[plug] linux.conf.au LCA2014 in Perth

[Bret Busby]

On 04/02/2013, Luke John <luke.john at osmahi.com> wrote:
> Hey Bret,
>
> So the whole Idea of Mini Conferences is that they are run completely
> separate to the conference main.
>
> If you are interested in seeing a Mini Conference such as BSD occur,
> than please go ahead and take charge.
>
> Alternatively I suspect that this would be more suited for a BOF
> (birds of feather) session. Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions are an
> informal gathering of people interested in the same topic, not run by
> the conference organisers.
>
> Kind Regards
> Luke John
>
> email: luke.john at osmahi.com
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 04/02/2013, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 04/02/2013, Paul Del <p at delfante.it> wrote:
>>>> Hey PLuggers
>>>>
>>>> For those of you who are not yet aware of the good news. Linux.conf.au
>>>> will
>>>> be in Perth for 2014!!!!!! ;+)
>>>> We are running it Luke, Euan, Nick, myself and our AV team!!! Liam
>>>> Jason
>>>> etc(With James Bromberger's guidance)
>>>>
>>>> Most people are LCA where very excited to be able to come to Perth
>>>> again.
>>>> It's been too long since the 2003 team run it.
>>>>
>>>> We will be having a general chat about LCA2014 in the coming weeks. Who
>>>> wants to be involved as a volunteer(not matter how big or small)
>>>>
>>>> We may be giving away some free conference tickets(So it may help to be
>>>> involved ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Chat to you all soon
>>>> Paul Del
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Any dates for the event, yet?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bret Busby
>>> Armadale
>>> West Australia
>>> ..............
>>>
>>
>> Hello.
>>
>> Another question just occurred to me.
>>
>> It is not Linux, and, it is not an application that runs on Linux,
>> but, it relates to a family of operating systems that can (sometimes,
>> apparently) multiboot with Linux, and, may be regarded as having a
>> similar history to Linux.
>>
>> What prospect would exist (if any), of a miniconference being
>> included, to deal with the various BSD's, such as PC-BSD?
>>
>> I am not a user of BSD (I haven't been able to get PC-BSD running,
>> even though it is installed on one of my computers), but is could be a
>> kind of side mini-conference that could be of interest (and, it could
>> possibly inspire someone like the developers and/or support people of
>> versions like PC-BSD, to come and participate in the conference, which
>> could make for an interesting boost to the conference).
>>
>> And, if a direct link to Linux, is required, it has just occurred to
>> me, while writing this, that I believe that, with Debian Linux,
>> versions of Debian Linux exist, that use a FreeBSD (rather than a
>> Debian) kernel, or, something like that.
>>
>> So, I think that an inclusion of a component to deal with the BSD
>> kernel(s) that are part of some of the Debian Linux versions, if not
>> also a mini-conference about the BSD's, could be of interest.
>>
>> So, I think that this could be of interest, and, pertinent to the
>> conference (and, could inspire the developers of the BSD's, to make
>> interfacing with Linux (in terms of file system formats compatibility
>> and boot loader compatibility), more easy, and, also, get them to be
>> inspired to participate as presenters, in the conference (?) ).
>>
>> I have not attended a Linux Conference (Anne has, when it was last in
>> Perth, I think), but this could make it (or, at least such a
>> mini-conference), for me, even more appealling.
>>
>> --
>> Bret Busby
>> Armadale
>> West Australia
>> ..............
>>
>> "So once you do know what the question actually is,
>>  you'll know what the answer means."
>> - Deep Thought,
>>  Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
>>  "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
>>  A Trilogy In Four Parts",
>>  written by Douglas Adams,
>>  published by Pan Books, 1992
>>
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Hello.

Thank you for the response.

I am not a member of the LCA2014 organising committee, and, I have no
experience or knowledge, pertinent to organising this kind of thing.

Is it okay for me to contact the people involved with PC-BSD, and, ask
whether they would be interested in participating as presenters?

Are you intending to have, as part of the primary (?) conference, a
component relating to the "Debian GNU/kFreeBSD" project?

Also, as asked in my previous message, are any dates arranged or
envisaged, for the LCA2014?

Thank you in anticipation, for your response.

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............

"So once you do know what the question actually is,
 you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
 Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
 "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
 A Trilogy In Four Parts",
 written by Douglas Adams,
 published by Pan Books, 1992

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