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.

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

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

Linux.net.nz is Blacked Out. Support Creative Freedom!
Submitted by BlakJak on 18 Feb 2009 - 10:54pm	Local
Linux.net.nz is supporting Creative Freedom and the case against the adoption of Section 92A, that notorious change to Copyright Law in New Zealand.

Open Source: It's about Choice.
Submitted by BlakJak on 23 Oct 2008 - 2:53pm	Local
Noted today was that Linux.net.nz got a hit in on Stuff.co.nz. Thanks to Owen Payne for painting a reasonably sane picture about the benefits that the Open Source community bring to the IT world. Seems like an obvious opportunity to remind folks of the New Zealand Open Source Society, a group who exist to promote and advocate the use of Open Source within New Zealand. The NZOSS has been very active lately, having sponsored the New Zealand Open Source Awards (held recently in Wellington) and continuing to be involved in important issues such as the upcoming changes to the Copyright Act (which affects all of us). There's never been a better time to express your right to choose; to exert control over your own IT world. Linux is an excellent example of an operating system that puts the power in your hands. You can choose to utilise closed (free or non-free) file formats and proprietary standards if you wish, but pay attention to the risks involved. The alternative is to use open standards - where any system compliant with the standard can be used. This extends further your ability to choose platform, operating system and more. It is well accepted by all but the most enthusiastic of F/OSS/GNU/Linux fans out there that most people have cause to use all manner of platforms during the course of their day, whether they're Linux, BSD or Commercial-OS based. The same applies for your Desktop Publishing apps, your image manipulation tools and your media players. So regardless of the platform you choose, make sure the choice is right for your needs both now and in the future. Open Standards are your best shot for ensuring continuity of access to your own work. Open Source Software is generally written to work with Open Standards. The choice should be easy.

Major outage
Submitted by Nic Bellamy on 28 Feb 2007 - 1:08am	Local
A power glitch at our datacenter this past Monday (26th Feb) hastened the demise of our hardware; basically, the magic smoke leaked out. We've recovered most of the data (except the really important bits of course ;-) and we're rebuilding everything onto new hardware. Obviously, this is taking some time to get completed - with luck, the mailing lists should be alive again shortly. yawn Immense thanks go to Liz from debian.co.nz for the massive amount of help she has been in getting our data recovered and onto the new hardware.

NEWS: Auckland LUG Planning Installfest for December 05
Submitted by BlakJak on 6 Sep 2005 - 2:19pm	Local
The Auckland Linux Users Group announces their intention to hold an Installfest before the end of 2005. At this stage the likely dates are the first or second weekends of December. AuckLUG invites contributions from members and interested parties. If you'd like to get involved, Subscribe to the AuckLUG Mailing List (Details are Here). Keep an eye on The AuckLUG Web Page, and on this site, for updates.

AuckLUG is born...
Submitted by BlakJak on 16 Jun 2005 - 8:54pm	Local
Inspired by recent debate on the NZLUG, keen members from the Auckland region have formed AuckLUG - the Auckland Linux Users Group. To join in the fun, visit The AuckLUG Mailing List Signup Page and join us. Website to come. AuckLUG will be the Host of all Auckland based LUG meetings, in cooperation with the NZLUG. For assistance please contact the AuckLUG List owners care of the above page. UPDATE: The AuckLUG Website can now be found at http://auckland.linux.net.nz.

Auckland Installfest - Saturday 24th January 2004

Submitted by Nic Bellamy on 20 Jan 2004 - 10:51am

Local

On Saturday, 24th of January 2004, NZLUG Auckland are holding an installfest from 10am to 4pm in Building 180 at the Mt Albert Unitec campus, to help those wanting to install Linux - a free Open-Source Operating System. This event will also provide a forum for people to discuss and ask questions about all facets of Linux and Open-Source Technology.

This is the second event held in the last 12 months in the Auckland Region by the NZLUG. Among those attending this event will be the president of the New Zealand Open-Source Society, commercial Linux vendors, industry IT professionals and hobbyists/enthusiasts.

For more information (and registration), see installfest.linux.net.nz

NZNOG meeting in Hamilton , Jan 28th - 30th
Submitted by slyall on 2 Jan 2004 - 5:08pm	Local
The New Zealand Network Operators' Group will be holding their annual meeeting at Waikato University on January 28th, 29th and 30th. See the main site of www.nznog.org for details. The Programme include talks on VOIP , State of the Internet, Drinking lots of Beer, Troubleshooting BGP etc. Wednesday is for workshops (APNIC and wireless) while the main conference is on Thursday and Friday. Cost is just $120 for all 3 days if you register before Jan 9th (and just $50 for students) and accomodation is avilable for just $50 per night on campus. See the Registration page for details.

DunLUG Installfest 2003
Submitted by churcher on 30 Sep 2003 - 3:50pm	Local
The Dunedin Linux User Group are holding their annual Installfest on the 12th of October at the University of Otago Centre for Innovation. Full details including registration, contact information and system requirements are available from the Installfest website: http://www.dunedin-direct.co.nz/dunlug/index.php. We have experienced installers from just about every major distribution signed up, so this is a good chance to make the switch to Linux, or even just experiment with that unused partition or older PC you have lying around.

Auckland LUG members plan an InstallFest for Early 2004
Submitted by BlakJak on 24 Sep 2003 - 3:44pm	Local
After the success of the Auckland Installfest earlier this year, the organisational committee are now working on a successor to this event to happen probably in January of 2004. LUG members keen to assist are invited to join the Installfest mailing list, by emailing majordomo@linux.net.nzzzz (minus a few z's of course) with 'subscribe installfest' in the body. Suggestions, feedback are all welcome.