linux.conf.au Call For Papers

linux.conf.au ( http://www.lca2010.org.nz ) is pleased to announce the opening of its Call for Papers for the coming linux.conf.au, LCA2010!

LCA2010 will be held from Monday 18 January 2010 to Saturday 23 January 2010 in Wellington, New Zealand.

linux.conf.au isn't just a Linux conference. It is a technical conference about Free and Open Source Software, held annually in Australasia since 2001 - covering everything from the Linux Kernel and the BSDs to OpenOffice.org, from networking to audio-visual magic, from hardware hacks to Creative Commons.

Important Dates

• Call for Papers opens: Monday 29 June 2009
• Call for Papers closes: Friday 24 July 2009
• Email Notifications from Papers Committee: Early September 2009
• Registrations open: Mid September 2009
• Conference Dates: Monday 18 January to Saturday 23 January 2010

Information on Papers

The LCA2010 Papers Committee is looking for a broad range of papers spanning everything from programming and software to desktop and userspace to community, government and education but there is one essential:

The core of your paper must relate to open source in some way, i.e., if it's a paper about software then the software has to be licensed under an Open Source license.

The LCA2010 Papers Committee welcome proposals for Papers on the following topics:

• Kernel and system topics such as filesystems and embedded devices
• Networking topics such as peer to peer networking, or tuning a TCP/IP stack
• Desktop topics such as office and productivity applications, mobile devices, peripherals, crypto & security and viruses and other malware
• Server topics such as clusters and other supercomputers, databases and grid computing
• Systems administration topics such as maintaining large numbers of machines and disaster recovery
• Programming topics such as software engineering practices and test driven development
• Free Software and Free Culture topics, including licencing and Free and Open approaches outside software
• Free Software usage topics, including home, IT, education, manufacturing, research and government usage.

Most presentations and tutorials will be technical in nature, but proposals for presentations on other aspects of Free Software and Free Culture, such as educational and cultural aspects are welcome.

LCA2010 is pleased to invite proposals for three types of papers:

• Presentation - 45 minutes
• Tutorials - 1 hour and 45 minutes (short)
• Tutorials - 3 hours and 30 minutes (long)

Presentations are 45 minute slots (including questions) that are typically a one-way lecture from you to the audience - the typical conference presentation. These form the bulk of the available conference slots.

Tutorials are either 1 hour and 45 minutes, or 3 hours and 30 minutes in length, and work best when they are interactive or hands-on in nature. Tutorials are expected to have a specific learning outcome for attendees.

To increase the number of people that can view your talk, LCA2010 may video the talks and make them publicly available after LCA2010. When submitting your proposal you will be asked whether materials relating to your paper can be released under a Creative Commons ShareALike License.

About linux.conf.au

linux.conf.au is one of the world's best conferences for free and open source software! The coming linux.conf.au, LCA2010, will be held at the Wellington Convention Centre in Wellington, New Zealand from Monday 18 January to Saturday 23 January 2010. LCA2010 is fun, informal and seriously technical, bringing together Free and Open Source developers, users and community champions from around the world. LCA2010 is the second time linux.conf.au has been held in New Zealand, with the first being Dunedin in 2006.

For more information see: http://www.lca2010.org.nz/

About Linux Australia

Linux Australia is the peak body for Linux User Groups around Australia, and as such represents approximately 5000 Australian Linux users and developers. Linux Australia facilitates the organisation of this international Free Software conference in a different Australasian city each year.

For more information see: http://www.linux.org.au/

Emperor Penguin Sponsors

LCA2010 is proud to acknowledge the support of our Emperor Penguin Sponsor, InternetNZ.

For more information see: http://www.internetnz.org.nz/

Papers Enquiries

LCA2010 Papers Committee
Email: papers@lca2010.org.nz

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The NZLUG itself is an informal entity with no official ruling body and no constitution or rules of association. Its successful operation depends on the contribution of its volunteer list/website administrators (Nic Bellamy, Mark Foster, Scott Newton) and Systems Administrators (Nic Bellamy and Dylan Reeve). This document therefore is mainly a commonsense attitude to mailing list netiquette as it particularly applies to us. It is open to feedback, so let us know if you have any suggestions.

General Acceptable Use policies for Mailing Lists worldwide are based on RFC1855. However NZLUG conceeds that much of the information in RFC1855 is out of date and doesn't represent the realities of todays Internet. (But it was a lovely thought.)

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We have a variety of intentions:

• To provide support and resources to Linux Users in New Zealand by way of the linux.net.nz domain and through the good efforts of our membership.
• To host a mailing list promoting the discussion of all issues relating to Linux in New Zealand.
• To host a web portal linking Linux Resources into one common location, for the good of all Linux enthusiasts nationwide.
• To offer a conduit that allows the easy cooperation and shared resources of all the Linux User Groups that exist nationwide.

The Website - www.linux.net.nz

The site you are now browsing provides a means to not only interlink Linux User Groups and Linux resources, but also announce news, views and current affairs as appropriate, in a relatively static form. Those interested are welcome to submit articles which will be approved by the NZLUG coordinators and published as appropriate, and as time permits.

The Mailing List - List Info and Archives.

The mailing list forms the core of the NZLUG. Dating back to the origins of the NZLUG concept back in the late 90s, it is an open-to-all means of discussing Linux and Linux related issues using email as the forum. The web archive is a resource in itself, as people discuss all manner of Linux related things and all posts are archived for posterity and the further use of others.

In January 2007 an Acceptable Use Policy for the NZLUG Mailing List was promulgated. A minor update to this was actioned in May 07.

Current information on this and other New Zealand LUGs can be found On our User Groups page.

We also offer our resources and subdomains of linux.net.nz for use by other LUGs and NZ Linux resources. Currently sites that utilise these facilities include:

• Auckland Linux Users Group
• The New Zealand Linux Wiki
• The Taranaki Linux Users Group

Our vision is that the New Zealand Linux Users Group is a resource to benefit all New Zealand Linux enthusiasts. We stand beside, and in support of, the other LUGs available nationwide and hope to compliment them by doing what we can to provide a useful, nationally targetted resource. It's worth remembering, in the end, that NZLUG is the sum of its parts; the members of its Mailing List and participants in its events and organisation. Being a member is nothing more difficult than being on our mailing list and taking part.

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