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Larry The Cow Graphics Contest
What: Larry the cow t-shirt graphics contest ... Where: irc.freenode.net, #gentoo-artwork Starts: Wed, Sep 01, 2010 Ends: Sun, Oct 31, 2010 Introduction: Larry the cow is our prized mascot and he is not getting the respect he deserves. Just about every other Linux distribution, their mascot is adorned on t-shirts and other types of schwag, but not our Larry, he cannot even decide his gender. Pl...

Interview with David Gallo and Cassius Adams from SevenL Networks, a sponsor of Gentoo for 6 years running.
Greetings! Today we have an excellent interview of two fine gentlemen, Mr. David Gallo and Mr. Cassius Adams from SevenL Networks Inc., conducted by our very own Joshua Saddler. For those of you that have been around awhile, you will recognize the company represented in this interview. SevenL Networks Inc. has been an infrastructure sponsor for over six years now. David and Cassius took some t...

Gentoo at FrOSCon 5
What? Free and Open Source Software Conference (FrOSCon) - 5th year When? 21st, August 2010 - 22nd, August 2010 Where? Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg | Grantham-Allee 20 53757 | Sankt Augustin, Germany FrOSCon 5 is almost here, and Gentoo will be there! Free Software and Open Source ? these are the topics of FrOSCon. Many exciting programs with talks, workshops and an exhibition, supported by LUU...

2010 Gentoo Screenshot Contest Results
Long live Gentoo! As the quantity and quality of this year's entries will attest, Gentoo is alive, well, and taking no prisoners! Thanks to everyone who entered the contest. There were 103 total entries using 7 different window managers and desktop environments. The Winners1. Nickname: Chopinzee. Desktop: E17 built from the official EFL overlay. 2. Nickname: whtwtr. Name: Shawn H. Desktop: Com...

Gentoo at LinuxTag 2010 in Berlin
LinuxTag 2010 runs from June 9th to June 12th in Berlin, Germany. With more than 10,000 visitors last year, it is one of the biggest Linux and open source events in Europe. You will find the Gentoo booth at Hall 7.2a, Booth 203a. Come and visit us! You will meet many of our developers and users, talk with us, plus get some of the Gentoo merchandise you have always wanted. Discuss this!Alex Le...

Gentoo Screenshot Contest 2010
After the success of the 2009 Screenshot Contest the Contest Team is doing it again! Gentoo Users, Developers, and Staffers are encouraged to submit their sweetest screenshots. Please head over to the 2010 Contest Page for all of the details. You can visit this forum post for comments and suggestions. OK enough talk, get started tricking out that desktop.

Gentoo White Nights in St. Petersburg/Russia
On June 26th we again invite you to take part in this year's bike ride: "Gentoo White Nights in Russia". Gentoo White Nights is a nighttime bike ride along the most beautiful city in the world - St. Petersburg - in the most magical time - the White Nights. As last year's experience showed, it's possible to ride in the rain, so the event will take place regardless of weather. The event will tak...

Help Wanted: The Gentoo Foundation
Bookkeeper, Accountant, or CPA And that means? We are looking for help from the Gentoo Community to help us in Accounting/Finance. We are in the process towards the goal of tax-exempt status with the United States Internal Revenue Service as a non-profit corporation. If this is your background, we could really use your help. Please contact trustees@gentoo.org or visit Gentoo Foundation for ...

Interview with Andrzej Wasylkowski from the checkmycode project.
Today we have an interview with Andrzej Wasylkowski, and since August 2005 he has been a PhD student at the Software Engineering Chair at Saarland University, Saarbrucken, Germany. His research field is software engineering, with strong focus on program analysis techniques and their application to automatic defect detection. One of the projects he is involved in is checkmycode, which is a ser...

Students, get paid to work on Gentoo this summer!
Gentoo has been accepted for its 5th consecutive year in the Google Summer of Code! GSoC pays college students $5000 to work full-time on an open-source project for a summer. Check out our GSoC 2010 homepage if you are interested in this year's GSoC for Gentoo. We particularly encourage applications from students who aren't already involved in Gentoo development?many of our students becom...