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.

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Looking forward to this.

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Exotic Australia

[leonbrooks]

I doubt too many people here [...] consider Australia sufficiently exotic that a Linuxconf would be interesting.

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).