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LinuxFest Northwest 2015 Will be Held April 25 and 26 (Video)

Posted by Roblimo on from the the-coolest-conference-in-our-country's-upper-left-hand-corner dept.

Their website says, 'Come for the code, stay for the people! We have awesome attendees and electrifying parties. Check out the robotics club, the automated home brewing system running on Linux, or the game room for extra conference fun.' This is an all-volunteer conference, and for a change the volunteers who run it are getting things together far in advance instead of having sessions that don't get scheduled until a few days before the conference, which has happened more than once with LFNW.

So if you have an idea for a session, this is the time to start thinking about it. Sponsors are also welcome -- and since LFNW sponsorships regularly sell out, it's not to soon to start thinking about becoming a sponsor -- and if you are part of a non-profit group or FOSS project, LFNW offers free exhibit space because this is a conference that exists for the community, not to make money for a corporate owner. But don't delay. As you can imagine, those free exhibit spots tend to fill up early. (Alternate Video Link)

21 comments

  1. Fastest way to increase attendance by WarJolt · · Score: 1

    What you need is corporate sponsors for free swag.
    Most the people go to Google IO for the free stuff.

    1. Re:Fastest way to increase attendance by Freshly+Exhumed · · Score: 1

      Because nothing works better than bribery?

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    2. Re:Fastest way to increase attendance by WarJolt · · Score: 1

      Seducing a bunch of nerds with free awesome swag to entice them to show up does not constitute bribery.

    3. Re:Fastest way to increase attendance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      free secretly we are gay?

      That sounds heterophobic.

  2. Local attractions are great too! by Freshly+Exhumed · · Score: 2

    1. Legal weed
    2. Great craft beers
    3. Great coffee
    4. Proximity to Vancouver

    Can't lose!

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    I deny that I have not avoided attaining the opposite of that which I do not want.
    1. Re:Local attractions are great too! by Trepidity · · Score: 4, Funny

      Almost stone-throwing distance from Redmond, too.

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    2. Re:Local attractions are great too! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Buzzkill, unless you really meant throwing stones.

    3. Re:Local attractions are great too! by gangien · · Score: 1

      FYI if anyone is curious, it's about an hour and a half drive from Bellingham, WA to redmond (assuming decent traffic and driving slow enough to not get pulled over). About the same to get into vancouver BC.. but that's crossing the border so..

  3. Uh, is there free beer? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    As in.

    1. Re:Uh, is there free beer? by Trepidity · · Score: 1

      There is not, but there will be free speech.

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  4. Re:Linux was fun... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I hear the NT kernel is pretty stable, and backwards-compatible to rocks-bashed-together

  5. Re:Linux was fun... by unixisc · · Score: 1

    The one in Charlotte a few months back had a FreeBSD booth - showcasing FreeBSD, PC-BSD and pFsense

  6. SausageFest Northwest... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ...not many girls in the Linux world....

    1. Re:SausageFest Northwest... by epyT-R · · Score: 1

      That's ok as the majority that is interested in technology is male. Guys don't go to conferences like this to hook up for the same reasons they don't go to nightclubs to talk about linux: neither is a reasonable expectation.

  7. Re:Linux was fun... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Agree+1

  8. Even while sick I enjoyed LinuxFest North West by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    My company (ThinkPenguin) will be attending this year (provided our application is accepted that is, it's a very selective process, :) ). I can attest to the 2013 event being a lot fun.

  9. Lol failure by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Every cool kid knows "nerd" and "party" do not go together. Ever. A bunch of pathetic lowlifes thrown together is not a "party".

  10. Come for the code, stay for the people ... by CyberLife · · Score: 1

    ... but don't expect to find a job. Nobody actually uses Linux in Bellingham. Sorry. :)