Announcements

Thank you for making LinuxAsia a great success!

Saturday February 11, 2006 @12:29AM

We thank the attendees, speakers, sponsors, exhibitors, members of the press and open source community who made the 3 days of LinuxAsia a great success in New Delhi. We look forward to having everyone back next time!

Please send us your feedback about what you liked and did not like at the conference so that we can work towards improving the event further. Send us feedback via the Contact Us page.

Registration for GOV.IN Pavilion is now closed

Wednesday February 01, 2006 @11:48PM

Thank you for submitting your projects in the GOV.IN Pavilion at LinuxAsia. Projects promoting and using open source software from all across India - Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh have been selected to participate. Check out the GOV.IN Projects list.

Voting for LFY Industry Awards is now closed

Tuesday January 31, 2006 @11:59PM

Thanks for participating in the voting process for the Linux and Open Source Industry Awards and making your opinion count! The results will be collated and announced at the Awards Ceremony on February 9th at LinuxAsia. Come join the celebrations and cheer for your favourite company! See you on Feburary 9th.

Check out the latest LinuxAsia Conference Programme!

Sunday January 29, 2006 @01:46PM

Attention LinuxAsia attendees, speakers, sponsors and community members - the latest conference programme has been posted. Please mark your schedules for your favourite talks, speakers and forums. Attend lots of cool talks at Fedora's FUDCon on February 9, IBM's LinuxFest on February 10, Linux Developer Camp on February 8 and 10, Novell's workshop on February 9 and more. Register with a 3-day technology pass and enjoy all the tech days, open source talks and Ruby workshops! Register now.

Registration for .ORG Mela now closed!

Sunday January 29, 2006 @01:12PM

Thank you for submitting your projects in the .ORG Mela at LinuxAsia. From more than 70 submissions, the best community groups and open source projects have been selected to participate. Check out the .ORG Mela Projects list.

LinuxAsia welcomes C-DAC as Localisation Tools Partner

Friday January 27, 2006 @01:16PM

LinuxAsia welcomes the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) as Localisation Tools Partner! C-DAC has been a pioneer in developing and proliferating the use of Indian languages on computers. These technologies are now extended to include multimedia and multilingual computing solutions covering a wide range of applications such as publishing and printing, word processing, office application suites with language interfaces on various operating platforms including Linux. C-DAC has launched an ambitious programme to release free localised language software including BharateeyaOO, Firefox, Thunderbird on Linux in 22 languages.

LinuxAsia welcomes Google as the World's Information Sponsor

Wednesday January 25, 2006 @04:54PM

LinuxAsia welcomes Google as the World's Information Sponsor! Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Google's utility and ease of use have made it one of the world's best known brands almost entirely through word of mouth from satisfied users. Google allows you to be able to find information in many different languages; check stock quotes, maps, and news headlines; lookup phonebook listings for every city in the United States; search billions of images and even peruse the world's largest archive of Usenet messages.

LinuxAsia welcomes Novell as Open Solutions Partner

Sunday January 22, 2006 @10:51AM

LinuxAsia welcomes Novell as Open Solutions Partner! Novell is a global leader in enterprise class software and services. Novell helps customers manage, simplify, secure, and integrate their IT systems by providing a flexible combination of open source and commercial technologies, based on open standards. Novell provides global services and support and has a strong history of innovation and world-class engineering.

LinuxAsia welcomes Oracle as the Diamond sponsor

Wednesday January 18, 2006 @03:30PM

LinuxAsia welcomes Oracle as the Diamond sponsor! Oracle's business is information — how to manage it, use it, share it, protect it. For nearly three decades, Oracle, the world's largest enterprise software company, has provided the software and services that let organisations get the most up-to-date and accurate information from their business systems.

LinuxAsia welcomes Dell as the Enterprise Solutions Partner

Tuesday January 17, 2006 @02:20PM

LinuxAsia welcomes Dell as the Enterprise Solutions Partner! Dell is a premier provider of products and services required for customers worldwide to build their information-technology and Internet infrastructures. Dell, through its direct business model, designs, manufactures and customizes products and services to customer requirements, and offers an extensive selection of software and peripherals.

LinuxAsia welcomes IBM as a Gold sponsor

Tuesday January 17, 2006 @09:10AM

LinuxAsia welcomes IBM as a Gold sponsor! IBM is a global leader in the invention, development and manufacture of the IT industry's most advanced information technologies, including computer systems, software, storage systems, microelectronics and Linux.

LinuxAsia welcomes Intel as the Platform of Choice sponsor

Sunday January 15, 2006 @08:36AM

LinuxAsia welcomes Intel as the Platform of Choice sponsor!

Intel leaps ahead at LinuxAsia. Intel interacts with the Linux community and supports open standards by participating in groups such as the Free Standards Group (FSG), the Linux Standard Base (LSB), and Open Source Development Labs (OSDL). Intel has contributed to the Linux kernel and many other open source projects.

Klaus Knopper Creator of Knoppix to keynote at LinuxAsia

Wednesday January 11, 2006 @07:40AM

Viel Spaß! LinuxAsia is excited to have Klaus Knopper, creator of the best known live distribution of Linux - Knoppix - as a keynoter at the conference.

This is Klaus' inaugural trip to India and we welcome him to interact and share his knowledge of the secrets of live Linux with all.

Voice your opinion at LFY Awards!

Tuesday January 10, 2006 @10:02AM

Voting is now open for LFY Awards! The nominees in each category were sent in by you - the members of India's open source ecosystem. The process is simple. Select your choice in each category and submit your ballot. Vote now!

Call for Speakers now closed for LinuxAsia 2006

Monday January 09, 2006 @12:30AM

The Call for Speakers has closed for LinuxAsia 2006. Email notification of the status of your talk, if accepted, will be sent by January 15th.

Thank you for the tremendous response!

See you at the conference on February 8th.

Mark Shuttleworth of Ubuntu to keynote at LinuxAsia 2006

Saturday January 07, 2006 @08:28AM

LinuxAsia 2006 is proud to announce the keynote by Mark Shuttleworth, cosmonaut and founder of Ubuntu, the world's most popular Linux desktop distribution.

Come hear Mark on Wednesday, February 8th, talk about how he is pioneering e-governance and education solutions around the world as well as building easy-to-use desktops for everyone.

Time is running out! Register to attend LinuxAsia!

LinuxAsia welcomes Red Hat as a Platinum sponsor

Friday January 06, 2006 @07:05AM

LinuxAsia welcomes Red Hat as a Platinum sponsor! Red Hat is leading Linux and open source solutions into the mainstream by making high-quality, low-cost technology accessible. Red Hat provides operating system platforms along with middleware, applications, and management solutions, as well as support, training, and consulting services to customers worldwide and through top-tier partnerships.

LinuxAsia welcomes HP as a Platinum sponsor

Thursday January 05, 2006 @09:00AM

LinuxAsia welcomes HP as a Platinum sponsor! HP is a leading global provider of products, technologies, solutions and services to consumers and businesses. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices, global services and imaging and printing.

Thanks for sending in nominations for LFY Awards

Saturday December 31, 2005 @02:19AM

The nominations period for LFY Industry Awards is now closed. We thank everyone who participated for the tremendous response. Voting for LFY Awards will begin January 8, 2006. The winners will be honoured at the LFY Awards Evening Ceremony on February 9, 2006.

Participate in the GOV.IN Pavilion

Sunday December 25, 2005 @05:55AM

All government agencies from the central, state, district, city and panchayat government levels are invited to showcase your projects for e-government, citizen services, rural development, healthcare and education at LinuxAsia's GOV.IN Pavilion.

Participation is simple. The process is open and free to all government agencies. Sign-up Now.

Attendee Registration Now Open

Wednesday December 14, 2005 @07:11AM

Attendee registration is now open. Check out the program overview and register online to save money.

Conference Program Overview Available

Tuesday December 13, 2005 @05:25AM

The conference program overview is now available. The program lists the sessions, topics covered and tentative schedule. The detailed talk schedule will be posted soon. Keynote speakers will be announced shortly.

LinuxAsia conference proposal submission dates

Monday December 12, 2005 @03:46AM

You can submit your conference proposal for LinuxAsia 2006 till January 8, 2006.

The important deadlines for speakers are:

• January 8, 2006: Proposal deadline
• January 15, 2006: Notification of acceptance to speakers
• January 22, 2006: Final presentation materials due
• February 8, 2006: LinuxAsia 2006 Conference begins

Submit your conference proposal now.

Showcase your open source project at LinuxAsia's .ORG Mela

Sunday December 11, 2005 @03:35AM

We welcome all active open source contributors from the Indian subcontinent to showcase their work and projects at the LinuxAsia 2006 '.ORG Mela'.

This expo area is free and open for all open source community members interested in presenting their open source projects to a FOSS-friendly (or sometimes curious) audience in New Delhi.

Register your project now!

Nominate your favourites for LFY Awards at LinuxAsia 2006

Sunday November 27, 2005 @01:15PM

We're doing LFY's Readers' Choice Awards differently this year at LinuxAsia 2006. Making the process simpler and easier for all...

The nomination process is open to all. Just send in your nominations for the listed categories by email to us at lfyawards@linuxasia.net, one category and nomination per line. And you can ask your friends and colleagues to nominate their favourites too. Just ask them to send in their nominations by email to lfyawards@linuxasia.net.

Get more details!

Call for Speakers Now Open

Friday November 04, 2005 @08:00AM

Speakers are invited to submit interesting and innovative talks for LinuxAsia 2006's conference sessions and forums. We seek high-quality submissions that promote the knowledge of open source software with emphasis on OSS technologies, trends, collaboration techniques, best practices, business solutions and case studies. Speakers can submit multiple proposals. Register now!

Get Ready for LinuxAsia 2006!

Wednesday October 26, 2005 @12:00PM