LinuxCon 2009

Jim Peterson

Portland, Oregon The Conference The future of the Linux Desktop Linux.com What I Learned at the Conference

Portland, Oregon

Mt. Hood

Mt. Hood & the Interstate

USS Blueback Museum

Marriott Downtown Waterfront Hotel PAY Internet! FAIL!! Blogged about it at

my library technology blog All the heavy hitters in Kernel development

Linus Torvalds Greg Kroah-Hartman JEJ Bottomley Ted T'so Jon Corbet

Desktop Future is Uncertain

Many valid viewpoints for and against desktops in general, even for Windows

Google is a wildcard Arguments of failure came from all sides

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The Linux Foundation

http://www.linux.com/ Brian Proffitt, Community Manager led lightning

talk about Linux.com's focus & future Community Input will drive design & usage

What I learned

The kernel guys are extremely accessible! Linux.com will become a valuable resource Passion is not dead! Linux is EVERYWHERE, even the most basic

of machines/appliances

Linus & Me

Sesame Street runs on Linux

Shoestring budget Tiny staff Amazing story told by Noah Broadwater, VP of

Information Services at Sesame Workshop

Resources

The Sesame Workshop Story -- by Noah Broadwater

A Musical Guide to the Future of Linux -- by Joe ”Zonker” Brockmeier

Linux.com -- check the media library for more presentations at LinuxCon

The Linux Foundation