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Linuxconf.Au Needs Papers & Join In
We usually don't post stories about specific shows and such, but since I'm hoping to attend this one, and it will be a continent I've never been, I thought folks would like to know that Linux.conf.au is going to be happening February 6-9, in Brisbane, Australia. They've got the call for papers up and everything -- hope to see you there.
See ya there hemos! ;D
Will there be free beer?
It seems pretty strange that they called themselves linux.conf.au when they didn't even get 'linux.conf.au' (it's possible to get .conf.au for free.)
Aye, I'm a picky bastard, alright.
When you start to feel like you are a continent you may have to go on a diet...
What is the sound of one hand clapping?
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Where CSEE department becomse ITEE department for the sake of Marketing and misguided e-mail, with no input from the student body. How do you think the engineers feel? Oh, and make sure those papers submitted are original, you wouldn't want to be caught for excessive collusion.
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Disclaimer: I am not bitter.
Too bad they don't accept microsofts .doc
format for the papers.
Now I don't know how to submit.
We're also hoping to run a small Debian Conference for the Asia-Pacific Debian developers and users. It'll be pretty informal; we're asking people who would like to talk about a subject to also email lca-cfp_AT_linux.org.au. See this for more information. It'll be on the Monday and Tuesday, with LCA 2002 starting on the Wednesday.
I expect that will be an interesting conference, and well worth attending. Seeing as any self-respecting Doctor of Comp Sci, or even any reasonably accomplished graduate student would be not only willing, but eager to contribute to a conference about a single operation system based on the oldest OS paradigm still extant upon the earth, I can't imagine any reason for this conference to be a disappointment.
Considering the valuable area of research that linux constitutes not only to OS researchers, but to compter science as a whole, I can see this conference being much, much more than just a self-congratulatory exercise in advocacy. Truly, lunix.conf.au is further proof that the world isn't losing faith in free software.
It is vitally important that anyone with a shred of useful linux knowledge show their support either by attending, or providing their knowledge in a paper or seminar. I'll certainly be heading to Vienna for this! Hopefully I will see you there.
My girlfriend is in .au for six months and I'm going there just exactly then. Stupid priorities;)
0x or or snor perron?!
rather than see a linux conference in a nation not renowned for it's linux developers.
Uhm, right.
Better solution: take her to the conference, decide that it's no better than reading /. and go back to the beach. Sounds like a plan to me.
0x or or snor perron?!
Another conference that will be held soon (on November 8) is the Dutch NLUUG autumn conference 2001 (in Dutch). This year, the theme is "Unix and the desktop", with speakers on general GNOME, KDE, KOffice and security topics, and Jordan Hubbard! (probably about Mac OS X :))
:)
Wietse Venema (known from the famous tcp wrappers) stale the show last year. I will certainly be there again this time
Brisbane Tourism
travel info
Drool sheets
local W3C node
A rather interesting fact ... they recently put on
HPCAsia 2001 where they revealed that Brisbane has not one, but THREE Virtual Reality facilities (UQ, QMI, Boeing). According to their blurb, they're involved in the Japanese Whole Earth Simulator (4 Teraflops), something called a Virtual Reef, as well as using it for designing their scramjets. Actually after rummaging around the AUUG website a more interesting workshop to attend would be their security symposium in Nov.
You don't usually post information about shows, but we really need to know about this one because Hemos is going to be there and has never been to Australia.
I doubt too many people here get excited about the idea of Hemos traveling to Australia, or consider Australia sufficiently exotic that a Linuxconf would be interesting.
This is a site about Stuff that Matters, not about Hemos - please try to stay away from such narcissistic editorial crieria.
Ceci n'est pas une sig
I was in Australia last christmas and discovered from Alan's diary that he was going to be a keynote speaker. I was due to fly out of Sydney on the day before the conference, but managed to delay my flight for a couple of days. They had managed to get some very good speakers, including Alan, Maddog, Tridge, Rasterman and many other top developers. This year it will be in Brisbane (a great city) but a hell of a long way from the UK, so I don't expect to be going again :-(
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Should the earth just stop? Is that not what they (the terrorists) would have wanted in the first place? It seems being obsessively distracted by it is more counter productive then writting comments on discussion forums based on advancing personal knowledge (in most cases)! No one (except those sick or brainwashed) doesn't feel for what happened in NY but that does not mean we let it rul our lives completely!
I live in Brisbane, and I must say this is bloody fantastic. I'm a student and travel is out of my scope for the time being; I've been hanging out for a decent sized Linux event for a long time. I will definitely be there.
Does anyone know who is going to be speaking or any other details? I checked the site and I couldn't find any specifics as yet.
The terrorists dont give a damn if we stop living out lives as normal. Thats just a bad excuse for not feeling guilty. but, I think you have just been fooled. Noone in their right mind would think that because the death count for this year has risen slightly, we should all go live in bomb shelters UNLESS you personally have been affected, in which case I am genuinely sorry and my heart goes out to you. I mourn any death, if its in NYC or Istanbul is only a matter of location, not value. For the millions of others around the world dying and dead I also feel sympathy for, and for those who value a symbol of America over the thousands of dead destroyed at the same time I say: Go to hell. I know i am going to be modded offtopic and that i was tricked to writing this rant, but my worthless message here is to say that Yes this sucks, but lets get on with our lives BECAUSE WE HAVE TO, not because that not what the terrorists want or that the deceased want or any other rationalization. End Rant.
This should keep the local inspired geeks awake for a few more days, until they get once again beaten down by the hicks and retards that make up Brisbane. Still, great city for a holiday, and all :).
I'm a developer on the FlightGear project, and living in Brisbane. I'd like to be able to do a Work-in-progress session, but I'm not sure exactly what this sort of thing means. Has anyone done these before, and could give me some advice? We have all sorts of unique features and we need more developers, so this could be quite useful. Thanks
David
Because the linux.conf.au in Jan 2003 will be an amazing event, you can be sure - whole OSS projects are being invented to make certain sessions possible. (-:
Got time? Spend some of it coding or testing
Visit us for a few weeks. We'll show you exotic. (-:
The only problem with Oz in terms of exotic, and WestOz in particular, is that it's so large that you need months to even visit the highlights, let alone take in and really explore much. We can show you the world's best beaches, red deserts that make Dakota look pale, lush tropical rainforests, soaring views across rugged ranges, the kind of unbelievable fishing normally associated with pacific islands, magnificent caves and sinkholes, rock made entirely out of sponges, the world's best grapes, more golf courses per capita than anywhere else in the world, and so on... about the only touristy things WA's missing are a set of Andes or Himalayas (with ski runs), and thousands of years of ambitious architecture (although we do have our share of mysterious stepped pyramids and the like, not a well known thing).
Got time? Spend some of it coding or testing
Australia not reknowned for its Linux developers?
Ever heard of SAMBA? (Andrew Tridgell)
Ever used IPTABLES? (Rusty Russell)
So the tally will be
15 papers on KDE vs. Gn0me
27 papers on Apache vs. IIS
31 papers on why c0mmand line r0cks and GUI sux
49 papers on Linux vs. BSD
126 papers on why Linux r0cks and Winblows sux
527 papers accusing Bill Gates for all Linux shortcomings
686 papers marked off-topic
Surf, snorkel, chase rats around an island, attend PLUG meetings (you slacker!) and help organise conferences, rock climbing and abseiling, caving (or combine sports), bushwalking (do the Bibbulman if you're bored) including tall timber country, the vineyards, visit the animals at one of the many wildlife parks or the zoo, play golf, heaps of other stuff.
Of course, home is even better.
Got time? Spend some of it coding or testing