Here’s everything from the Linux.conf.au 2012 conference on one place. All of my coverage, plus that of Angus Kidman for Lifehacker and Sam Gentle.
This will be a boring post for anyone not interested in Linux, so I’ll put the content after the jump.
Stilgherrian’s coverage
Written articles:
- Open source needed to save democracy, ZDNet Australia, 18 January 2012. Also published at TechRepublic.
- Aus becoming surveillance state: Ludlam, ZDNet Australia, 20 January 2012.
- No SOPA for Australia: AG (contributor only), ZDNet Australia, 20 January 2012.
- Untested buggy UEFI heads for prime-time, ZDNet Australia, 23 January 2012. Also published at TechRepublic.
- Ah, the tech-soap that is Apple will run and run, Crikey, 25 January 2012. Warning: This article offends pompous Randroids. Apparently. Fuck ’em.
- Linux.conf.au 2012 photos, ZDNet Australia, 25 January 2012. Also published at TechRepublic.
Podcasts:
- TechRepublic at Linux.conf.au, episode 1, “Three threats and a balloon”. Also posted at ZDNet Australia as Linux should copy Apple on user rapport, which isn’t trolling at all. Includes open source luminary Bruce Perens’ comments on a certain attitude problem in some sections of the community, LWN.com’s Jonathan Corbet about the challenges facing Linux kernel development in 2012, and a brief introduction to Project Horus, which has used balloons to send Linux computers to the edge of space.
- TechRepublic at Linux.conf.au, episode 2, “FreedomBox’s privacy”. Also posted at ZDNet Australia. FreedomBox Foundation board member and developer Bdale Garbee provides a progress report on their privacy-enhancing personal servers, Red Hat’s experimental platform as a service (PaaS) product OpenShift is explained by its evangelist and open-source advocate Mark Atwood, and we report exactly what happened to that Linux-equipped balloon launched by Project Horus that we mentioned in episode 1.
- TechRepublic at Linux.conf.au, episode 3, “Cyborg lawyer demands source”. Also posted at ZDNet Australia as Cyborg lawyer demands software source. Lawyer Karen Sandler explains the links between her potentially fatal heart condition and software freedom, there’s part two of our look at FreedomBox, and a conversation with Mary Gardiner and Valerie Aurora about the Ada Initiative, a project to increase the participation of women in open technology and culture.
- TechRepublic at Linux.conf.au, episode 4, “Planes, sounds and freedom”. Also posted at ZDNet Australia as Linux.conf.au 2012: planes and freedom. Security researcher, software hacker and activist Jacob Appelbaum explains the problem with the surveillance state and what individuals can do about it, David Rowe explains the Codec 2 audio compression software that can transmit intelligible speech in as little as 1400 bits per second, and Andrew Tridgell, best-known for his role in developing the Samba networking technology, introduces us to his recent work with semi-autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Angus Kidman’s coverage
- LCA2012 Diary: Student Life And Presentation Panic
- Perens: The iPhone is Destroying Democracy (And Open Source)
- How Can You Stop Your Lanyard Flipping Over?
- LCA2012 Diary: The Smart And The Sweaty
- Beware Of The Decoy Effect When Shopping
- LCA2012 Diary: Rum, Rain, Rehearsals
- Awesome! High-Altitude Balloon Launch At Linux.conf.au In Ballarat
It’s also worth reading Angus’ Linux.conf.au presentation, Cheap Tabloid Tricks: The Truth About Linux, Open Source And The Media. Or watch the video, because that includes the bonus audience questions. It’s a fine reality-check.