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This is a simple list of the stories and announcements (with hyperlinks to the content) that Tux.Org has featured on its front page. This page will be updated as items fall off of the front page. Newest stuff is listed first.

If you are looking for the archived messages of our many mailings, please find them here.


FOSE 2006 logo

FOSE 30th Anniversary Year -- March 7 - 9, 2006 at the Washington DC Convention Center
FOSE 2006 starts next week! Once again Tux.Org, Inc. will have a presence. FOSE is one of the largest IT Conference and Exhibition in the country. A wide range of IT solutions from hardware and appliance-based products to software tools are on display in the Washington Convention Center conveniently located immediately off of the Metro Yellow/Green line. FOSE is free for all U.S. Government and U.S. Military professionals and $50 for non-government personnel. (No one under 18 years of age is admitted.) Register at www.fose.com to attend this years 30th Anniversary event and don't forget to stop by Tux.Org, Inc. in Booth 1302.

FOSE 2005 logo

FOSE: April 5-7, 2005
Tux.Org, Inc. is once again a participant in FOSE! "The event in the Washington, DC area where the Government meets Technology. FOSE is the most comprehensive technology event serving the government marketplace. Every year FOSE continues to provide more value to YOU, through expanded educational programs, more exhibits, more solutions via best practices and demonstrations, informative keynotes speeches, and networking opportunities."

Check out all of the interesting and exciting events planned for FOSE 2005 at the website http://www.fose.com/.

February 2005
Tux.Org., Inc. will be holding its elections this month. Please check out the details on the elections webpages.

20 June 2004:
SuSE 9.1 Personal ISO is out now on SuSE mirrors.
Local torrents removed. Local HTTP limited to 20 concurrent.

5 May 2004:
Three popular ISO files recently uploaded, and demand is high. Expect slower network and contention for ftp slots.
KNOPPIX 3.4
TheOpenCD 1.4
SuSE 9.1

9 Mar 2004:
FOSE 2004 logo
Tux.Org was at FOSE March 23-25; see interview with Tim Bogart on NewsForge

29 Nov 2003: Mandrake 9.2 isos are now available on tux.org. Traffic load is high. Expect heavy usage for a few days.

21 August 2002: Tux.Org server relocated successfully! Thanks to our gracious host RCN we have moved our server to a new home. This is the first major outage in years and our uptime was over 190 days.

14 February 2002: FOSE has invited the Linux Users' Groups in the Washington Metro area back for a third year! The dates are March 19-21 at the Washingon Convention Center. You will find the Linux Users' Groups on the second floor with the rest of the 'Big Boys'.

Stop by and say 'hello' to us. Lend an encouraging word or see Linux In Action!

20 October 2001:Dr. Richard Stallman, founder and President of the Free Software Foundation, and Eben Moglen, Professor of Law at Columbia Law School and General Counsel for the FSF, will speak at George Washington University's Cyberspace Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., October 10, 2001 at the CPI's Free Software Conference: "Free Software: the Free Market/Free Speech Solution to the Microsoft Antitrust Problem." Register here.

16 July 2001:The O'Reilly Peer-To-Peer Conference is coming up, Sep 18-21, right here in Washington DC. Learn more at the O'Reilly website.

17 June 2001:Trying to reach boudicca.tux.org? Or the archives of the various lists? We lost our donated co-location arrangements for the boudicca server. Arrangements are being made for the new location. A notice will be posted here when sh goes back online.

02 March 2001: New JOB Only Mailing List!  See Mailinfo to subscribe.  [Link location modified ~ 11 September 2006.]

18 November 2000: NOVALUGger and yours truly, Richard Morgan, presented this paper using this presentation at the 2000 Atlanta Linux Showcase last month.

13 August 2000: Having problems with the ma-linux mailing list? Please review the explanation on the Discuss page.

16 July 2000: GMULUG/NOVALUG dude Ray Schneider wrote a HOWTO on dual-booting your VAIO. Find it here.

10 June 2000: Get your 2.4 'test' kernels. Mirrored locally, of course.

10 June 2000: Clusters of computers make you swoon? Then join the Baltimore-Washington Beowulf User's Group. Visit their website.

10 June 2000: We have a new Linux User's Group. The Shenandoah Valley LUG is starting up and is now hosted on tux.org. Welcome guys!

10 June 2000: The new tux.org server has been installed. Performance should be improved. Thanks to VA Linux Systems!

24 May 2000: Maxwell Spangler contributed this article on Linux and SCO OpenServer benchmarking. Find it, and other informative articles in Learn.

23 May 2000: Although this article is not original to tux.org, this Brief History of Unix is quite interesting.

15 May 2000: GoLinux has a new look. "GoLinux is a starting point for people who are interested in learning more about the Linux operating system and the community of friendly people that develop, promote and support it." And thanks to Maxwell Spangler for the GoLinux concept. [more...]

15 May 2000: New tux.org website up and running. Working out the kinks.

28 March 2000: DMCA Protest Held In Washington, D.C. [more...]

25 March 2000: Another free Installation Fest Scheduled for April 22, 2000. [more...]


Why Archive This Stuff?

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