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</div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Linux and open source conference</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Linux_Conf_-_2003.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Linux_Conf_-_2003.jpg/220px-Linux_Conf_-_2003.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" 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It is a roaming conference, held in a different Australian or New Zealand city every year, coordinated by <a href="/wiki/Linux_Australia" title="Linux Australia">Linux Australia</a> and organised by local volunteers. </p><p>The conference is a non-profit event, with any surplus funds being used to seed the following year's conference and to support the Australian <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a> and <a href="/wiki/Open_source_communities" class="mw-redirect" title="Open source communities">open source communities</a>. 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This is a shorter three-day conference that follows a similar format - but without the additional two days of Miniconfs. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conference_history">Conference history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linux.conf.au&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Conference history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1999, Linux kernel hacker <a href="/wiki/Rusty_Russell" title="Rusty Russell">Rusty Russell</a> organised the Conference of Australian Linux Users in Melbourne. The first conference held under the linux.conf.au name was held two years later in Sydney. The conference is generally held in a different Australian city each time; although from 2006 onward, New Zealand cities have also been hosts. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Event</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Venue and host city</th> <th>Keynote Speakers</th> <th>Resources </th></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070218023317/http://www.linux.org.au/conf/1999/">CALU 1999</a></td> <td>Jul 9 – Jul 11 1999</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Monash_University" title="Monash University">Monash University</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(state)" title="Victoria (state)"><img alt="Victoria (state)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jon_Hall_(programmer)" title="Jon Hall (programmer)">Jon 'maddog' Hall</a></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/1999/">1999</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.linux.org.au/conf/2001/">linux.conf.au 2001</a></td> <td>Jan 17 – Jan 20 2001</td> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_New_South_Wales" title="University of New South Wales">University of New South Wales</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales"><img alt="New South Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a><br /><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alan_Cox_(computer_programmer)" title="Alan Cox (computer programmer)">Alan Cox</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/David_S._Miller" title="David S. Miller">David Miller</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Tridgell" title="Andrew Tridgell">Andrew Tridgell</a></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2001/">2001</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.linux.org.au/conf/2002/">linux.conf.au 2002</a></td> <td>Feb 6 – Feb 9 2002</td> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Queensland" title="University of Queensland">University of Queensland</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland"><img alt="Queensland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Queensland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Queensland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Queensland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Queensland.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia"><img alt="Western Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Perth,_Western_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Perth, Western Australia">Perth</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rusty_Russell" title="Rusty Russell">Rusty Russell</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Bdale_Garbee" title="Bdale Garbee">Bdale Garbee</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Tridgell" title="Andrew Tridgell">Andrew Tridgell</a></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2003/">2003</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.linux.org.au/conf/2004/">linux.conf.au 2004</a></td> <td>Jan 12 – Jan 17 2004</td> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Adelaide" title="University of Adelaide">University of Adelaide</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia"><img alt="South Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_South_Australia.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_South_Australia.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_South_Australia.svg/46px-Flag_of_South_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Adelaide" title="Adelaide">Adelaide</a><br /><a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bdale_Garbee" title="Bdale Garbee">Bdale Garbee</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Jon_Hall_(programmer)" title="Jon Hall (programmer)">Jon 'maddog' Hall</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Havoc_Pennington" title="Havoc Pennington">Havoc Pennington</a></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2004/programme.html">2004</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lca2005.linux.org.au/">linux.conf.au 2005</a></td> <td>Apr 18 – Apr 23 2005</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australian_National_University" title="Australian National University">Australian National University</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory"><img alt="Australian Capital Territory" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Canberra" title="Canberra">Canberra</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">Australian Capital Territory</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Tridgell" title="Andrew Tridgell">Andrew Tridgell</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Morton_(computer_programmer)" title="Andrew Morton (computer programmer)">Andrew Morton</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Eben_Moglen" title="Eben Moglen">Eben Moglen</a></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2005/">2005</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lca2006.linux.org.au/">linux.conf.au 2006</a></td> <td>Jan 23 – Jan 28 2006</td> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Otago" title="University of Otago">University of Otago</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dunedin" title="Dunedin">Dunedin</a><br /><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Shuttleworth" title="Mark Shuttleworth">Mark Shuttleworth</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Damian_Conway" title="Damian Conway">Damian Conway</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/David_S._Miller" title="David S. Miller">David Miller</a></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2006/">2006</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lca2007.linux.org.au/">linux.conf.au 2007</a></td> <td>Jan 15 – Jan 20 2007</td> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_New_South_Wales" title="University of New South Wales">University of New South Wales</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales"><img alt="New South Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a><br /><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kathy_Sierra" title="Kathy Sierra">Kathy Sierra</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Andrew_S._Tanenbaum" title="Andrew S. Tanenbaum">Andrew S. Tanenbaum</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Blizzard" title="Christopher Blizzard">Chris Blizzard</a></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2007/">2007</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lca2008.linux.org.au/">linux.conf.au 2008</a></td> <td>Jan 28 – Feb 2 2008</td> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Melbourne" title="University of Melbourne">University of Melbourne</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(state)" title="Victoria (state)"><img alt="Victoria (state)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a></td> <td>Anthony Baxter,<br /><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Schneier" title="Bruce Schneier">Bruce Schneier</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Stormy_Peters" title="Stormy Peters">Stormy Peters</a></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2008/">2008</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lca2009.linux.org.au/">linux.conf.au 2009</a></td> <td>Jan 19 – Jan 24 2009</td> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Tasmania" title="University of Tasmania">University of Tasmania</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania"><img alt="Tasmania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Tasmania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tasmania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Tasmania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tasmania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Tasmania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tasmania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hobart" title="Hobart">Hobart</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Limoncelli" title="Tom Limoncelli">Tom Limoncelli</a>,<br />Angela Beesley,<br /><a href="/wiki/Simon_Phipps_(programmer)" title="Simon Phipps (programmer)">Simon Phipps</a></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2009/">2009</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20121220133717/http://www.lca2010.org.nz/">linux.conf.au 2010</a></td> <td>Jan 18 – Jan 23 2010</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wellington_Town_Hall" title="Wellington Town Hall">Wellington Convention Centre</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wellington" title="Wellington">Wellington</a><br /><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Mako_Hill" title="Benjamin Mako Hill">Benjamin Mako Hill</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Gabriella_Coleman" title="Gabriella Coleman">Gabriella Coleman</a>,<br />Nathan Torkington,<br /><a href="/wiki/Glyn_Moody" title="Glyn Moody">Glyn Moody</a></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2010/">2010</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100717122935/http://lca2011.linux.org.au/">linux.conf.au 2011</a></td> <td>Jan 24 – Jan 29 2011</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Queensland_University_of_Technology" title="Queensland University of Technology">Queensland University of Technology</a>,<br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland"><img alt="Queensland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Queensland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Queensland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Queensland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Queensland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Queensland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Queensland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Pesce" title="Mark Pesce">Mark Pesce</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Eric_Allman" title="Eric Allman">Eric Allman</a>,<br />Geoff Huston,<br /><a href="/wiki/Vint_Cerf" title="Vint Cerf">Vinton Cerf</a></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2011/">2011</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110129095958/http://lcaunderthestars.org.au/">linux.conf.au 2012</a></td> <td>Jan 16 – Jan 21 2012</td> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Ballarat" title="University of Ballarat">University of Ballarat</a>,<br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(state)" title="Victoria (state)"><img alt="Victoria (state)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ballarat" title="Ballarat">Ballarat</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karen_Sandler" title="Karen Sandler">Karen Sandler</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Perens" title="Bruce Perens">Bruce Perens</a>,<br />Paul Fenwick,<br /><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Appelbaum" title="Jacob Appelbaum">Jacob Appelbaum</a></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2012/">2012</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20130114003817/http://lca2013.linux.org.au/">linux.conf.au 2013</a></td> <td>Jan 28 – Feb 2 2013</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australian_National_University" title="Australian National University">Australian National University</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory"><img alt="Australian Capital Territory" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Canberra" title="Canberra">Canberra</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">Australian Capital Territory</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Huang_(hacker)" title="Andrew Huang (hacker)">Andrew Huang</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Radia_Perlman" title="Radia Perlman">Radia Perlman</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Bdale_Garbee" title="Bdale Garbee">Bdale Garbee</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee" title="Tim Berners-Lee">Tim Berners-Lee</a></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2013/">2013</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130627223413/http://lca2014.linux.org.au/">linux.conf.au 2014</a></td> <td>Jan 6 – Jan 10 2014</td> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Western_Australia" title="University of Western Australia">University of Western Australia</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia"><img alt="Western Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Perth,_Western_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Perth, Western Australia">Perth</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Suelette_Dreyfus" title="Suelette Dreyfus">Suelette Dreyfus</a>,<br />Kate Chapman,<br /><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Garrett" title="Matthew Garrett">Matthew Garrett</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Oxer" title="Jonathan Oxer">Jonathan Oxer</a></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2014/">2014</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lca2015.linux.org.au/index.html">linux.conf.au 2015</a></td> <td>Jan 12 – Jan 16 2015</td> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Auckland" title="University of Auckland">University of Auckland</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Auckland" title="Auckland">Auckland</a><br /><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Young_(businessman)" title="Bob Young (businessman)">Bob Young</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Linus_Torvalds" title="Linus Torvalds">Linus Torvalds</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Eben_Moglen" title="Eben Moglen">Eben Moglen</a></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2015/">2015</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lcabythebay.org.au/">linux.conf.au 2016</a></td> <td>Feb 1 – Feb 5 2016</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deakin_University" title="Deakin University">Deakin University</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(state)" title="Victoria (state)"><img alt="Victoria (state)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Geelong" title="Geelong">Geelong</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Genevieve_Bell" title="Genevieve Bell">Genevieve Bell</a>,<br />Catarina Mota,<br /><a href="/wiki/Jono_Bacon" title="Jono Bacon">Jono Bacon</a>,<br />George Fong</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2016/">2016</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lca2017.linux.org.au">linux.conf.au 2017</a></td> <td>Jan 16 – Jan 20 2017</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wrest_Point_Hotel_Casino" title="Wrest Point Hotel Casino">Wrest Point Convention Centre</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania"><img alt="Tasmania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Tasmania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tasmania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Tasmania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tasmania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Tasmania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tasmania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hobart" title="Hobart">Hobart</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a></td> <td>Robert M. "r0ml" Lefkowitz,<br />Nadia Eghbal,<br /><a href="/wiki/Pia_Waugh" class="mw-redirect" title="Pia Waugh">Pia Waugh</a>,<br />Dan Callahan</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2017/">2017</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lca2018.linux.org.au/">linux.conf.au 2018</a></td> <td>Jan 22 – Jan 26 2018</td> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Technology_Sydney" title="University of Technology Sydney">University of Technology Sydney</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales"><img alt="New South Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a><br /><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karen_Sandler" title="Karen Sandler">Karen Sandler</a>,<br />Jess Frazelle,<br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_H._Todd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Matthew H. Todd (page does not exist)">Matthew H. Todd</a>,<br />Hugh Blemings<sup id="cite_ref-news_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180129101902/http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2018/">2018</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lca2019.linux.org.au/">linux.conf.au 2019</a></td> <td>Jan 21 – Jan 25 2019</td> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Canterbury" title="University of Canterbury">University of Canterbury</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Christchurch" title="Christchurch">Christchurch</a><br /><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a></td> <td>Rory Aronson CEO <a href="/wiki/FarmBot" title="FarmBot">FarmBot</a>,<br />Dana Lewis <a href="/wiki/OpenAPS" title="OpenAPS">OpenAPS</a>,<br />Shannon Morse,<br /><a href="/wiki/Rusty_Russell" title="Rusty Russell">Rusty Russell</a></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2019/">2019</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lca2020.linux.org.au/">linux.conf.au 2020</a></td> <td>Jan 13 – Jan 17 2020</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_Convention_and_Exhibition_Centre" title="Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre">Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland"><img alt="Queensland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Queensland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Queensland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Queensland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Queensland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Queensland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Queensland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast,_Queensland" title="Gold Coast, Queensland">Gold Coast</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a></td> <td>Dr Sean Brady,<br /><a href="/wiki/Donna_Benjamin" title="Donna Benjamin">Donna Benjamin</a>,<br />A/Prof Vanessa Teague,<br />Lizzie O’Shea </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2020/">2020</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lca2021.linux.org.au/">linux.conf.au 2021</a> </td> <td>Jan 23- Jan 25 2021<sup id="cite_ref-2021-postpone_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021-postpone-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Virtual event</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Limor_Fried" title="Limor Fried">Limor Fried</a>,<br />Omoju Miller,<br /><a href="/wiki/Cory_Doctorow" title="Cory Doctorow">Cory Doctorow</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2021/">2021</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lca2022.linux.org.au/">linux.conf.au 2022</a> </td> <td>Jan 14 – Jan 16 2022<sup id="cite_ref-2021-postpone_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021-postpone-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Virtual event</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liz_Fong-Jones" title="Liz Fong-Jones">Liz Fong-Jones</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Jono_Bacon" title="Jono Bacon">Jono Bacon</a>,<br />Kathy Reid,<br /><a href="/wiki/Brian_Kernighan" title="Brian Kernighan">Brian Kernighan</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2022/">2022</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Highlights from past conferences include: </p> <ul><li>1999: CALU (Conference of Australian Linux Users) was conceived, bankrolled (via his personal credit card) and executed by <a href="/wiki/Linux_kernel" title="Linux kernel">Linux kernel</a> <a href="/wiki/Hacker_(hobbyist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hacker (hobbyist)">hacker</a> <a href="/wiki/Rusty_Russell" title="Rusty Russell">Rusty Russell</a>. It laid the foundation for a successful, strongly technical, eclectic and fun conference series.</li></ul> <ul><li>2001: the first conference held under the linux.conf.au name.</li></ul> <ul><li>2004: a major highlight was the dunking of <a href="/wiki/Linus_Torvalds" title="Linus Torvalds">Linus Torvalds</a> for charity.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li>2006: the first conference to be held outside Australia, recognising the importance of the New Zealand <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a> community.</li></ul> <ul><li>2007: a new feature was an Open Day for non-conference attendees, in which community groups, interest groups and Linux businesses held stands and demonstrations.</li></ul> <ul><li>2008: the second time the conference was held in Melbourne. 100 <a href="/wiki/OLPC_XO" title="OLPC XO">OLPC machines</a> were distributed to random attendees to encourage development.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Speakers dinner was held at St Paul's Cathedral Chapter House, and the Penguin Dinner was held in conjunction with Melbourne's Night Market, playing on the title of Eric Raymond's book, <a href="/wiki/The_Cathedral_and_the_Bazaar" title="The Cathedral and the Bazaar">The Cathedral and the Bazaar</a>.</li></ul> <ul><li>2009: during the Penguin Dinner, a substantial sum of money was raised for the Save Tasmanian Devils fund – and a pledge made to replace the Tux Logo with the conference mascot, Tuz, to help raise awareness.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li>2010: over $33,000 raised for Wellington Lifeflight Helicopter Ambulance service.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li>2011: the event was almost washed out by <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Queensland_floods" class="mw-redirect" title="2010–11 Queensland floods">the floods</a> that devastated southern Queensland.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li>2016: preparations almost derailed by a massive storm just before the conference opened.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li>2020: $24,342 raised and donated to Red Cross for <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Australian_bushfire_season" title="2019–20 Australian bushfire season">Australian Bush-fire</a> relief<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <ul><li>2021: in May 2020 Linux Australia announced that the planned 2021 conference in Canberra was postponed until 2022 due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a> and a lightweight virtual conference would be held in 2021 instead.<sup id="cite_ref-2021-postpone_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021-postpone-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Miniconfs">Miniconfs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linux.conf.au&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Miniconfs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since 2002, a key feature of the conference are the associated "miniconfs". These are half – 2 days streamed gatherings run before the main conference. They have their own programme, but are open for any conference attendee to participate in. </p><p>The first event to have a miniconf was in 2002, with the Debian Miniconf, organised by <a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Bromberger&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James Bromberger (page does not exist)">James Bromberger</a>. This was based upon the idea that <a href="/wiki/Debian_Conference" title="Debian Conference">DebConf</a> 1 in <a href="/wiki/Bordeaux" title="Bordeaux">Bordeaux</a> was a "mini-conf" of the French <a href="/wiki/Libre_Software_Meeting" title="Libre Software Meeting">Libre Software Meeting</a>. The concept grew in 2004, with the Open-Source in Government (ossig) miniconf, <a href="/wiki/EducationaLinux" class="mw-redirect" title="EducationaLinux">EducationaLinux</a>, <a href="/wiki/Debian_Conference#Miniconf" title="Debian Conference">Debian Miniconf</a> and GNOME.conf.au. In 2010 the <a href="/wiki/Arduino" title="Arduino">Arduino</a> Miniconf was introduced by <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Oxer" title="Jonathan Oxer">Jonathan Oxer</a>, the author of Practical Arduino. </p><p>Miniconfs have included those devoted to <a href="/wiki/Computer_programming" title="Computer programming">computer programming</a>, <a href="/wiki/Education" title="Education">education</a>, <a href="/wiki/Security" title="Security">security</a>, <a href="/wiki/Multimedia" title="Multimedia">multimedia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arduino" title="Arduino">arduino</a> and <a href="/wiki/System_administration" class="mw-redirect" title="System administration">system administration</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linux.conf.au&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Open_Source_Developers%27_Conference" title="Open Source Developers' Conference">Open Source Developers' Conference</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linux.conf.au&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080201215657/http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16418/1090/">"Hobart to host 2009 Linux conference"</a>. 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