Friday, September 6th, 2013

Time	Event
12:10a	[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for September 6, 2013 The LWN.net Weekly Edition for September 6, 2013 is available. (Comment on this)
2:56p	Friday's security updates CentOS has updated gdm (code execution) and initscripts (code execution). Fedora has updated cacti (F18; F19: multiple vulnerabilities). Oracle has updated gdm, initscripts (code execution). Red Hat has updated gdm, initscripts (code execution). Scientific Linux has updated gdm, initscripts (code execution). Ubuntu has updated kernel (13.04; 12.10; 12.04; 10.04: multiple vulnerabilities), kernel-ec2 (10.04; multiple vulnerabilities), kernel-hwe-raring (multiple vulnerabilities), kernel-ti-omap4 (13.04; 12.10; 12.04: multiple vulnerabilities), and php5 (information disclosure). (Comment on this)
10:21p	Patchfield introduces concepts of JACK audio server to Android (Libre Graphics World) Libre Graphics World takes a look at the just-announced Patchfield audio server for Android. "In a nutshell, Patchfield reuses the cornerstone idea of JACK — creating standalone applications for audio generation and/or processing and connecting them in a patchbay." The fact that Patchfield brings advanced audio-processing capabilities to Android sounds like a plus in many ways, but there are evidently detractors who do not regard JACK's design as something to be closely emulated. (Comment on this)
10:35p	Lessons From Linux: How to Foster Collaboration at Meetings and Conferences (BizBash) BizBash talks with Linux Foundation conference organization maven Angela Brown about how she puts together events like LinuxCon. "At larger conferences, the foundation will often host a number of smaller related events for different communities within the schedule of the overall event. A smaller event might be a one-day seminar focused on a specific platform, or a hackathon related to a project. "It allows people to rally around a common goal or project they're working on," Brown says. "All of a sudden this 1,500-person conference becomes 100 people collaborating." The foundation might incorporate a lunch for women—often an underrepresented group in tech circles—to meet and network. Likewise, for a party during LinuxCon this month, Brown chose the House of Blues, partly because it has a number of smaller rooms to break up the party into smaller groups of attendees, who will walk to the venue in their own Mardi Gras-style parade." (Comment on this)

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