Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 02:29:24 +1100 From: Jeff Waugh <jdub@linux.org.au> To: lca-discuss@lists.linux.org.au Subject: PR: linux.conf.au to host top Linux developers FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LINUX.CONF.AU TO HOST TOP LINUX DEVELOPERS Australian Linux conference set to cause mass brain overload for hundreds of geeks Downunder. Sydney, Australia -- Mon Aug 28 2000 -- Linux kernel developers Alan Cox and David Miller will both be speaking at linux.conf.au, a community focused conference taking place in Sydney, Australia in January 2001. This conference continues the tradition of the Conference of Australian Linux Users (CALU) which was held in July 1999 in Melbourne, Australia. linux.conf.au will mark Alan Cox's first visit to Australia. Cox has worked on almost every part of the Linux kernel, providing an early networking implementation and maintaining the 2.2 stable series of kernels. More recently he designed the Video for Linux kernel interface and has worked on modularising the sound drivers. His partner, Telsa Gwynne, has strongly supported the GNOME project, writing documentation and taming the bug report system. She intends to run a user/developer bug tracking forum at the conference. David Miller wrote the original Linux port to the SPARC family of processors, developed the MIPS port as a college intern at SGI, and worked on the team that developed the Cobalt Qube. At CALU in 1999, he presented a radical redesign of the way Linux handles incoming network packets. He has since implemented this in the version 2.3 development kernels. ABOUT LINUX.CONF.AU linux.conf.au <URL: http://linux.conf.au/> is a technical conference taking place in Sydney, Australia in January 2001, concentrating on issues related to the development of Linux and Free Software. The conference is a collaborative effort by Linux Australia, the Sydney Linux Users Group and affiliated organisations. It is supported by the School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, and is a successor to the Conference for Australian Linux Users (CALU) held in Melbourne in July, 1999. ABOUT LINUX AUSTRALIA The Linux Organisation of Australia was founded to cater specifically to the needs of the Australian Linux community. Australia has unique problems that confront those attempting to organise and coordinate user groups and other support mechanisms because of its high urbanisation and large geographic distances between populated areas. Linux Australia hopes to assist in bringing the disparate pockets of Linux support into a single forum by encouraging and facilitating communication between these groups. ABOUT THE SYDNEY LINUX USERS GROUP The Sydney Linux Users Group <URL: http://www.slug.org.au/> holds free meetings, technical fests, and provides a forum for discussion about the use of GNU/Linux systems in Sydney. ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES The University of New South Wales (UNSW) was the first site in Australia to make use of the Unix operating system. John Lions, of the School of Computer Science and Engineering, wrote "Source Code and Commentary on Unix level 6" in 1976 for use in teaching his operating systems class, and it quickly spread amongst Unix hackers worldwide. The Organising Committee lca-organisers@lists.linux.org.au linux.conf.au -- jdub@linux.org.au -------------------------------- http://slug.org.au/ --