FOSS Week in Review
First things first: When the sun comes up on a sleepy little town down around San Antone, it’ll mark the start of Texas Linux Fest, the sixth annual two-day Linux/FOSS hoedown deep in the heart of the Lone Star State, this year about halfway between Austin and San Antonio. Lots of great speakers with lots of great sponsors give this show a more local feel than the one earlier this week in the Pacific Northwest, so if you’re in the neighborhood, you should give the fest a visit.
Speaking of the gathering in Seattle that kicked off the week — it was the Linux Foundation’s LinuxCon North America, of course — you may have heard many interesting news items coming out of the gathering. Probably the week’s best coverage of overall developments comes in the form of dispatches from OpenSource.com’s Rikki Endsley, who outlined developments on Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3, and who gave in Seattle one of the best talks, based on her OSCON Ignite talk, in the history of…well, Linux and FOSS.
Mama, don’t let your babies grow up to be rock star developers. Indeed.
But between the Seattle-to-San-Marcos express this week, there were other developments in the FOSS realm as well. Like…
Another Day, Another Fest: As if you weren’t “fested” out already, “early-bird pricing” for All Things Open in October in Raleigh ends next week, as the linked newsletter says. At the strike of midnight on Aug. 25 — a minute after the Aug. 25 at 11:59 pm EDT deadline — the ticket prices go up to $149 from the early-bird $99. All Things Open will be at the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, N.C., on Oct. 19-20.
