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[[File:Rusty Russell speaking at Linux.conf.au 2011 Day 4 (5391554111).jpg|thumb|Rusty Russell speaking at Linux.conf.au 2011]] |
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'''linux.conf.au''' (often abbreviated as '''lca''') is [[Australasia]]'s regional [[Linux]] and [[Open Source]] conference. It is a roaming conference, held in a different Australian or New Zealand city every year, coordinated by [[Linux Australia]] and organised by local volunteers. |
'''linux.conf.au''' (often abbreviated as '''lca''' or '''LCA''') is [[Australasia]]'s regional [[Linux]] and [[Open Source]] conference. It is a roaming conference, held in a different Australian or New Zealand city every year, coordinated by [[Linux Australia]] and organised by local volunteers. |
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The conference is a non-profit event, with any surplus funds being used to seed the following year's conference and to support the Australian [[Linux]] and [[Open-source model|open source]] communities. The name is the conference's [[Uniform Resource Locator|URL]], using the uncommon [[second-level domain]] [[.au#Historic second-level domains|.conf.au]]. |
The conference is a non-profit event, with any surplus funds being used to seed the following year's conference and to support the Australian [[Linux]] and [[Open-source model|open source]] communities. The name is the conference's [[Uniform Resource Locator|URL]], using the uncommon [[second-level domain]] [[.au#Historic second-level domains|.conf.au]]. |
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Although several online events were ran post-COVID, since 2023 Linux Australia has instead auspiced [https://everythingopen.au/ Everything Open]. This is a shorter three-day conference that follows a similar format - but without the additional two days of Miniconfs. |
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==Conference history== |
==Conference history== |
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| [http://lca2007.linux.org.au/ linux.conf.au 2007] || Jan 15 – Jan 20 2007 || [[University of New South Wales]]<br />{{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Sydney]]<br />[[New South Wales]] || [[Kathy Sierra]],<br />[[Andrew S. Tanenbaum]],<br />[[Christopher Blizzard|Chris Blizzard]] || [http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2007/ 2007] |
| [http://lca2007.linux.org.au/ linux.conf.au 2007] || Jan 15 – Jan 20 2007 || [[University of New South Wales]]<br />{{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Sydney]]<br />[[New South Wales]] || [[Kathy Sierra]],<br />[[Andrew S. Tanenbaum]],<br />[[Christopher Blizzard|Chris Blizzard]] || [http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2007/ 2007] |
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| [http://lca2008.linux.org.au/ linux.conf.au 2008] || Jan 28 – Feb 2 2008 || [[University of Melbourne]]<br />{{flagicon|Victoria}} [[Melbourne]]<br />[[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] || |
| [http://lca2008.linux.org.au/ linux.conf.au 2008] || Jan 28 – Feb 2 2008 || [[University of Melbourne]]<br />{{flagicon|Victoria}} [[Melbourne]]<br />[[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] || Anthony Baxter,<br />[[Bruce Schneier]],<br />[[Stormy Peters]] || [http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2008/ 2008] |
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| [http://lca2009.linux.org.au/ linux.conf.au 2009] || Jan 19 – Jan 24 2009 || [[University of Tasmania]]<br />{{flagicon|Tasmania}} [[Hobart]]<br />[[Tasmania]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16418/1090/|title=Hobart to host 2009 Linux conference|publisher=ITWire|date=2008-02-01|accessdate=2008-02-01|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201215657/http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16418/1090/|archivedate=2008-02-01}}</ref> || [[Tom Limoncelli]],<br />Angela Beesley,<br />[[Simon Phipps (programmer)|Simon Phipps]] || [http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2009/ 2009] |
| [http://lca2009.linux.org.au/ linux.conf.au 2009] || Jan 19 – Jan 24 2009 || [[University of Tasmania]]<br />{{flagicon|Tasmania}} [[Hobart]]<br />[[Tasmania]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16418/1090/|title=Hobart to host 2009 Linux conference|publisher=ITWire|date=2008-02-01|accessdate=2008-02-01|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201215657/http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16418/1090/|archivedate=2008-02-01}}</ref> || [[Tom Limoncelli]],<br />Angela Beesley,<br />[[Simon Phipps (programmer)|Simon Phipps]] || [http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2009/ 2009] |
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|[https://lca2022.linux.org.au/ linux.conf.au 2022] |
|[https://lca2022.linux.org.au/ linux.conf.au 2022] |
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|Jan 14 |
|Jan 14 – Jan 16 2022<ref name="2021-postpone"/> |
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|Virtual event||[[Liz Fong-Jones]],<br />[[Jono Bacon]],<br />Kathy Reid,<br />[[Brian Kernighan]] |
|Virtual event||[[Liz Fong-Jones]],<br />[[Jono Bacon]],<br />Kathy Reid,<br />[[Brian Kernighan]] |
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|[http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2022/ 2022] |
|[http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2022/ 2022] |
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* 2016: preparations almost derailed by a massive storm just before the conference opened.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/news/geelong/torquay-anglesea-beaches-as-lightning-strikes-the-coast/news-story/4f75954c4f5b26c9d758c6efb5ccf7c7|work=Geelong Advertiser|title=Flash floods, hail and damage as wild weather batters Geelong|first=Courtney|last=Crane|date=27 January 2016}}</ref> |
* 2016: preparations almost derailed by a massive storm just before the conference opened.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/news/geelong/torquay-anglesea-beaches-as-lightning-strikes-the-coast/news-story/4f75954c4f5b26c9d758c6efb5ccf7c7|work=Geelong Advertiser|title=Flash floods, hail and damage as wild weather batters Geelong|first=Courtney|last=Crane|date=27 January 2016}}</ref> |
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*2020: $24,342 raised and donated to Red Cross for [[2019–20 Australian bushfire season|Australian Bush-fire]] relief |
*2020: $24,342 raised and donated to Red Cross for [[2019–20 Australian bushfire season|Australian Bush-fire]] relief{{cn|date=December 2023}} |
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* 2021: in May 2020 Linux Australia announced that the planned 2021 conference in Canberra was postponed until 2022 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and a lightweight virtual conference would be held in 2021 instead.<ref name="2021-postpone"/> |
* 2021: in May 2020 Linux Australia announced that the planned 2021 conference in Canberra was postponed until 2022 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and a lightweight virtual conference would be held in 2021 instead.<ref name="2021-postpone"/> |
Latest revision as of 22:55, 19 April 2024
linux.conf.au (often abbreviated as lca or LCA) is Australasia's regional Linux and Open Source conference. It is a roaming conference, held in a different Australian or New Zealand city every year, coordinated by Linux Australia and organised by local volunteers.
The conference is a non-profit event, with any surplus funds being used to seed the following year's conference and to support the Australian Linux and open source communities. The name is the conference's URL, using the uncommon second-level domain .conf.au.
Although several online events were ran post-COVID, since 2023 Linux Australia has instead auspiced Everything Open. This is a shorter three-day conference that follows a similar format - but without the additional two days of Miniconfs.
Conference history[edit]
In 1999, Linux kernel hacker Rusty Russell organised the Conference of Australian Linux Users in Melbourne. The first conference held under the linux.conf.au name was held two years later in Sydney. The conference is generally held in a different Australian city each time; although from 2006 onward, New Zealand cities have also been hosts.
Highlights from past conferences include:
- 1999: CALU (Conference of Australian Linux Users) was conceived, bankrolled (via his personal credit card) and executed by Linux kernel hacker Rusty Russell. It laid the foundation for a successful, strongly technical, eclectic and fun conference series.
- 2001: the first conference held under the linux.conf.au name.
- 2004: a major highlight was the dunking of Linus Torvalds for charity.[6]
- 2006: the first conference to be held outside Australia, recognising the importance of the New Zealand Linux community.
- 2007: a new feature was an Open Day for non-conference attendees, in which community groups, interest groups and Linux businesses held stands and demonstrations.
- 2008: the second time the conference was held in Melbourne. 100 OLPC machines were distributed to random attendees to encourage development.[7] The Speakers dinner was held at St Paul's Cathedral Chapter House, and the Penguin Dinner was held in conjunction with Melbourne's Night Market, playing on the title of Eric Raymond's book, The Cathedral and the Bazaar.
- 2009: during the Penguin Dinner, a substantial sum of money was raised for the Save Tasmanian Devils fund – and a pledge made to replace the Tux Logo with the conference mascot, Tuz, to help raise awareness.[8]
- 2010: over $33,000 raised for Wellington Lifeflight Helicopter Ambulance service.[9]
- 2011: the event was almost washed out by the floods that devastated southern Queensland.[10]
- 2016: preparations almost derailed by a massive storm just before the conference opened.[11]
- 2020: $24,342 raised and donated to Red Cross for Australian Bush-fire relief[citation needed]
- 2021: in May 2020 Linux Australia announced that the planned 2021 conference in Canberra was postponed until 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a lightweight virtual conference would be held in 2021 instead.[5]
Miniconfs[edit]
Since 2002, a key feature of the conference are the associated "miniconfs". These are half – 2 days streamed gatherings run before the main conference. They have their own programme, but are open for any conference attendee to participate in.
The first event to have a miniconf was in 2002, with the Debian Miniconf, organised by James Bromberger. This was based upon the idea that DebConf 1 in Bordeaux was a "mini-conf" of the French Libre Software Meeting. The concept grew in 2004, with the Open-Source in Government (ossig) miniconf, EducationaLinux, Debian Miniconf and GNOME.conf.au. In 2010 the Arduino Miniconf was introduced by Jonathan Oxer, the author of Practical Arduino.
Miniconfs have included those devoted to computer programming, education, security, multimedia, arduino and system administration.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Hobart to host 2009 Linux conference". ITWire. 1 February 2008. Archived from the original on 1 February 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
- ^ "LCA2011 – Follow The Flow!". 22 January 2010. Archived from the original on 1 February 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
- ^ "Ballarat wins Linux.conf.au 2012 bid". 28 January 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
- ^ "linux.conf.au 2018 | News". Archived from the original on 27 January 2018.
- ^ a b c Germaine, Sae Ra (6 May 2020). "Linux Australia Community Update & LCA2021 Information". Linux Australia. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ Corbet, Jonathan (17 January 2004). "The great dunking". LWN.net. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ Corbet, Jonathan (30 January 2008). "A moment from LCA2008". LWN.net.
- ^ Kernel gets a new mascot Archived 2014-12-20 at the Wayback Machine – Linux Foundation – 19 March 2009
- ^ Linux Enthusiasts raises over $33,000 to help save lives Archived 2010-05-21 at the Wayback Machine – Life Flight Trust – 8 February 2010
- ^ Kidman, Angus (24 January 2011). "LCA 2011 Replanning shows importance of backup plans". Lifehacker.
- ^ Crane, Courtney (27 January 2016). "Flash floods, hail and damage as wild weather batters Geelong". Geelong Advertiser.