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Linux Symposium Issues CFP

Posted by Hemos on from the one-of-the-best-confs-around dept.

C. Craig Ross let me know that the 2006 Linux Symposium has issued their 2006 call for papers The conference is being held from July 19th thru the 22nd up in luverly Ottawa, Canada. OLS has been a phenomenal show in the past, and I highly recommend it for people looking for a "meaty" show. Proposals for papers will be accepted from January 1st - February 1st, so get writing.

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  1. Re:They better have something good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Have you even taken a look at the previous year's proceedings? They're all avaliable on the OLS's web site:
    http://www.linuxsymposium.org/2006/proceedings.php
    All of the talks are highly technincal and most topics covered wouldn't directly affect the average end user. These aren't opinion papers!

  2. Re:FAQ about the event by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Q. What is the legal drinking age in Canada?

    A. In Ontario (the provice that Ottawa is in) the legal drinking age is 19. (from TFA's site FAQ)

    In Quebec (the province across the river from Ottawa) the legal drinking age is 18.

  3. Re:They better have something good by tpgp · · Score: 3, Informative
    I'm really hoping that these "papers" end up being serious material about new technologies which run on Linux, rather than another 100 papers on "Why Linux Should Do as I Say to Achieve World Domination".

    Hmmmmn, lets have a look at the 2005 schedule:

    Two examples (chosen at random):




    Looks like its a serious conference, for serious linux hackers.
    --
    My pics.
  4. Re:FAQ about the event by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    If that were it then they would have also said that, from Ottawa, all you have to do is cross a bridge and suddenly the legal drinking age is 18. (Ottawa is on the Ontario-Quebec border. Quebec's drinking age is 18 and most bars don't card).

  5. Re:What is the focus? by Chirs · · Score: 2, Informative

    You can look at papers from previous years on the website.

    There is no focus or theme for the conference. It's essentially one of the main technical linux conferences, so topics cover the gamut from where X.org is headed, to driver optimizations for a particular network card, to introducing whole new protocol stacks.

    Also, anyone who wants to present a talk will likely have attended previous years.