For Jonathan Oxer, the president of Linux Australia, today, the final day of the 2008 Australian national Linux conference is a day of fulfilment and also some sadness.

Jonathan Oxer, the president of Linux Australia, is a brave man. Few people other than him would have even tried to bring together those who pledge allegiance to different Linux distributions - and within the framework of a conference at that.

Australia's national Linux conference has a reputation of being among the better technical conferences held every year and geeks look forward to the annual event.

"...In October Stallman will visit Australia to speak — among other events — at UNSW’s Clancy Auditorium in an event being supported by National ICT Australia. But we got in touch with Stallman ahead of time for a chat about the Government’s internet filter project, free software and why he likes to visit Australia for its parrots..."

Not for nothing is Jonathan Oxer known as Australia's geekiest man. Practically every aspect of his life at home is controlled by software - he even uses an RFID chip implanted in his arm to open his door... Now he has turned his attention to cars

Linux Australia's treasurer John Ferlito has become president of the organisation, following former president James Turnbull's resignation from the post this month.

The 2009 Linux Kernel Summit was held in Tokyo, Japan on October 19 and 20. Jet-lagged developers from all over the world discussed a wide range of topics. LWN's Jonathan Corbet was there, and has written the following summaries.

Red Hat has published the agenda for this year's Red Hat Summit and JBoss World event taking place in Boston, Massachusetts from the 22nd to the 25th of June, 2010

"A National Conference on FREE SOFTWARE is being held on the 15th & 16th of November, 2008 at the campus of Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi [...] The Conference will be a milestone in the history of the Free Software movement in India..."