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Posted by Hemos on Sunday October 28, 2001 @07:30AM from the i-come-from-a-land-down-under dept.

We usually don't post stories about specific shows and such, but since I'm hoping to attend this one, and it will be a continent I've never been, I thought folks would like to know that Linux.conf.au is going to be happening February 6-9, in Brisbane, Australia. They've got the call for papers up and everything -- hope to see you there.

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See ya there! (Score:1)

by Xetrov ( 267777 ) writes:

See ya there hemos! ;D

Will there be free beer?
.conf.au (Score:1)

by FrenZon ( 65408 ) writes:

It seems pretty strange that they called themselves linux.conf.au when they didn't even get 'linux.conf.au' (it's possible to get .conf.au [aunic.net] for free.)

Aye, I'm a picky bastard, alright.
- Re:.conf.au (Score:1)
  
  by akumria ( 83683 ) writes:
  
  Actually we did have .conf.au for this year's conference. Unfortunately with .au being handed over from Robert Elz to auDA neither party was interested in looking at this domain while they sorted out their differences.
Man, you need to loose weight!! (Score:3, Funny)

by ksp ( 203038 ) writes: on Sunday October 28, 2001 @07:55AM (#2489320) Homepage

"and it will be a continent I've never been."
When you start to feel like you are a continent you may have to go on a diet...

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ahh.. UQ... (Score:1)

by 0x00 ( 224127 ) writes:

Where CSEE department becomse ITEE department for the sake of Marketing and misguided e-mail, with no input from the student body. How do you think the engineers feel? Oh, and make sure those papers submitted are original, you wouldn't want to be caught for excessive collusion.

--

0x00

Disclaimer: I am not bitter.
one thing... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Too bad they don't accept microsofts .doc
format for the papers.
Now I don't know how to submit.
Au Debian Conference (Score:2, Informative)

by jamesbromberger ( 79337 ) writes:

We're also hoping to run a small Debian Conference for the Asia-Pacific Debian developers and users. It'll be pretty informal; we're asking people who would like to talk about a subject to also email lca-cfp_AT_linux.org.au. See this [linux.org.au] for more information. It'll be on the Monday and Tuesday, with LCA 2002 starting on the Wednesday.
Looking forward to this. (Score:1, Interesting)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

I expect that will be an interesting conference, and well worth attending. Seeing as any self-respecting Doctor of Comp Sci, or even any reasonably accomplished graduate student would be not only willing, but eager to contribute to a conference about a single operation system based on the oldest OS paradigm still extant upon the earth, I can't imagine any reason for this conference to be a disappointment.

Considering the valuable area of research that linux constitutes not only to OS researchers, but to compter science as a whole, I can see this conference being much, much more than just a self-congratulatory exercise in advocacy. Truly, lunix.conf.au is further proof that the world isn't losing faith in free software.

It is vitally important that anyone with a shred of useful linux knowledge show their support either by attending, or providing their knowledge in a paper or seminar. I'll certainly be heading to Vienna for this! Hopefully I will see you there.
Damn! (Score:1)

by zmooc ( 33175 ) writes:

My girlfriend is in .au for six months and I'm going there just exactly then. Stupid priorities;)
- - Re:Let me see if I understand... (Score:1)
    
    by Enthrad ( 11463 ) writes:
    
    rather than see a linux conference in a nation not renowned for it's linux developers.
    
    Uhm, right.
  - Re:Let me see if I understand... (Score:1)
    
    by zmooc ( 33175 ) writes:
    
    Better solution: take her to the conference, decide that it's no better than reading /. and go back to the beach. Sounds like a plan to me.
NLUUG autumn conference 2001 (Score:3, Informative)

by Stonehead ( 87327 ) writes: on Sunday October 28, 2001 @09:29AM (#2489401)

Another conference that will be held soon (on November 8) is the Dutch NLUUG autumn conference 2001 [nluug.nl] (in Dutch). This year, the theme is "Unix and the desktop", with speakers on general GNOME, KDE, KOffice and security topics, and Jordan Hubbard! (probably about Mac OS X :))
Wietse Venema (known from the famous tcp wrappers) stale the show last year. I will certainly be there again this time :)

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For those looking for extra info ... (Score:1, Informative)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

... try Lonely Planet [lonelyplanet.com]
Brisbane Tourism [brisbanetourism.com.au]
travel info [uq.edu.au]
Drool sheets [uq.edu.au]
local W3C node [w3.org]
A rather interesting fact ... they recently put on HPCAsia 2001 [qpsf.edu.au] where they revealed that Brisbane has not one, but THREE Virtual Reality facilities (UQ, QMI, Boeing). According to their blurb [uq.edu.au], they're involved in the Japanese Whole Earth Simulator (4 Teraflops), something called a Virtual Reef, as well as using it for designing their scramjets [uq.edu.au]. Actually after rummaging around the AUUG website [auug.org.au] a more interesting workshop to attend would be their security symposium [auug.org.au] in Nov.
- - :( (Score:1)
    
    by The Kenneth ( 532102 ) writes:
    
    The terrorists dont give a damn if we stop living out lives as normal. Thats just a bad excuse for not feeling guilty. but, I think you have just been fooled. Noone in their right mind would think that because the death count for this year has risen slightly, we should all go live in bomb shelters UNLESS you personally have been affected, in which case I am genuinely sorry and my heart goes out to you. I mourn any death, if its in NYC or Istanbul is only a matter of location, not value. For the millions of others around the world dying and dead I also feel sympathy for, and for those who value a symbol of America over the thousands of dead destroyed at the same time I say: Go to hell. I know i am going to be modded offtopic and that i was tricked to writing this rant, but my worthless message here is to say that Yes this sucks, but lets get on with our lives BECAUSE WE HAVE TO, not because that not what the terrorists want or that the deceased want or any other rationalization. End Rant.
- Exotic Australia (Score:3, Interesting)
  
  by leonbrooks ( 8043 ) writes:
  
  I doubt too many people here [...] consider Australia sufficiently exotic that a Linuxconf would be interesting.
  
  Visit us [linux.org.au] for a few weeks. We'll show you exotic. (-:
  
  The only problem with Oz in terms of exotic, and WestOz in particular, is that it's so large that you need months to even visit the highlights, let alone take in and really explore much. We can show you the world's best beaches, red deserts that make Dakota look pale, lush tropical rainforests, soaring views across rugged ranges, the kind of unbelievable fishing normally associated with pacific islands, magnificent caves and sinkholes, rock made entirely out of sponges, the world's best grapes, more golf courses per capita than anywhere else in the world, and so on... about the only touristy things WA's missing are a set of Andes or Himalayas (with ski runs), and thousands of years of ambitious architecture (although we do have our share of mysterious stepped pyramids and the like, not a well known thing).
  - Re:Exotic Australia (Score:1)
    
    by pete-classic ( 75983 ) writes:
    
    If you are spoofing the famous Linus soundbite it should be "Hello, this is Leon Brooks" not "my name is."
    
    Funny though :-)
    
    -Peter
  - Re:Exotic Australia (Score:2)
    
    by sg_oneill ( 159032 ) writes:
    
    problem with Oz in terms of exotic, and WestOz in particular, is that
    
    Oh man. Don't do that. I swear within nanoseconds of seeing "WestOZ" I leaped to the link spinning with joy that a *I* can actually afford to go to a linux conf. It's In bloody Sydney. Eastern staters get everything :(
    
    Oh well. I'm going to dig a hole now. What *else* is there to do here in Perth :)
    - Things to do in Perth (Score:2)
      
      by leonbrooks ( 8043 ) writes:
      
      What *else* is there to do here in Perth
      
      Surf [wa.gov.au], snorkel, chase rats around an island [wa.gov.au], attend PLUG [linux.org.au] meetings (you slacker!) and help organise conferences, rock climbing and abseiling [wa.gov.au], caving (or combine sports [iinet.net.au]), bushwalking (do the Bibbulman [bibbulmuntrack.org.au] if you're bored) including tall timber country, the vineyards [perthweb.net.au], visit the animals at one of the many wildlife [cavershamwildlife.com.au] parks [cohunu.com.au] or the zoo [wa.gov.au], play golf [golfingwest.com.au], heaps of other stuff [onlinewa.com.au].
      
      Of course, home [westernaustralia.net] is even better.
Wish I could go again (Score:1)

by Hieronymus Howard ( 215725 ) writes:

I was in Australia last christmas and discovered from Alan's diary that he was going to be a keynote speaker. I was due to fly out of Sydney on the day before the conference, but managed to delay my flight for a couple of days. They had managed to get some very good speakers, including Alan, Maddog, Tridge, Rasterman and many other top developers. This year it will be in Brisbane (a great city) but a hell of a long way from the UK, so I don't expect to be going again :-(

HH
Refreshing change (Score:1)

by jkthatcher ( 473278 ) writes:

I live in Brisbane, and I must say this is bloody fantastic. I'm a student and travel is out of my scope for the time being; I've been hanging out for a decent sized Linux event for a long time. I will definitely be there.

Does anyone know who is going to be speaking or any other details? I checked the site [linux.org.au] and I couldn't find any specifics as yet.
- Be prepared to travel a year or so from now... (Score:2)
  
  by leonbrooks ( 8043 ) writes:
  
  Because the linux.conf.au in Jan 2003 will be an amazing event, you can be sure - whole OSS projects are being invented to make certain sessions possible. (-:
Sessions? (Score:1)

by redcliffe ( 466773 ) writes:

I'm a developer on the FlightGear project, and living in Brisbane. I'd like to be able to do a Work-in-progress session, but I'm not sure exactly what this sort of thing means. Has anyone done these before, and could give me some advice? We have all sorts of unique features and we need more developers, so this could be quite useful. Thanks

David
- Re:Sessions? (Score:1)
  
  by rusty ( 3244 ) writes:
  
  I'm not sure if there's an official WIP slot: you could certainly do a BoF, or go the whole hog and submit a talk...
  
  Rusty.

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