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


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