LinuxTag is looking for projects to participate in this year’s exhibition. The Call for Projects contains everything that project members need to know about the conditions. Sharpen your pen and send us a substantive description of your project! Despite the deadline ends March 24, 2010, we operate on a first come first serve base - don’t loose time! Read everything about the application process in the Call for Projects.

Thank you Elke for giving LinuxTag back its familial feeling. Without you counting crusty rolls, slices of cheese and sausage, and even grams of butter LinuxTag would not be able to serve such a delicious lunch since two years. Furthermore I would express my thankfulness to all volunteers making not only the Brötchen-Marathon but every year’s LinuxTag such a successful event.

Read more about the project’s lunch at O’Reilly (German only).

The official announcement is available in German from our Wiki. Basically we urge everyone interested in our event to take this chance to get in touch with us and discuss one’s ideas how the event should improve or how one would like to contribute to it. So if you have an idea, want to join our team or just have some good words, please get in touch: reboot@linuxtag.org.

PS. I myself have not made a decision how I will participate in the upcoming LinuxTag next summer. Due to a lot of discrepancies in the last three year’s work with our actual partner, I will most likely play a role behind the scenes and work on the conference program.

The thesis has been submitted April 17th and I am now awaiting the reviewers to grade it. As soon as I get my mark,  I will publish it including the source code.

Moving from two places - Nuremberg and Spiesen-Elversberg - to abroad has been quite stressful. Therefore I had to reduce my involvement in several projects and I expect to be able to join these activities not before July. I will post first impressions from Oxford soon.

In case you would like to stay in touch: my german landline number should work fine, otherwise send me a few lines and I provide you my new contact details.

Income from the participation of profit-oriented companies allows LinuxTag to finance a professional platform where open projects can present the broad diversity of free software to the public. LinuxTag is looking for projects to participate in this year’s exhibition. The Call for Projects contains everything that project members need to know about the conditions. To participate, send a substantive description of your project by March 24, 2009.

The program committee for the 15th LinuxTag is seeking exciting and suitable proposals for the lecture program on topics including, but not limited to, the following: Open hardware, Software and development, Application examples and case studies, Free software in education, research, and administration, Collaboration among several projects and initiatives, and Cool New Inventions and Experiments (CNIE). In addition, LinuxTag has chosen three core themes for its 2009 conference program. The program committee is seeking proposals on these themes in particular: Mobility, Processes, and Responsibility

Interested speakers are asked to submit their papers until February 8th, 2009. After this deadline it’s unlikely that proposals are accepted. Find the terms and conditions of the Call for Papers at LinuxTag’s website or download a nice formatted print version (PDF).

After christmas we will travel to Berlin to Chaos Communication Congress (25C3) and LinuxTag’s Free Software End of Year Lounge- hope to see you there!