~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>Linux 2006 Conference & Tutorials, Brighton, Thur 29th June - Sun 2nd July<br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
<br><br>Full details at <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2006/" target="_blank">http://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2006/</a><br><br>* Early-bird discount is available only until Thursday 8th June *
<br><br>The event begins with a choice of tutorials on Thursday.<br>Then the twin-track 3-day conference runs from Friday to Sunday.<br><br>Tutorials on Thursday 29th June<br>-------------------------------<br><br>Full-day: Building and Maintaining Software Packages with RPM - Jos Vos
<br>Morning: Optimising MySQL Databases - Mark Leith (MySQL)<br>Afternoon: Using SystemTap and kdump to diagnose kernel-related problems<br> - Richard Moore (IBM)<br><br><br>Introductory talks: Saturday 1st July
<br>-------------------------------------<br>This section of the conference is aimed at people who are relatively new to<br>linux and is free of charge. Lunch is included if you register on the website<br>before Thursday 15th June. Programme so far:
<br><br> * An introduction to Networking - Antony Stone<br> * Getting Started with Apache - Jim Kissel (OSM Ltd.)<br> * Securing Linux - Nils Magnus<br> * What are all these distributions and how should I choose one?<br>
- Stuart Yeates (OSS Watch)<br> * Creating DVD videos on Linux and Unix systems - Ben Hutchings<br><br> Further talks to be confirmed - watch the website.<br><br><br>Provisional Conference Programme: Friday 30th June - Sunday 2nd July
<br>--------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Advocacy<br> * Towards an All-Party Parliamentary Open Source Group - Leslie Fletcher<br> * State of Play: Free Software, ready or not? - Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
<br> * Introduction to the politics of Linux - Andrew Nicolson (S'hampton Inst)<br> * Advocating Linux - Jono Bacon (OpenAdvantage/LUGRadio)<br><br>Case Studies<br> * Apache at The Register: Building a Large Website from mod_rewrite
<br> and mod_include - Aaron Crane<br> * 30 million and counting: An insight into a enterprise level open<br> source systems - Neil McGovern (<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://fotopic.net/" target="_blank">
Fotopic.net</a>)<br> * How does OSS stack up? - Mark Taylor & Duncan Gibb (Sirius Corporation)<br> * The State of Open Source in Higher and Further Education - Stuart Yeates<br> * OpenStreetMap: The First Year - Steve Coast
<br> * Linux at Home - John Pinner (Clockwork Software Systems)<br> * User Controlled Virtual Curtains - Torsten Spindler (ETH Zurich)<br><br>Clustering and Virtualisation<br> * Linux HA v2: One CRM to rule them all - Lars Marowsky-Bree (SuSE Labs)
<br> * How Hardware Supported Virtualization in Xen works - Mats Petersson (AMD)<br> * A low-cost Linux based graphics cluster for cultural visualisation in<br> virtual environments - Aidan Delaney (University of Brighton)
<br><br>Desktop and Applications<br> * Desktop Linux Innovation at Novell - Ted Haeger (Novell)<br> * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop: Under the Hood - Ted Haeger (Novell)<br> * (Free)NX - Remote Desktop Access, Present and Future - Fabian Franz
<br> * OpenOffice.org beyond 2.0... - Michael Meeks (Novell)<br> * Kubuntu Dapper and KDE 4: The GNU/Linux Desktop<br> - Jonathan Riddell (Canonical)<br> * MySQL Roadmap - Mark Leith (MySQL)<br> * Settling on decent Python Web Technologies - Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
<br><br>Grid<br> * ROOT and PROOF - Ruediger Berlich (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe)<br> * The Interactive Europen Grid project (int.eu.grid) - Marcus Hardt<br><br>Kernel<br> * Porting uCLinux on a Coldfire processor: Writing Frame Buffer Drivers
<br> - Craig Duffy & Edwin Langley (Bristol UWE)<br> * Flash memories and MTD Subsystem under Linux<br> Networking and Internet Software Group - C-DAC, Pune University<br> * The Linux Error Detection and Correction subsystem (EDAC) - Tim Small
<br><br>Platforms<br> * Hardware hacking on a budget; the Amstrad E3 - Jonathan McDowell<br><br>Productivity<br> * Sed: more than just s/foo/bar/ - Tethys<br><br><br>The programme is subject to change - check website for up-to-date information.
<br><br>If you book on or before Thursday 8th June you can take advantage of the<br>Early Bird rates e.g. 65 pounds for the 3-day conference instead of 100.<br>or just 25 pounds for students. (If you're not already a UKUUG member,
<br>you'll need to add the membership fee to this - details on website.)<br>Conference rates also include a ticket for the Conference Dinner on Friday<br>evening (subject to capacity), sponsored by The Positive Internet Company,
<br>and a copy of the conference CD sponsored by Novell.<br><br>There are also still opportunities for sponsors and exhibitors:<br>contact <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:office@ukuug.org">
office@ukuug.org</a> for details.<br><br>Web: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2006/" target="_blank">http://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2006/</a><br>Email: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:office@ukuug.org">
office@ukuug.org</a><br>Tel: +44 1763 273 475<br><br>--------------------------------------------------------------------<br>| Event sponsored by Novell, The Positive Internet Company and IBM |<br>--------------------------------------------------------------------