Report from the 2011 linux.conf.au
LCA 2011
Rain or shine, the show goes on!
The linux.conf.au conference (LCA) runs for six days, with two days allotted for mini-conferences, three days for the main event, and one open day. The mini-conferences allow folks interested in a particular area to get together, and this year, the topics included multimedia, cloud, mobile, and parallel computing; Arduino hardware;, and an inaugural rocketry mini-conf.
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