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Linux.Conf.Au 2004 Videos Released

Posted by timothy on from the telecommuting-meets-time-travel dept.

xf writes "After much ado, the LCA2004 team have just released the video highlights DVD and the conference proceedings CD - lots of interesting stuff. You can find more information about the videos here, with links to the DVD and CD ISO's here (HTTP, FTP and BitTorrent)."

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  1. Torrent: 38 hours... by Spoing · · Score: 1

    ...37:59.45!

    ...37:59.30!

    ...37:59.15!

    ...37:59.00!!!!!

    So close! I can't wait!

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  2. Well... I s'pose I could... by leonbrooks · · Score: 1

    ...wander up into the QV.1 building, plug my laptop in next to Digital (which is actually not a Digital/DEC machine any more) and burn you a DVD from there. If I hustled down to the airport with it I could have it in any Australian capital city within about 12 hours. (-:

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    1. Re:Well... I s'pose I could... by Spoing · · Score: 1

      If you did that for me, I'd appreciate it ... though I wouldn't be able to abuse my cable provider. (That, and I'm on the other side of the planet...thanks anyway!)

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  3. Re:Linux Conference produced on proprietary softwa by swartze · · Score: 1

    Because Apple isn't against Open source. I use a powerbook at work and at home, but except for the few games I've purchased I've spent a grand total of 25 dollars for closed source software. (I've donated enough to FOSS that I may get a tax break.) Almost all of it runs on my macintosh, So can afford to have a power book, and still get work done. In other words Linux is good for apple.

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  4. Re:Linux Conference produced on proprietary softwa by xf · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There are plenty of open source software options available today that would have allowed the production of these videos.

    I would have loved to use Linux software/hardware, but you show me options back in January that handled multitrack, very large amounts of video without crashing and dying, and needing for me to do cartwheels to achieve simple edits. I spent months researching this stuff, and it really boiled down to the fact that to get something out there, and for it to actually be reliable, and for me not to spend lifetimes editing single videos, this was the better choice IMHO. Kino, for example, doesn't handle large video well at all (at least, in my experiences).

    There have been some recent developments that look promising which hopefully will be mature for use in LCA2005. This isn't a case of choosing Apple over Linux for religious reasons; it's just an area where the open source offerings still need to mature.

  5. Re:Videos but no transcripts? by xf · · Score: 1

    try http://www.linux.org.au/conf/2004/abstracts.html#4 Where was that URL referenced, BTW? That's the old URL.