Hi everyone, Just a few lines this month about what's been happening in the Linux and opensource world in Geelong, Australia and the world at large. Welcome new list members ------------------------------------- Starting as an informal list after BarCampGeelong in July 2011, we have grown this list from around a dozen members to 26 at last count. A big welcome to all new list members; please feel free to introduce yourselves :-) linux.conf.au ----------------- As you might be aware, early bird tix for linux.conf.au in Canberra in January have been selling like hot cakes. At the time of writing, early bird tix were 95% sold, so get in early if you want a significant discount. http://linux.conf.au Although the Call for Proposals (CfP) for linux.conf.au itself is closed, there are many CfPs open for the Miniconfs which are part of linux.conf.au. To speak at a miniconf, you must be a registered attendee at linux.conf.au. Cloud storage, distribution and high availability (chaired by the awesome Tim Serong of SuSE) https://lca2013.linux.org.au/wiki/Miniconfs/CloudDistributedStorageandHighAv... Sysadmin Miniconf https://lca2013.linux.org.au/wiki/Miniconfs/SysAdmin Linux Security Miniconf https://lca2013.linux.org.au/wiki/Miniconfs/AdvancesinLinuxSecurity Multimedia and Music Miniconf http://www.annodex.org/events/lca2013_mmm/ OpenStack Miniconf https://lca2013.linux.org.au/wiki/Miniconfs/OpenStack Open Programming (chaired by the awesome @chrisjrn) https://lca2013.linux.org.au/wiki/Miniconfs/OpenProgramming Haecksen https://lca2013.linux.org.au/wiki/Miniconfs/Haecksen Mobile FOSS (chaired by the awesome James Purser) http://mobilefoss.collaborynth.com.au/ DrupalCon Sydney 2013 Call For Papers ----------------------------------------------------- For the first time, DrupalCon will be held in Australasia 6-9 Feb 2013, and the call for session proposals is now open. http://sydney2013.drupal.org/ Geelong Hackerspace ----------------------------- Are starting to gather momentum, with discussions with the Geelong Amateur Radio Club looking promising (thanks George for all your hard work here). Follow the group at; https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/geelong-hackerspace Software Freedom Day Activities -------------------------------------------- A big thanks to Linux Users' Victoria for hosting Software Freedom Day activities in Melbourne this year Click here to see what you missed: http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2012/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/SFDMelb... Linux Users Victoria next meetings ---------------------------------------------- Next meetings will be published shortly at http://www.luv.asn.au ICT in Geelong ------------------- The ICT Geelong Technology Entrepreneurship forum will be on 1st November at Simonds Stadium (Kardinia Park) http://www.ictgeelong.com.au/ What's Kathy been up to? ------------------------------------ As you might know, I've been travelling overseas, and was lucky enough to go to the Open Source Systems conference in Tunisia in September, where the highlights were meeting Carol Smith of the Google Summer of Code Program, Italo Vignoli of The Document Foundation and the incredibly dedicated and enthusiastic team of volunteers for the conference. An amazing experience, and I've blogged about some of the highlights here; http://blog.kathyreid.id.au/tag/oss2012/ Quick news grabs ------------------------ Oracle debuts MySQL 5.6 via ZDnet http://www.zdnet.com/oracle-debuts-mysql-5-6-rc-at-inaugural-mysql-connect-7... Good news for job hunters with Linux skills via PCWorld http://www.pcworld.com/article/2011376/good-news-for-job-hunters-in-android-... Could open source principles be applied to politics? via GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2012/09/29/could-we-use-open-source-tools-to-improve-polit... All the best for now, Kind regards, K. -- -- Kathy Reid @KathyReid on Twitter, Identi.ca, IRC etc (61) 418 130 636