In this month's
Linux Foundation newsletter:
* Linux Foundation
Hosts MeeGo Project * Free Linux Training Webinar Series
Announced
* New
Collaboration Summit Program Details Revealed
* 2010 "We're Linux" Video Contest Launches * Linux Foundation in
the News * Upcoming Training Course from Linux Foundation
==> Linux Foundation
Hosts MeeGo Project <==
The
Linux Foundation is the home for the new MeeGo project, which combines
the former Intel-backed Moblin and Nokia-backed Maemo Linux-based
initiatives. The project is
being hosted as a fully open source
project, encouraging community contributions in line with the best
practices of the open source development model.
MeeGo is
designed for
cross-device, cross-architecture computing and is
built from the ground up for a new class of powerful computing devices.
The Linux Foundation
expects MeeGo to be adopted widely by device manufacturers, network
operators, software vendors and developers across multiple device types
and for many organizations and developers to participate in the project.Executive
Director Jim Zemlin shares the details in his blog post at Linux.com: http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/158-jim-zemlin/286723-bringing-the-magic-to-linux-with-meego-
==> Free Linux
Training Webinar Series Announced <==
In
January, the Linux Foundation announced a free webinar series to help
meet increasing demand for Linux professionals. The series is designed
to enable attendees to learn
the fundamentals of Linux directly from the source of Linux, the
developers themselves. The webinar series will feature Linux Foundation
technical advisory board (TAB) members and other community developers.
The first Webinar in the series is “How To Contribute to the Linux
Community,” led by Jon Corbet, and available March 1. For more
information on this webinar series and other training opportunities
through the Linux Foundation, please visit http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/167-amanda-mcpherson/280632-how-to-learn-linux-from-the-developers-of-linux-for-free
==> New
Collaboration Summit Program Details Revealed <==
The
invitation-only Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit is coming up! It
takes place on April 14-16, 2010 at Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco. The
exclusive event brings together the brightest minds in Linux, including
core kernel developers, distribution maintainers, ISVs, end users,
system vendors and other community organizations.
New program highlights include:
* Keynote and full day
session on MeeGo, the new computing platform backed by Intel and Nokia.
*
Does Open Source Mean Open Cloud? A roundtable panel moderated by John
March Walker, founder and chief community architect at Community Root,
LLC. Panelists include Sam Ramji, vice president at Sonoa Systems; Doug
Tidwell, senior software engineer at IBM; and Matt Asay, chief operating
officer at Canonical.
* An informative Linux Kernel Roundtable Panel featuring James
Bottomley, Jon Corbet, Andrew Morton, Christoph Hellwig and Greg
Kroah-Hartman.
* How to Prevent Community: Making Sure Your Pond
Stays Small. A keynote by Josh Berkus, PostgreSQL
* State of the Linux Union. A keynote from Jim Zemlin, executive
director at the Linux Foundation
* Why Your Life Might Depend on
Your Code. A keynote by Alexander Shanz, DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH
* 10+ Years of Linux at IBM. A keynote by Dr. Daniel Frye, vice
president, Open Systems Development, IBM; and board member at the Linux
Foundation.
To request an invitation, please visit: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/component/registrationpro/?func=details&did=26
==> 2010 We're Linux
Video Contest Launches <==
The
Linux Foundation's “We’re Linux” video contest is back for its second
year and aims to find the best user-generated videos that demonstrate
what Linux
means to those who use it and inspire others to try it.
The contest is
calling all community members and amateur filmmakers
to share with the public what a 30-60 second Linux-focused spot for the
Super Bowl might look like. This theme is not a requirement for entry;
however, videos that can demonstrate the benefits of Linux to the
general public are likely to receive more community votes.
Submissions are
being accepted
through midnight on April 4, 2010. The winner will be revealed at the
Linux Foundation’s Collaboration Summit on April 14, 2010 in San
Francisco and will be awarded with a laptop loaded with Linux and a trip
to LinuxCon in Boston, Mass.
The winner will be
determined by a combination of online community
ranking and a panel of judges that includes:
• Andrew Morton,
lead Linux kernel maintainer;
• Stephen O’Grady, co-founder, Red Monk;
• Stormy Peters, executive director, GNOME Foundation;
• Brandon Phillips, Linux kernel developer, Novell;
• Bob Sutor, VP, Open Source and Linux, IBM Software Group; and
• Steven Vaughan-Nichols, journalist, ComputerWorld.
==> Linux Foundation in the News <==MobileCrunch: Moblin +
Maemo + Linux Foundation = MeeGo"I think this makes a lot of sense.
Shepherding a Linux distribution is
hard work. It takes a lot of effort to build and maintain a vibrant
developer community, and it takes a certain attitude to really drive an
open source project." http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/02/15/moblin-maemo-linux-foundation-meego/
Wall
Street Journal: Intel and Nokia Get "Cute" with Mobile Software"
"If you wrote an application to run on an ARM chip, a developer most
likely would have to run a process called recompilation to create a
version that would run on a device using an x86 microprocessor, noted
Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, which will help
oversee MeeGo’s development, as it had Moblin’s. Still, the work for
developers should be a lot less, Zemlin said. He
noted that Intel and Nokia see MeeGo as not at all limited to
smartphones, but to be a platform for creating applications for
netbook-style PCs, TVs, cars and other products. 'They are thinking
about this as a platform for things people haven’t even dreamed of yet,'
Zemlin said.http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/02/15/intel-and-nokia-get-cute-with-mobile-software/
OStatic:
LinuxCon Puts Out Call for Papers Ahead of Summer Event
"LinuxCon 2010 is just six months away, and the Linux Foundation is on
the lookout for attendees and presenters alike. A call for participation
went out last week, inviting
Linux users of all types
to submit presentation proposals." http://ostatic.com/blog/linuxcon-puts-out-call-for-papers-ahead-of-summer-event
ITWorld: Kicking Off a
New "We're Linux" Contest
"The contest,
which was very popular in its first iteration last year,
calls all community members and amateur filmmakers to create a 30-60
second Linux-focused spot for the big game {super bowl}. Having helped
manage the entries last year while at the LF, I
can tell you that the level of creativity from the 2009 entries was very
high, and I am personally looking forward to seeing what this year's
batch of entries brings."http://www.itworld.com/open-source/95611/kicking-off-a-new-were-linux-video-contest
CNET: Free Linux Training to Help You Get a Job"Research shows the
demand for Linux talent is on the rise with some firms reporting a 50
percent
increase in Linux-related jobs just in the last year. This is certainly
good news if you already know how to work with Linux, and perhaps better
news if you are looking for a new technical role."
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10441285-62.html
San
Francisco Chronicle: Linux Foundation: Microsoft Talking Smack on
Windows Mobile"In a blog post this week, Zemlin fired
back at
comments Bach made to financial analysts at CES (consumer electronics
show)
that there is too much complexity in Linux and too many versions for
phone carriers to manage. 'By Bach's count there are 17 variants of
Linux available on mobile
phones,' writes Zemlin. 'He sees this as a bad thing for customers. We,
unsurprisingly, see this as a bad thing for Microsoft.'
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/01/21/urnidgns852573C400693880002576B20075C15D.DTL
==>
Upcoming Training Courses from Linux Foundation <==
Developing Linux Device Drivers
March 15-19, 2010
Tokyo, Japan
For more information, please visit:
http://training.linuxfoundation.org/component/registrationpro/?func=details&did=35
Linux Kernel Internals Crash Course
March 22-26, 2010
Virtual
Classroom
For more information, please visit:
http://training.linuxfoundation.org/component/registrationpro/?func=details&did=45
Embedded Linux Development
March 22-26, 2010
Santa Clara,
Calif.
For more information, please visit:
http://training.linuxfoundation.org/component/registrationpro/?func=details&did=47
Developing Apps for Linux
April 5-9, 2010
Washington, D.C.
For
more information, please visit:
http://training.linuxfoundation.org/component/registrationpro/?func=details&did=31
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