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Photos: Linux.conf.au 2008

By Munir Kotadia and Chris Duckett, ZDNet.com.au
February 05, 2008
URL: http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/software/soa/Photos-Linux-conf-au-2008/0,139023769,339285637,00.htm


This year's linux.conf.au conference, held at Melbourne University, was an all out Linux free-for-all. Highlights include images of the new XO Linux laptop and an interview with Linus Torvalds.

Photos: Linux.conf.au 2008

Andrew Tridgell speaking to a packed house about Samba.

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Linus Torvalds being interviewed by Builder AU editor Chris Duckett.

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Linus checking out his new "Code No Evil" shirt.

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With the interview all wrapped up, Builder AU editor Chris Duckett is a happy camper.

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Photos: Linux.conf.au 2008

The new Builder AU shirt: if you want your very own "Code No Evil" shirt, send an e-mail to Chris Duckett (editorial@builderau.com.au -- please) with a limerick expressing why you deserve one.

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Organisers handed out around 70 of the One Laptop Per Child XO notebooks to linux.conf.au attendees -- here some of the delegates test out the tiny XO's networking capabilities.

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OLPC's XO laptop has a built-in camera that allows users to video conference.

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The XO laptop comes with a sonar application, which uses the computer's built-in microphone and speaker to build a sound-based map of the surrounding area.

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A linux.conf.au delegate getting in touch with this inner child, here pictured with the XO laptop.

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