* Linux Foundation Launches Linux.com
* Linux is in the Clouds
* Moblin v2 Beta Released to Public
* LF Announces LinuxCon Keynotes
* New Training Courses Revealed
* End User Summit Dates, Venue Announced
* Linux Foundation in the News
* Video from Collab Summit Available
==> Linux Foundation Launches Linux.com <==
After a very successful beta program conducted by IdeaForge users, Linux.com was launched for the general public on May 13, when existing Linux.com users and the rest of the Linux world started on their journeys to become Linux gurus.
The launch was extremely successful, with near-unanimous critical acclaim, and nearly 3,000 users signing up in the first 48 hours of the site's opening.
The new Linux.com connects Linux users and developers, and by showcasing their skills through its guru listing, potentially connects individuals to jobs and collaboration opportunities. Instead of a static information site, the new Linux.com empowers the Linux community to share their knowledge, get questions answered, download the right software, and find hardware to solve their problems. Most importantly the allows users a place to showcase their skills through the Linux Guru directory and point system.
The top five contributors to Linux.com will receive invitations to the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit and have a seat at the annual Linux.com planning meeting as community representatives, The top ranked Linux.com user will be recognized each year as the “Ultimate Linux Guru” and be given a fully loaded “dream” Linux notebook, signed personally by Linus Torvalds, as recognition of his or her guru status. The top 50 Linux Gurus on Linux.com will be included in an annual report from the Linux Foundation: those high ranking users will be able to showcase their status and knowledge to potential employers or consulting opportunities. More information, including “Guru” point values, is available at the site.
http://www.linux.com
http://linux.com/welcome-community
==> Linux is in the Clouds <==
The latest Linux Foundation white paper: "Linux, the Operating System of the Cloud" was released this month. The paper provides a high-level overview of how Linux is powering cloud environments with some discussion of why Linux is the obvious choice. Linux is configurable, ubiquitous, flexible (in terms of licensing *and* technology), manageable (its very easy to find staff to administer it), and available on all architectures, which drives the costs down for its users.
Like the web architectures it spawned from, cloud computing platforms are often composed from many other open source projects, from databases to file systems to application and web servers to language runtimes. By virtue of its quality, ubiquity, and open source nature, Linux is a first choice deployment target for developers of all of the above. As a result, cloud vendors benefit from the wide application catalog available to the Linux platform, the paper states.
To read the paper, visit http://www.linuxfoundation.org/publications/linuxincloud.html.
==> Moblin v2 Beta Released to Public <==
Linux Foundation's Moblin project announces the release the Moblin v2.0 beta for developer testing. With this release, developers can begin to work with the source code of the visually rich, interactive user interface (UI) designed for MIDs, netbooks, nettops, in-vehicle infotainment, and embedded systems.
The new M-Zone UI in the Moblin 2.0 beta acts as a user's home screen, giving access to the live data users actually need. The M-Zone provides instant access to a synchronized calendar, tasks, appointments, recently used files, and real-time updates from friends on social networking sites. A Moblin tool bar is also provided for easy navigation at the top of the screen, which remains hidden until needed.
For more details, visit http://moblin.org/community/blogs/imad/2009/moblin-v20-beta-netbooks-and-nettops-its-here and watch a video announcement at http://video.linuxfoundation.org/video/1397.
==> LF Announces LinuxCon Keynotes <==
The LF has announced confirmed keynotes for the year’s highly anticipated LinuxCon. LinuxCon combines the developer and end user communities to produce more than 75 sessions that address “all matters Linux.” The event takes place September 21-23, 2009 in Portland, Oregon at the Marriott Downtown Waterfront.
The LinuxCon keynotes represent both community and industry, with community luminaries such as Mark Shuttleworth and industry experts such as IBM’s Bob Sutor. Confirmed keynotes include:
• A kernel panel featuring Linus Torvalds, James Bottomley, and others;
• Joe “Zonker” Brockmeier, openSUSE Community Manager, Novell;
• Bdale Garbee, Open Source & Linux Chief Technologist at Hewlett Packard;
• Mark Shuttleworth, Founder of the Ubuntu distribution and Canonical; and
• Bob Sutor, Vice President of Standards and Open Source at IBM.
For more information, visit http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon
==> New Training Courses Revealed <==
The Linux Foundation Training program has announced four new courses as part of its groundbreaking outreach to provide broad, foundational knowledge and networking needed for developers to thrive in their careers today. Linux Foundation Training attendees receive training that is vendor-neutral, technically advanced and built in conjunction with the actual leaders of the Linux development community.
The new developer courses are:
LF01, Creating Applications For Linux
LF02, Essential Linux Device Driver Development Skills
LF03, Linux Kernel Debugging and Performance
LF04, Git Essentials For Developers
Information on these course offerings, as well as online enrollment, is available at: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/training
==> End User Summit Dates, Venue Announced <==
The LF has released the dates and venue for its 2nd Annual Linux Foundation End User Collaboration Summit, to be held on
November 9-10, 2009, at the Hyatt Regency Jersey City on the Hudson, Jersey City, NJ.
The End User Summit gathers the highest level key Linux maintainers and development community representatives to collaborate with senior IT leaders from the largest and most dynamic Linux users in the world. The two day conference is a unique opportunity for education and interaction, including:
• Giving end users the opportunity to learn about upcoming developments in Linux
• Education on hot topics such as such as legal areas and business process as it pertains to open source
• Providing end users a direct connection and voice to the kernel community
For more information, visit the End User Summit site at http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/end-user-summit
==> Linux Foundation in the News <==
Mashable: Linux.com--New Central Place For All Your Linux Needs
It’s all neatly organized on the (very tidy) site, which leaves room for other content without getting in the way of the important stuff. Community blogs, groups, Linux-related events, Linux documentation and tutorials - it’s all here. Although for some of these topics you can find more information on specialized sites and blogs, the community has already worked hard at filling the site with content and info. Therefore, Linux.com definitely doesn’t feel like a newly launched site, it already has the look and feel of a main resource hub and it’ll surely be positioned up high in the bookmark lists of Linux aficionados.
(http://mashable.com/2009/05/13/linuxcom/)
ZDNet UK: Novell, Intel to Push Moblin Adoption
Novell and Intel have signed an agreement to promote the Moblin Linux software stack for Atom processors. The agreement, announced on Thursday, will see Novell create a 'Moblin-based product for netbooks', the companies said in a statement. The software maker will establish a new Novell Open Labs in Taiwan and work with Intel's Taiwan Moblin Enabling Center to validate hardware designs for Moblin compliance.
(http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39649692,00.htm)
OStatic: Linux Foundation Gazes Skyward, Identifies Shapes and Trends in Cloud Computing
What makes this particular paper appealing is its cloudlike nature -- it's a light, quick, breezy overview of why Linux has been, and will continue to be, a standard that drives the cloud computing sector. It's an easy, not overly-technical read, and while IT professionals and administrators wouldn't necessarily find it bursting with new revelations on the industry, it would certainly be worth pointing out to the non-technical supervisors and decision-makers within their organizations.
(http://ostatic.com/blog/linux-foundation-gazes-skyward-identifies-shapes-and-trends-in-cloud-computing)
SYS-CON Webcast: Linux Application Portability with Linux Standard Base
This webinar from Novell will provide Linux ISVs an overview of the Linux Standard Base (a working group of the Linux Foundation) and a tutorial on how to easily port applications to SUSE Linux Enterprise using such tools as the Linux Standard Base Database Navigator and Linux Standard Base Application Checker.
(http://linux.sys-con.com/node/933212)
Linux Journal: LPC Looking for Interested Plumbers
However, conferences can't hold themselves, so the powers behind the LPC are looking for Linux plumbers interested in speaking during the microconferences--several smaller conferences that focus on a particular area of the "plumbing"--and its more open-ended general track. Microconferences already on the docket include (with their "runner"): X Window System (Keith Packard); Audio (Lennart Poettering); Security (James Morris and Paul Moore); Embedded Systems (Greg Kroah-Hartman and David Woodhouse); and Boot and Init (Dave Jones). While the general track allows for a much more free-form range of topics, Energy Efficiency, Performance, and Power Management; Networking; Kernel/Userspace/User Interfaces; Video Input Infrastructure; Storage (filesystems, SSDs, etc.); and Inter-Distributor Cooperation are given as "topics of interest" for microconference proposals.
(http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/lpc-looking-interested-plumbers)
==> Video from Collab Summit Available <==
If you weren't able to attend the recent LF Collaboration Summit, the LF Video site has posted a number of videos of the show, as well as interviews with the key participants of the Summit, including:
LF Collaboration Summit 2009: The State of the Linux Union
Jim Zemlin, Executive Director, The Linux Foundation
http://video.linuxfoundation.org/video/1383
LF Collaboration Summit 2009: The Linux Kernel: What's Next?
Moderated by Jon Corbet, LWN.net Panelists: Greg Kroah-Hartman, UCB & PCI Subsystem Maintainer; Andrew Morton, Lead Kernel Developer & -mm tree Maintainer; Keith Packard, X.org Project Lead; Ted Ts'o, Chief Technology Officer, Linux Foundation
http://video.linuxfoundation.org/video/1380
LF Collaboration Summit 2009: Moblin 2: State of the Union
Imad Sousou, Director of the Open Technology Center, Software and Services Group, Intel Corporation
http://video.linuxfoundation.org/video/1382
LF Collaboration Summit 2009: Why Can't We All Just Get Along?
Jim Zemlin, Executive Director, Linux Foundation; Ian Murdock, Vice President of Developer and Community, Sun Microsystems; Sam Ramji, Sr. Director, Platform Strategy, Microsoft Corporation
http://video.linuxfoundation.org/video/1384
LF Collaboration Summit 2009: The Role and Opportunity for Linux in Today's Economic Times
Al Gillen, Research VP, System Software, IDC
http://video.linuxfoundation.org/video/1378
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