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Five Gentoo developers scheduled for talks at FOSDEM (Feb 2, 2017)

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As FOSDEM 2017 approaches we are happy to announce there are a total of five Gentoo developers scheduled to give talks!

Developers and their talks include:

Only a few hours remain until the event kicks off. See you at FOSDEM!

In Memory of Jonathan “avenj” Portnoy (Aug 23, 2016)

The Gentoo project mourns the loss of Jonathan Portnoy, better known amongst us as Jon, or avenj.

Jon was an active member of the International Gentoo community, almost since its founding in 1999. He was still active until his last day.

His passing has struck us deeply and with disbelief. We all remember him as a vivid and enjoyable person, easy to reach out to and energetic in all his endeavors.

On behalf of the entire Gentoo Community, all over the world, we would like to convey our deepest sympathy for his family and friends. As per his wishes, the Gentoo Foundation has made a donation in his memory to the Perl Foundation.

Please join the community in remembering Jon on our forums.

New packages more at the Gentoo Packages database

lmdb Python bindings for the Lightning Database
zict Mutable mapping tools
libffado Driver for IEEE1394 (Firewire) audio interfaces
bluez-tools A set of tools to manage bluetooth devices for linux
libffado Driver for IEEE1394 (Firewire) audio interfaces

Fresh documentation on the Gentoo Wiki

Full Disk Encryption From Scratch Simplified started by Feniksa
Elogind started by Kensington
Lenovo ThinkPad X201 Tablet started by Uzi
Jenkins started by Hogren
Hardened/Gentoo Hardened and Stack Clash started by Klondike