) is now complete. The keynote speakers are Tim Berners-Lee and Andrew Koenig. The full program may be found on the Python10 web site.

Fourth German Perl Workshop 2002: Call for Participation (use Perl). There will be a Perl Workshop in Sankt Augustin, Germany from February 13 through 15, 2002.

Linux Charity Christmas Party. A Linux Charity Christmas Party will be held in Toronto, Canada on December 17, 2001. Toys are being collected for needy kids. A stuffed penguin would make an excellent gift.

linux.conf.au registration opens. Registration for linux.conf.au (Brisbane, Australia, February 6 to 9) is now open.

Linux Event 2002. The Linux Event 2002 will be held in Livorno, Italy on February 1 through 3. (If the web site turns up "under construction," try later on - they are still working on it).

Events: December 13, 2001 - February 7, 2002.

Date	Event	Location
December 13 - 15, 2001	II Unix Internacional Meeting(UMeet2001)	Online
January 28 - 29, 2002	The Conference on File and Storage Technologies(FAST 2002)	Monterey, CA
January 29 - February 1, 2002	LinuxWorld	New York, NY
February 1 - 3, 2002	Linux Event 2002	Livorno, Italy
February 3 - 6, 2002	Embedded Executive Summit	(Ritz-Carlton)Half Moon Bay, California
February 4 - 7, 2002	10th International Python Conference	(Hilton Alexandria Mark Center)Alexandria, Virginia
February 5, 2002	OMG Information Days Europe 2002	Amsterdam
February 6, 2002	OMG Information Days Europe 2002	Brussels
February 6 - 9, 2002	linux.conf.au	Brisbane, Australia
February 7, 2002	OMG Information Days Europe 2002	Paris

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

Perl Training Directory. Gabor Szabo has put together perltraining.org, a site that is dedicated to listing Perl language training courses.

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