Re: Linux Foundation membership brings linux.com email address

[Dave Neary <dneary gnome org>]

gnome.org addresses have traditionally been one of the few benefits of 
GNOME Foundation members. friendofgnome.org appears to be available...

Then again, why not? The down side would be if a GNOME donor started to 
"abuse" the email address. Do we need guidelines on acceptable use of a 
gnome.org email address?

Cheers,
Dave.

Stormy Peters wrote:
> The Linux Foundation is giving out linux.com <http://linux.com> email 
> addresses in return for donations. As an incentive.
>
> So the question I have to ask:
>
> Should we give Friends of GNOME, maybe monthly subscribers, gnome.org 
> <http://gnome.org> email addresses?
>
> Stormy
>
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> From: *Linux Foundation* <info linuxfoundation org 
> <mailto:info linuxfoundation org>>
> Date: Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 1:17 PM
> Subject: [Lf-announce] Linux Foundation Newsletter, June 2009
> To: lf-announce linux-foundation org 
> <mailto:lf-announce linux-foundation org>
>
>
> In this month's Linux Foundation newsletter:
>
> * Linux Foundation Expands Individual Membership Program
> * Provider of Interactive Teaching Solutions Joins Linux Foundation
> * Open Voices Interview Series Continues with IBM's Bob Sutor
> * Online Training Courses Launched This Month
> * Linux Foundation in the News
> * From the Director
>
> ==> Linux Foundation Expands Individual Membership Program <==
>
> The Linux Foundation announced it is expanding its individual membership 
> program, adding a host of new features and benefits including a 
> Linux.com email address (ex: name linux com <mailto:name linux com>).
>
> The email address allows members to publicly represent their support for 
> Linux and to demonstrate their community participation. Other benefits 
> of the membership program include a weekly “Linux Briefing Book” in the 
> form of an exclusive email with highlighted news and analysis to keep 
> users well informed. Members also will received 30% off of the Linux 
> Foundation LinuxCon 2009 standard registration fees, a 20% discount on 
> registration fees for Linux Foundation Training, and a free Linux 
> Foundation T-shirt. With these discounts and other benefits, the 
> membership fee of $99/year will easily pay for itself.
>
> These features help connect developers, IT administrators, and business 
> executives with unique information, tools, and events that help to 
> advance their careers and stay current with the Linux platform.
>
> By becoming a member of the Linux Foundation users are helping the 
> organization that employs Linus Torvalds and supporting programs that 
> promote and protect Linux. The new membership program also comes with 
> opportunities to influence the direction of the Linux Foundation, such 
> as running for a Foundation board seat and voting in the board election.
>
> http://www.linux.com
> http://linux.com/news/featured-blogs/167-amanda-mcpherson/15303-how-you-can-protect-linux-and-get-yournamelinuxcom
> http://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/join/individual/join
>
> ==> Provider of Interactive Teaching Solutions Joins Linux Foundation <==
>
> The Linux Foundation welcomes mimio as the newest member of the Linux 
> Foundation.
>
> mimio, a leading provider of interactive teaching solutions, recognizes 
> the increasing importance of Linux within educational communities 
> worldwide, as well as the benefits of deploying Linux as a means of 
> lowering per-student IT costs. As one of the first interactive teaching 
> technologies to support the Linux operating system, mimio supports both 
> Linux device driver and cross-platform capabilities, making it the only 
> interactive teaching solution available in Linux.
>
> As the newest member of the Linux Foundation, mimio will use popular 
> tools such as the “App Checker” to ease code development as it makes 
> Linux applications more portable than ever before.
>
> http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/announcements/2009/06/provider-interactive-teaching-solutions-joins-linux-foundation
>
> ==> Open Voices Interview Series Continues with IBM's Bob Sutor  <==
>
> In the latest episode of Open Voices, Linux Foundation Executive 
> Director Jim Zemlin talks with newly appointed VP of Linux and Open 
> Source at IBM Bob Sutor. They cover IBM’s current support of Linux, the 
> origin of that support, and the hotspots Sutor sees in the Linux and 
> open source market today. Highlights include conversation about cloud 
> computing, Linux on the desktop, ODF, and the growth of the Linux 
> community. Sutor will cover these topics in more detail during his 
> keynote at the upcoming LinuxCon conference in September in Portland, OR.
>
> http://linux.com/news/featured-blogs/158-jim-zemlin/18087-open-voices-interview-bob-sutor
>
> ==> Online Training Courses Launched This Month <==
>
> June marks the first online courses provided by the Linux Foundation. 
> The two courses, Essential Linux Device Driver Development Skills and 
> Linux Kernel Debugging and Performance, will be offered online on June 
> 15-16 and June 17-18, respectively.
>
> The two-day Essential Linux Device Driver Development Skills course 
> (LF002) provides practice with the key steps in developing Linux device 
> drivers. LF002 shows attendees how device drivers work with the Linux 
> kernel, how to compile and load drivers, and how to debug drivers. 
> Attendees will spend approximately 50 percent of the class time actually 
> gaining hands-on experience with these topics.
>
> Linux Kernel Debugging and Performance (LF003) walks participants 
> through kernel documentation, kernel configuration, kernel debugging, 
> kernel measurement, and other tools.
>
> For more information on the courses, and links to register, visit
> http://www.linuxfoundation.org/training/courses/lf002_driver_development
> http://www.linuxfoundation.org/training/courses/lf003_kernel_debugging
>
> ==> Linux Foundation in the News <==
>
> The New York Times: Two Years On, Netbooks on Verge of Big Shake-Up
> Most talked about is Google's Android operating system that is in use on 
> some smart phones. Several prototype devices running Android are on show 
> at Computex although the current iteration of the OS hasn't been adapted 
> for the technically richer environment... A second operating system, 
> Moblin, is also attracting interest. Moblin was originally developed by 
> Intel but the company recently turned over stewardship of the OS to the 
> Linux Foundation in the hopes of building wider industry support for it.
> (http://www.nytimes.com/external/idg/2009/06/08/08idg-two-years-on-netbooks-on-verge-of-big-shake-up-86679.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1244556470-tg2XvorusJzwVQ8CtVOy1g 
> <http://www.nytimes.com/external/idg/2009/06/08/08idg-two-years-on-netbooks-on-verge-of-big-shake-up-86679.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1244556470-tg2XvorusJzwVQ8CtVOy1g>)
>
> The H: Status Report: The Linux Driver Project
> However, while working with some companies on their drivers, the group 
> noticed that there is still a lot of work to be done to educate 
> companies: both in terms of the Linux kernel development process, as 
> well as in the basics of writing drivers for Linux. Kroah-Hartman hopes 
> that, through new training from the Linux Foundation, the increased 
> demand can be met.
> (http://www.h-online.com/open/Status-Report-The-Linux-Driver-Project--/news/113468)
>
> ZDNet: Invisible Linux
> To Jim Zemlin you need no longer care about your operating system. You 
> don’t buy an operating system. You buy a gadget that runs a program. The 
> gadget and its software are one unit. I call this Invisible Linux.
> (http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=4327)
>
> iTWire: Yourname at Linux.Com
> What’s more, every member will also receive their own @linux.com 
> <http://linux.com> forwarding e-mail address. Why be nurk2518 @gmail.com 
> <http://gmail.com> when you could be jedi @linux.com <http://linux.com>? 
> Imagine the ultimate geek street cred in that? Membership includes other 
> things; you will receive a T-shirt, you can run for and vote in Linux 
> Foundation elections, you receive discounts at Thinkgeek and O’Reilly 
> press and other benefits.
> (http://www.itwire.com/content/view/25471/1141/)
>
> ==> From the Director <==
>
> We don’t need to declare the year of the Linux desktop anymore. This 
> week alone was pretty darn good. Having spent the week at Computex, the 
> place where you see all the things that people are going to find in 
> Bestbuy and Amazon 6 months from now, it is clear that Linux has a 
> critical role in client computing. Here is a shortlist of this weeks 
> developments.
>
> Moblin Breaks Out
>
> Acer announced it will support Moblin across all its product lines. Asus 
> showed some new prototypes at the Moblin executive summit. Canonical, 
> Linpus, Novell, Red Flag, and Xandros all announced they will deliver 
> Moblin versions of their distributions. We even saw several Android 
> applications installed on a netbook running Moblin 2.0 in a speech from 
> Intel on Thursday making it clear that it isn’t necessarily and either 
> or game between the two platforms.
>
> Smartbook or Netbook; Common Denominator is Linux
>
> Qualcom has dubbed the term “Smartbook” which is defined as combining 
> features of a smartphone and a netbook. It is unclear if this category 
> will stick but there is one thing that both netbooks and smartbooks have 
> in common; Linux. Moblin, Android, and desktop Linux were in all of the 
> preview devices on display behind the scenes and on the show floor at 
> Computex.
>
> “Instant on” runs on Linux
>
> As I predicted last year, Linux is shipping with a huge number of the 
> PC’s at Computex thanks to a flurry of activity in the “fast boot” 
> segment. On display this year were Fastboot from bios giant Phoenix, 
> Splashtop from DeviceVM, and Presto from Xandros. Clearly consumers are 
> sick of waiting for Windows to boot and with sub five second boot times 
> from each of these vendors using Linux you can access your e-mail or web 
> browser in seconds.
>
> Read more at "The Week of the Linux Desktop"
> http://linux.com/news/featured-blogs/158-jim-zemlin/17129-the-week-of-the-linux-desktop
>
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