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Newsletter: January 2021

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Save big on Cloud Engineer Bootcamp and the Advanced Cloud Engineer Bootcamp with our Special New Year Offer!

The attack was an incredibly dangerous set of supply chain compromises that the community needs to learn from and take action on.

During a year of challenges, our Linux Foundation communities achieved great outcomes.

How can we better incentivize adequate maintenance and security of the most used FOSS projects?

Events

Save the Date: 2021 Events Announced

Linux Foundation Events are where the creators, maintainers, and practitioners of the world's most important open source projects meet. Check out events already scheduled and save the date! More events will be added and announced in the coming months.

Our 2021 Event Sponsorship Prospectus is now LIVE

Showcase your thought leadership among a vibrant open source community and connect with top influencers driving today's technology purchasing decisions. View our 2021 Event Sponsorship Prospectus or email us to discuss opportunities

Join us for one of our upcoming free webinars, co-hosted with industry leading companies

The Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist: What to Know and How to Pass January 21 at 10:00AM PST Sponsored by StackRox

Making CI/CD Builds Faster January 26 | 9:00AM PST Sponsored by CircleCi

Hack My Mis-Configured Kubernetes January 28 | 9:00AM PST Sponsored by Snyk

Architectures for Deep Edge Deployments February 4 | 9:00AM PST Sponsored by HPE

More Events

Training

More Training

Mentorship

2021 Applications for Project Mentorships to Begin Now

Projects will begin taking applications starting January 15th for the spring session. Click here for more information.

LFX Mentorship: Linux Kernel

A new collaboration forum is now open for mentees and mentors to connect and interact with others participating in the Linux Kernel Mentorship program. Click here for more information.

LF Live: Mentorship Series

Join us for an upcoming, complimentary Mentorship Session, led by community leaders and experts from across the open source ecosystem. Each session will be interactive, and give participants hands-on experience and live direction. Read the full press release here. Upcoming sessions include:

- 2nd Place is the First Winner: Maintainership and Growing Your Influence in the Linux Kernel Community - Jan 22 Mentor: Dan Williams, Principal Engineer, Intel
- Coccinelle: Automating Large-scale Evolution and Bug Finding in C Code - Feb 2 Mentor: Julia Lawall, Senior Research Scientist, Inria
- New Ideas for Smatch (Static Analysis) - Feb 11 Mentor: Dan Carpenter, Software Developer, Oracle

To learn more about upcoming sessions and to be alerted when new sessions are added, please click here.

Mentorship Program Updates: Hyperledger and LF Edge

Hyperledger Mentors discuss the outcomes of the 2020 Summer Mentorship Program

Also Read: LF Edge’s Open Horizon Hosts Mentorship Program with LFX

Diversity & Inclusion

2020 Event Registration Scholarship Roundup

1,284 diversity scholarships and an additional 678 need-based scholarships were awarded across Linux Foundation and LF project events this year, offering almost 2,000 people the opportunity to grow their skills, immerse themselves in the open source community and hopefully impact their careers in a positive way.

LFX

Introducing LFX: Webinar Series

The Linux Foundation has evolved a proven methodology to transform projects into category leaders. LFX operationalizes this approach, providing a suite of tools built to facilitate every aspect of open source development and address key challenges facing today’s developers.

Join us for a series of webinars, where we’ll walk you through getting started with LFX and share examples of how you can leverage these tools to streamline your project operations, grow your ecosystem, and build trust within your community.

Next in the Series:

LFX Security: Help Secure the Open Source Ecosystem Thursday, February 11, 2021 | 9:00AM PST Secure code builds trust for projects, increased enterprise adoption, and a sustainable ecosystem.

To learn more about upcoming webinars in this series and be alerted when new sessions are added, please click here.

Linux Foundation Projects

Centaurus Infrastructure Project Joins Linux Foundation to Advance Cloud Infrastructure for 5G, AI and Edge
Dent Project released “Arthur”. First release for the community.
2020 CNCF Annual Report
Cloud Native Computing Foundation Receives Renewed $3 Million Cloud Credit Grant from Google Cloud
The Future of Virtual Events
Zephyr Project leverages new member tools to improve automation on the road to safety certification
- Top 10 Zephyr 2020 blogs
Open Mainframe Project Mentorship Program
- Open Mainframe Project welcomes new project, Tessia, and HCL Technologies and Red Hat to its global ecosystem
LF Edge members featured on the Over the Edge podcast
EdgeX Foundry’s Shanghai Challenge receives more than 173K votes for the winners
Hyperledger published its 2020 annual report which highlights key project milestones and community growth
LF Energy Spring Summit, Virtual Experience on April 14: Register Here and Submit a Talk Here
FINOS Director of Community Jame McLeod recognized for his contribution to open source in the UK
Uptane Standard clarifies protection strategies for vulnerable vehicles

Why have so many of the world’s most important open source efforts come to the Linux Foundation?

Through our experience helping the world's most important communities, we have developed support programs that enable communities to grow engagement and adoption.

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