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Back from Ohio LinuxFest

I'm back from my first ever Ohio LinuxFest and I'm happy to report I had a great time.  Like other community events I've attended, one of the best parts about the show was the people you meet/catch up with.  Linux podcasters were particularly

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Off to the Ohio LinuxFest

As mentioned on the podcast (the ogg rss feed is in your favorite podcatcher, right?) I decided to drive and in about an hour I'll be off to the Ohio LinuxFest.  I should arrive just in time for the FARK.com/Ohio LinuxFest "pre-party".  If you&

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LinuxWorld UK Postponed

(via Dave)  It looks like LinuxWorld UK has been postponed: It is with regret that we must announce that LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 2007 has been postponed until spring 2008. We have reached this decision following feedback from potential sponsors and exhibitors who feel that the event is too close

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Community Involvement

At LinuxQuestions.org, community feedback is absolutely critical to us.  On that note, I'm happy to announce the LQ Project Tools, which will allow us to monitor community feedback, bug reports and feature requests in a much better way than we have in the past.  If you have

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LQ Code Upgrade

I'm happy to announce that after a slight delay, we've rolled out the most recent code upgrade to LinuxQuestions.org.  You won't see a huge difference at the site as the main layout remains unchanged.  You should notice some performance and usability improvements, nice

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Off to LinuxWorld

Just about ready to leave for the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in San Francisco.  If you're attending the Expo be sure to stop by the .org Pavilion and say hello.  In addition to exhibiting I'll be participating in the "Ask the Experts" Q&

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LQ will be in the .org Pavilion at the San Francisco LinuxWorld Expo

I'm happy to announce that LinuxQuestions.org will be in the .org Pavilion at the upcoming LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in San Francisco.  If you'll be near the Moscone Center between August 7-9, be sure to stop by .org booth 9 and say hello.  You can

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Update: Free Ubuntu Live Conference Pass

A follow up to this post.  I'm happy to announce that a winner has been selected and Benanzo will be receiving a gratis pass to Ubuntu Live via O'Reilly Media compliments of LinuxQuestions.org.  A big thanks to O'Reilly for allowing us to do

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Hello MediaTemple (mt)?

My apologies to all blog readers for the recent performance issues.  This site is currently hosted by a MediaTemple (gs) GridServer account.  The performance has been nothing short of horrific.  It's a shame - (mt) clearly has some really smart people and the (gs) product looks really compelling

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Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit

I've finally booked the trip to Mountain View for the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit.  I'll be getting in on Tuesday night and will be staying at the Wild Palms Hotel, if anyone wants to meet for a drink/chat.  It looks like quite a few attendees

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LQ Site Outage

The main LQ site is currently down.  A card in one of the core routers went and a tech has already been dispatched.  Thanks for the patience.  The following sites are still up, and should prevent you from going into complete LQ withdrawal: LQ Wiki LQ Radio LQ ISO LQ

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Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit

I'm happy to announce that I'll be attending the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit at Google's Mountain View Campus.  It looks to be a great event to discuss the future direction of Linux and Open Source.  If you'll be attending, I'll

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2 LQ Updates: Save 20% on CrossOver Office, Take the LQ survey

2 quick (unrelated) LQ updates: For a short time (end of May) you can save a full 20% on both CrossOver Linux Standard and CrossOver Linux Professional, while helping LQ in the process.  Use the code LQCO20 when placing your CrossOver Office order and the discount will be automatically applied.

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IT 360 and LinuxWorld Canada

I'll be attending the IT 360 and LinuxWorld Canada expo in Toronto tomorrow.  If you'll be there and would like to connect, drop me a line and we can work out the details.  LQ is once again a sponsor for the event.  Information on how to

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Linux and Open Source Conference Discount Codes

I'm just booking some upcoming conference travel (in this case OSBC).  As you may know, LQ is a sponsor of quite a few fantastic Linux and Open Source conferences.  As a result of that, we're able to offer you some discounts.  Here's a partial

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What Brand Means

While I think part of the recent turnaround at Sun has to so with their increased acceptance of both Open Source and the Open Source philosophy, a lot has to do with attitude like this.  I like getting reminders like that post from Jonathan every once and a while. The

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The LQ Radio Interview Series Returns

I'm happy to announce that the LQ Radio Interview has finally returned.  I'd like to thank Ilan and Orv of SCALE for being guests on the show.  We covered a good amount of ground in 30 minutes.  We used Gizmo to do the show and overall

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LQ Wiki reaches 3,000 articles

The LQ Wiki just reached 3,000 articles today.  This is a goal we've been chasing for a little while.  While reaching this goal took slightly longer than I had anticipated, participation at the LQ Wiki has really been picking up lately (which is fantastic).  We have a

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We now support OpenID

With the permalink issue resolved, it's time to start work on improving the blog now.  I'm happy to announce that one of the first moves is to support OpenID.  You can now comment here using your OpenID account.  The LQ Wiki is also an OpenID consumer.

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Blog Permalinks Restored

I'm happy to announce that all old permalinks should now be 301'd to the correct new URL.  Everything should be transparent and no links should be broken.  If you see something that is, let me know ASAP.  Blogware was absolutely no help here and in fact

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Welcome to the New Blog

I've updated my blog to Wordpress.  It's been a long time coming, but I finally put aside the time to do it last night.  Please let me know ASAP if you notice any problems.  I'm still getting some things configured, but so far so

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The LQ Wiki is now an OpenID Consumer

As promised, the LQ Wiki now allows you to log in using OpenID.  You can convert an existing account if you have one, or simply login with an OpenID as a completely new user and start editing.  I'd like to thank Evan, whose extension made adding this relatively

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LQ Radio ogg RSS Feed

A quick update on the LQ Radio ogg RSS feed.  From day one we have supported ogg at LQ Radio.  In fact, every audio release we've ever done has been released in both mp3 and ogg format.  That being said, the RSS feed for podcatchers only offered the

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MySQL Stats

I just logged into the LQ MySQL server to get some statistics.  I have a couple ideas for some optimizations and wanted to get a baseline on things.  I fired up mytop and got the following: Queries Total: 1,033,746,636  Avg/Sec: 112.80  Now/Sec: 119.93

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SCALE 5X and LinuxWorld Summit - It's going to be a busy week

Well, I've just confirmed bookings for both SCALE 5X (where LQ is a sponsor) and LinuxWorld Open Solutions Summit (where I'm on the speakers list).  Considering the events are only a couple days apart but 2,795 miles apart, it should be an interesting week.  I