The openSUSE Project is preparing to host 400 open source developers and users for its international openSUSE Conference in Nuremberg, Germany. The 2011 conference theme - rwx³ "Read, Write, Execute - three times for you, your community and the rest of the world" is a geeky term based on a UNIX acronym defining file access permissions for users and groups. The third annual event is expected to provide a dynamic series of presentations, workshops and small collaborative meetings.
Conference keynotes will be delivered by Jos Poortvliet, openSUSE community manager, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Linux kernel developer and Michael Miller, global vice president of marketing and alliances for SUSE a top provider of enterprise Linux solutions.
The event will offer sessions covering a wide range of Free Software topics from technical subjects like kernel debugging to business topics like cross-cultural communication and how to organize local communities. This year's conference will even include lively and imaginative sessions including an 8bit music workshop and even a course on building your own kayak by well known kernel hacker Greg Kroah-Hartman.
The agenda will cover the openSUSE distribution and its infrastructure, general open source technologies and community topics, including:
- Citizen Journalism or How to Write a Good Blog
- FOSS Clouds and the Cloud Project on the openSUSE Buildservice
- Debugging Workshop with GDB
- How to get involved and contribute to openSUSE distribution development
Details:
Date: 11-14 September 2011
Place: Zentrifuge, Muggenhofer Str. 141, 90429 Nuremberg, Germany
Registration and ticket information: http://conference.opensuse.org/tickets/
- Community ticket - complimentary
- Professional ticket - US $350
openSUSE Conference 2011 website: http://conference.opensuse.org/
Twitter hashtag: #osc11
About openSUSE:
The openSUSE project is a worldwide effort that promotes the use of Linux everywhere. openSUSE creates one of the world's best Linux distributions, working together in an open, transparent and friendly manner as part of the worldwide Free and Open Source Software community. The project is controlled by its community and relies on the contributions of individuals, working as testers, writers, translators, usability experts, artists and ambassadors or developers. The project embraces a wide variety of technology, people with different levels of expertise, speaking different languages and having different cultural backgrounds. Find more information on www.opensuse.org.
About SUSE
SUSE is a leading provider of enterprise Linux solutions that increase agility, reduce cost and manage complexity in dynamic environments. With a portfolio centered on SUSE Linux Enterprise, the most interoperable platform for mission-critical computing, SUSE enables organizations to confidently deliver computing services across physical, virtual and cloud environments. With our award-winning products and ecosystem of partnerships, SUSE solutions empower thousands of organizations around the world. For more information, visit us at suse.com.