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Ohio LinuxFest 2006
polar_bear writes, "The fourth annual Ohio LinuxFest is just around the corner, and this year's LinuxFest is set to be the best one yet. The lineup will feature Jeff Waugh of Ubuntu and GNOME, Linux International's Jon 'maddog' Hall, Jorge Castro, MySQL's Jay Pipes, Michael Johnson, a panel on virtualization, and many more excellent speakers. The OhioLinuxFest will take place on Saturday, September 30 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. Registration is free."
So, I took a bunch of pictures (page 2) at last year's event. They were linked from the Ohio Linuxfest homepage for the longest time, along with pictures that others had taken at the event, but their homepage was updated a while back to prepare for this year's event. Anyhow, it was definitely a fun even and worth the drive. Hands down, the best presentation was Jim McQuillan's LTSP presentation. Too bad he won't be presenting again this year. If you are local, there is no excuse not to go.
I've been to 2 out of 3. The first time I attended it had a small grassroots feel. There were great presentations, the keynote was inspiring. I got some good tips for my own LUG, and I met Jon "mad dog" Hall in person.
The second one I attended it was 2 to 3 times the size. IBM gave the keynote (which felt more like a sales pitch). Some of the presentations were very good. Although a few of them were aimed at a new user, or Pointy-Haired Boss demographic.
If you are within driving distance from Columbus, it is well worth the trip. Rich Bowen's Apache presentations are always informative and entertaining. Last year, Rich gave tutorials on mod_rewrite and different ways to get "poor man's" load balancing. The previous year, Bill Moran gave a great presentation on fighting SPAM with greylisting vs. other methods.
I will be attending this year's Ohio LinuxFest. I only hope the event sustains that energy from previous years.
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Rumor has it that the Columbus Zoo will be bringing a pair of penguins to the event, and that this year's after party will have free beer. There is a BLOG online this year, which has information about the event at http://penguin.ohiolinux.org/blog/.
Another popular community event is SCALE 5x, the 2007 Southern California Linux Expo. Our call for papers is open through November if you are interested in speaking. SCALE will be held on Feb 10-11, 2007 at the LAX Westin.
I guess my bar tab won't be getting paid ... not like it matters... i can't drink.
Show this to your friends and family that don't know what a real hacker is
whiprush is an internet celebrity now. Gotta love it.
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On a more serous note, I'm agoraphobic, any idea on how many people plan to attend? I'd really like to check this out.
If that sounds like you, don't forget to join a local team for Software Freedom Day '06.
The Linux Link Tech Show guys will also be at Linuxfest.
One bit of advice.....it's too late to get a room in downtown Columbus. Check in the outskirts of Columbus and you will have a better shot. Also, to save money, check in at a place near a Cota stop. Cota goes right to the convention center so you will save money on parking which is anywhere form 5-7 bucks per day. Bus fare would run ya about 3 bucks if you get a day pass and that pass is good all day to get anywhere.
http://www.cota.com/
Gorkman
Everyone knows the only reason Columbus is a city is that they annexed every farmer within a hundred miles to make their population bigger than Cleveland.
I think they may have counted cows, too.
Look at the pictures from last years event. Looks mostly empty.
Go to the registration site. When you register, it will give you a registration number. I suspect this is how many have registered so far.
Keep in mind, it's been slashdotted.
I'm from rural Ohio and plan on attending. I'll see you there. I'm the fat guy in the blue T-shirt. (Too much free as in beer/free as in donuts!).
I'll be my first time at once but it seems like a good time.