[clug] Linux Conference Australia 2015 in Auckland! (12-16 January, 2015)

[Krish Majumder]

Hi,

This year Linux Conference Australia 2015 will be held in Auckland!. This
is a little write up about this conference and it's content. Please
circulate amongst your usergroup members if you feel appropriate.


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This is a shameless promotion of Linux conference which is happening in
Auckland from 12-16th Jan, 2015.

What is linux.conf.au?
linux.conf.au is one of the foremost open source conferences in the world,
and is considered the most prestigious in the Southern Hemisphere. Every
year open source geeks from across the globe gather to meet their fellow
technologists, share the latest ideas and innovations, and spend a week
collaborating on free, open source software projects.
The conference is well known for the speakers and delegates depth of
talent, and its focus on technical linux content.

Who is it for?
linux.conf.au is about free and open source software, especially Linux. It
is a technical conference which attracts some of the brightest minds in the
world and it is run by the community, for the community. It's an
opportunity to meet and talk with like-minded people and learn about new
projects you can contribute to.
For seasoned attendees, linux.conf.au is an opportunity to catch up with
old friends, see what new friends are currently working on and see
first-hand what the future of free and open source software will be.

Where will it be held?
For the first time, linux.conf.au will be held in Auckland, New Zealand in
the University of Auckland's modern Owen G Glenn Building.
This is the home of the University of Auckland's Business School and is one
of Auckland's most architecturally striking buildings. With
state-of-the-art teaching facilities and sweeping views of the Auckland
Domain and Rangitoto Island, the Business School offers a unique location
for our conference, and is walking distance from central Auckland.


What topics will be covered?
linux.conf.au covers a broad range of open source topics such as security,
system administration, linux kernel, docker-coreos, web developments etc.
This year amongst various other topics, we have specific system
administration related talks. Here are some of the talks on this topic:

Bashing the Shell: Advanced Scripting by Martin Kealeyhttps://
linux.conf.au/schedule/30276/view_talk?day=Wednesday
What Should a Systems Administration Student's Homework Look Like? by Tom
Clarkhttps://linux.conf.au/schedule/30121/view_talk?day=wednesday
collectd in dynamic environments by Florian Forsterhttps://
linux.conf.au/schedule/30193/view_talk?day=Wednesday
Before All Else, Be Graphed by Katie McLaughlinhttps://
linux.conf.au/schedule/30042/view_talk?day=Wednesday
OFconnect: An OpenFlow Software Defined Networking Library For Everyone by
Deepa Dhurkahttp://
lca2015.linux.org.au/schedule/30182/view_talk?day=thursday
An introduction to Linux namespaces by Michael Kerriskhttp://
lca2015.linux.org.au/schedule/30158/view_talk?day=thursday
OpenPOWER: building an open-source software stack from bare metal by Jeremy
Kerrhttp://lca2015.linux.org.au/schedule/30305/view_talk?day=thursday
Pushing users into the pit of success - stories from the Samba 3 -> Samba 4
transition. by Andrew Bartletthttp://
lca2015.linux.org.au/schedule/30191/view_talk?day=thursday
Vaultaire: a data vault for system metrics, backed onto Ceph by Andrew
Cowiehttp://lca2015.linux.org.au/schedule/30074/view_talk?day=thursday
Bare-Metal Multicore Performance in a General-Purpose Operating System
(Adventures in Ubiquity) by Paul McKenneyhttp://
lca2015.linux.org.au/schedule/30141/view_talk?day=thursday
IPMI - because ACPI and UEFI weren't terrifying enough by Matthew
Garretthttp://lca2015.linux.org.au/schedule/30130/view_talk?day=thursday
NoOps with Ansible and Puppet by Monty Taylorhttp://
lca2015.linux.org.au/schedule/30268/view_talk?day=friday


Moreover we have a full day miniconf on system administration on 13th
January 2015.
http://lca2015.linux.org.au/programme/miniconfs

Full programme schedules are now finalised and can be seen here
http://lca2015.linux.org.au/programme/schedule

And if this is not enough we have a Q&A session with none other than Linus
Torvalds. His last Q&A session was way back in 2003, at LCA in Perth. It’s
time for a follow-up so at LCA 2015 in Auckland it’s going to happen!

Registration for the conference just got extended to 7th Jan 2015 so you
better be quick.
http://lca2015.linux.org.au/register/prices

See you all on 12th Jan, '15 at the conference.
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Best regards,
Krish Majumder

linux.conf.au

2015
+64 21 256 0874