Want to know more about Debian Packaging, Git, Python Libraries and more? The Debian Women Project is sponsoring a series of online learning sessions on those topics.

Wikipedia Founder, Jimmy Wales, appeals to users for donations.

Speakers will be notified about their accepted talks by December 27.

For the third consecutive year, CeBIT Open Source invites projects to Hannover, Germany. The conference organizers and Linux Pro Magazine invite open source projects to apply for free exhibit space at CeBIT Open Source 2011.

The little boy behind me was really excited about his first airplane trip. When the plane started to take off, he gave a very loud countdown to “blast off!” It was refreshing to hear that much enthusiasm, particularly because air travel has become a “magic elevator” for me. The doors close in one location and open in another, but I have little excitement in the journey, only the destination.

In our September issue, I wrote about mentors – specifically, how someone could find one.

The complete history of Linux Magazine on DVD!

The Linux Magazine archive DVD included with this issue contains the complete history of Linux Magazine.