Linuxtag 2008 in Berlin / eTickets
by Gerold
Hi there around the world,
I got the first eTickets which I want to share with you. Not everybody can
have one, but first come, first serve ...
Please write me an E-mail if you want to attend ...
Regards
Gerold
PS.: Berlin, 2008-05-28 - 2008-05-31
16 years
LinuxTag 2008
by Robert M. Albrecht
Hi,
I have a free 4 day ticket to give away.
If someone is interessted, I need an email-address to transfer the ticket.
cu romal
16 years
Linux Fest Northwest
by Jesse Keating
Ah, the smell of the salty air; the crystal clear sky over a beautiful
skyline; the busses quietly humming by on their electric powered motors;
Starbucks on just about every corner; Seattle, I have arrived.
I love this city, I really do. The people, the scenes, the ocean, the
sushi, I just can't get enough of it. I spent a couple days getting
back together with my friends from the area; developers, system
builders, IT admins, etc... We talk shop, family, weather, and take in
a Mariners game at the wonderful Safeco Field. I'm reluctant to leave,
but trek north we must for Linux Fest Northwest.
In Bellingham we arrive, somewhat late at night. Driving through the
downtown area we spot a large banner hanging across the street
advertising the Fest. Times have certainly changed. It's certainly fun
to see the influx of geeks mesh with the biker bars and the college
crowd. At the hotel you can tell it's fest time. Lobby filled with
geeks: laptops, ham radios, smarmy t-shirts abound; excited
conversations about kernels and desktops, and rpms, and debs, and who's
going to win Alpha Geek this year. Snickering comments about whether or
not the hotel wireless will withstand the abuse a hotel full of Linux
geeks can throw at it, and a bemused rueful grin is the only answer one
gets from the hotel staff (turns out that the hotel internet is pretty
unusable by the time we arrive, but there is open wireless somewhere
near that still works!).
A few hours later, after having scrambled to finish up my presentation
slides, I collapse into sleep. Very excited about the next morning,
dreading the early wake up time though. Of course I wake up an hour
before the alarm is set, but that gives me time to write this down.
Shower, quick hotel breakfast, a few last minute discussions with fellow
Festies and we're off to the show!
Day 1
Lots of excited people filing into the college. Booths mostly setup,
last minute scrambles and fixes that always happen. Almost double the
exhibitor space this year, a welcome surprise. The usual suspects are
in place, Novell, Google, Ubuntu, hey look, a Mandriva! Many booths are
using Fedora on their display systems, hooray!
I attend a talk from a friend who is now a Google employee. This is a
talk about network protocols and the various evil things folks can do
along those protocols. Many people seemed surprised at how many vectors
there are to attack and will certainly be thinking twice about what
protocols they use.
>From there I go to another talk, this one on Grease Monkey. Fascinating
stuff, however it really showed that one would have to know javascript
pretty well to take full advantage of it.
Next up is my first talk, A sneak peek at Fedora 9. Ustream has a <a
href="http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/375057">video</a>, and slides are
<a
href="http://jkeating.fedorapeople.org/presentations/lfnw-fedora-9-sneakpeek.odp">here</a>. This talk went great. I got to showcase a lot of really cool features in Fedora 9, as well as give out USB keys pre-loaded with almost Fedora 9. As soon as the audience caught on to the fact that asking questions got you a USB key I started getting a lot more questions. Not just your typical mp3 questions (which in fact wasn't asked at all!) but more interesting ones, like what is IPA and what about the Certificate Server and things like that. The audience was nice and engaged and seemed reluctant for the talk to end which is always a good sign.
I get dragged into the "Alpha Geek" competition where I do horribly, no
surprise there. It was still incredibly fun especially since there were
a few Fedora questions which seemed a little unfair given me being a
competitor.
The after party was as after parties are, but with a twist. This one
had a fair number of ways to damage one's self. Brews, pizza, loud
music, oh and lots of electricity generating devices. What fun! The
party was set in <a href="http://www.amre.us/site/index.html">American
Museum of Radio and Electricity</a>. Lots of fantastic old devices to
look at and play with plus lots of open source consumers/creators with
loosened tongues and stories to tell.
After a few hours, the crew I hang out with migrated to our traditional
haunt during the fest. A Greek restaurant/bar that just happens to be
within stumbling distance of our hotel. Alas they ran out of Grey Goose
rather early. Rehashing of the days events, reminisces of years gone
by, and lots of jokes and innuendos thrown about. A few friends stop by
to share a drink and a story and before you know it the bar is closing
and it's time to capture some sleep before the next day begins.
Day 2
A quick blast through Starbucks and we're on our way to the final day of
LFNW. I've got a talk in the first time slot, "Fedora Distribution
Toolbox" (<a href="http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/377262">Video</a>, <a
href="http://jkeating.fedorapeople.org/presentations/lfnw-fedora-toolbox.odp">Slides</a>). Here I get to show off all the cool tools and services that Fedora has created, fostered, adopted, etc.. over the past few years to make our distribution happen completely on opensource software. There were fewer attendees for this talk, partly because they were aware that the talk would be available as a video later where some other talks wouldn't (also, they knew I had no more USB keys to give away). I still got a good number of questions, particularly around koji, transifex, and MirrorManager. A number of people after the talk informed me that they were much more inclined to bring their software into Fedora and work with Fedora as a distribution mechanism after hearing about all the tools we create and the ideals we hold dear. There were a number of other people who were interested in taking our tools and using them for their own needs. I think I'll give this talk more often as it seems to be an enlightening one.
I didn't make it to any further talks that day, I was too busy chatting
1 on 1 with various attendees who had further questions about Fedora or
about some software they were writing and would like to get into Fedora.
Before I knew it time had come for me to run the Fedora Birds of a
Feather. I saw a lot of familiar faces, those that had been in my
previous two talks, but a number of new faces as well. The BOF started
off a little slow with people a little shy about asking questions but
the conversations did finally get rolling. After the 3rd or so question
related to my previous talks somebody had the bright idea to quickly run
through the presentations again for those that might have missed it.
Lightening round begin! I blew through the presentations pretty quickly
and still got a few questions along the way. Once again we were way
over time but people seemed reluctant to leave. Finally we had to usher
them out as the campus was closing and my ride was leaving.
Exhausted I fell into the back of my friend's car. Satisfied with yet
another great LFNW trip and sad that I was leaving the area in a few
days and leaving my friends behind. This show has always been one of my
favorites. It's very "grass roots"; free admission, word of mouth
advertising for the most part, planned in open meetings, and very
welcoming of speakers and exhibitors. I will continue to go for as long
as the show exists and I can get funding to make the trek. The timing
of the show makes it a great target to show off Fedora's next release
and to talk about whatever seemed important for that release cycle. If
anybody lives in the greater northwest area of the US I would highly
recommend making the trip to see this show.
--
Jesse Keating
Fedora -- Freedom² is a feature!
16 years
Croatian Fedora 9 launch party
by Valent Turkovic
Hi,
here is the link to my blog entry for Fedora 9 launch party in Croatia:
http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/index.php/archives/fedora-9-launch-part...
We intend to do the following:
- make 30 minute presentation of new and most interesting Fedora 9 features
- hand out Fedora 9 Live CDs
- hand out Fedora stickers for laptops
- make live-usb sticks for people that show up with sticks (in the
text they are encouraged to come with their usb stick in pocket)
- install Fedora 9 on laptops and desktops that people bring to this event
Cheers,
Valent - Croatian Ambassador.
--
http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/
linux, blog, anime, spirituality, windsurf, wireless
registered as user #367004 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org.
ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic
16 years
[Fwd: North America: Quote for Fedora Polos]
by Pascal Calarco
Folks, I have received an initial quotation from the Fedora preferred
vendor for the North American Ambassadors polos. I asked for different
quantities to see how order sizes might affect pricing. Here is more
information on the styles:
*Style Number:*D100 Devon & Jones Pima Pique Knit in French Blue
*Style Description:* 100% Peruvian Pima Cotton. Additional yarn in
collar and cuffs for a neater appearance and greater durability; stretch
tape in shoulders for extra strength; three-button placket, Dura-pearl™
buttons; rib-knit cuffs; grey heather is 90% cotton, 10% polyester.
*Style Link:*
http://www.4logowearables.com//CDD36BB771654D5EB36ED73F301BA619.asp?pcs_k...
*Style Number:*6091 Outerbanks Egyptian Diamond Knit in Royal Blue
*Style Description:* 100% Egyptian cotton, 6oz. Luxuriously soft and
durable 50/2 ply fabric; no-curl collar; dyed-to-match twill tape neck
and side vents; clean, finished three-button placket; locker patch with
natural contrast lining.
*Style Link:*
http://www.4logowearables.com//CDD36BB771654D5EB36ED73F301BA619.asp?pcs_k...
I wasn't able to attend the North & South American meeting this past
Monday, so thought I'd send to the list here for further
discussion/decisioning. Let me know if you'd prefer to take this to the
next regional Ambassadors meeting instead, and we can certainly do that.
Thanks,
- pascal
Fedora Ambassador, Indiana, USA
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PascalCalarco
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Quote for Fedora Polos
Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 13:47:52 -0400
From: Screen Printed Products <spp(a)dacor.net>
To: Pascal Vincent Calarco <pcalarco(a)nd.edu>
Pascal: Here's the quote for the polo's:
One time charge for artwork for embroidery logo: 50.00
The following prices are for sizes small thru x-large. Please add 2.00
for 2x-large, 3.00 for 3x-large
D100 Devon & Jones Pima Pique Knit in French Blue:
10 polo's- 22.20/ea
30 polo's-20.55/ea
50 polo's-18.70/ea
100 polo's-17.35/ea
150 polo's-16.80/ea
6091 Outerbanks Egyptian Diamond Knit in Royal Blue:
10 polo's-22.50/ea
30 polo's-20.85/ea
50 polo's-18.95/ea
100 polo's-17.60/ea
150 polo's-17.05/ea
These two colors were the closest we could come to Fedora Blue. Please
go to our website (screenprintedproducts.com) to actually see the above
colors.
Let us know if you have any questions (419) 352-1535
Lori
Screen Printed Products
16 years
Forwarded: I love Fedora
by Angel
Hi,
I got this reply from a Ubuntu mailing list. Already you got, his thinking
is wrong from the start. I want to give him a strong but positive and good
reply. Need all of your help, please. Thank you.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Omi Azad <me(a)omiazad.net>
Date: Sun, May 11, 2008 at 4:07 AM
Subject: Re: [ Ubuntu-BD ] I love Fedora
To: Ubuntu Bangladesh <ubuntu-bd(a)lists.ubuntu.com>
Hello There,
I'm taking this conversation at the end but I must say some words. So sorry
for not keeping Russell Bhai's request for the time being.
We like oils and don't like to be straight. You did not ask for any help
here and I neither pulled your leg nor discouraged you. May be I pulled your
leg on some other place and that is why you are hiding your name.
I appreciate your initiative but alas you took a wrong side this time :) . I
wanted to use Linux and the first version was Red Hat 4, which I got free
with some Indian IT mag. That time my brother (was a CSE student) and his
friends tried to use it and after 9 days of trying they successfully brought
the Kernel Desktop Environment on.
It's still that painful. Let me give you a small example and then you might
understand why we should forget about all the other Linux distribution and
start using Ubuntu. Here in Ubuntu I wrote "apt-get install skype" from my
Gnome's shell and it installed Skype and all it's KDE dependencies ( as
Skype is a QT application). Now when I tried to install Skype through YUM,
it says this not found that not found (for example libqt3c102-mt not
found, libqt3c102
not found) so why should I keep trying and trying and trying?
Can you change the system? No you are not. I did not attack you, I just
wanted to tell you Red Hat's ultimate goal is to make money, so they will
not change anything, our options are not closed yet. We have BOSS
distributions like Debian and Ubuntu, so why bother to keep trying Fedora.
:)
Hope you get the message. If you want to stick with Fedora, you are
absolutely welcome. None of us here have any problem. What I mentioned above
is only my personal opinion and not a part of any survey. But I feel that is
the major reason people don't like to use that OS as a primary daily life
computing OS.
One more thing, we really feel disturbed when we spend huge time on finding
solution and make the solution to public. Make that as simple as my kid can
understand. But people don't go through the solution and ask nonsense
questions. I honestly feel disturbed then.
Thanks for the understanding
Omi
--
Angel
GPG key: 0xC4639705
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/AshiqurRahman
16 years
Fedora Polo Shirts
by Valent Turkovic
Sorry it this was asked before but I'm in between moving to I'm rarely
looking at any email. Soon I'll be back.
So how do I get hold of Fedora Polo and other shirts? How do I send
money and to whom? I live in Croatia (Europe).
Cheers,
Valent.
--
http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/
linux, blog, anime, spirituality, windsurf, wireless
registered as user #367004 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org.
ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic
16 years
