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Linux.conf.au Coming Soon
One of my most favorite Linux-centric shows of all time, Linux.conf.au is gearing up in their latest location - Canberra. The registration is still open; I highly, highly recommend attending the show.
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The fact that the moderator doesn't understand C++ Doesn't make the post offtopic
Or it could be that the moderator doesn't see jabs at using a wrong word to be on the topic of the thread. I don't, although I probably wouldn't care enough to use a modpoint on it.
Will the presentations be webcast?
Well there are plenty of mentions of Linuxworlds in New York and San Francisco, etc.. that's pretty damn inconvenient to attend for us. 20+ hours on a flight. Not to mention KDE Konferences in Germany, GNOME conferences in the US, etc etc.
And yes I've flown to Europe from Australia, and it was the longest day of my life. 8 hours to singapore, 13 hours to france, 45 minutes to london (+ airport wait times of about 5-9 hours, can't remember now)...
So yeah, stop complaining. It's about time we had something happen here for once so I don't have to go "if only I had $3k to spend, and felt like a 30 hour journey...".
-- The doctor said I wouldn't get so many nose bleeds if I just kept my finger out of there!
Names are important, that's why we use them in the first place. Calling it Unix.conf.au would be misleading. Calling it Linux.conf.au is misleading too ...
Indeed. And since MOST people know the GNU/Linux distributions, collectively, as "Linux", referring to them that way will be the least confusing method. Holy wars over naming do NOT attract new users to Linux, or GNU/Linux, or Not Windows, or whatever it is that you call it. Speak the way your audience is familiar with. Don't say "security", say "doesn't get viruses and spyware". Of course, this does not apply if you know your target audience is ALL those who are already tech-savvy, but that's not always the case.
To fight the war on terror, stop being afraid.