Ohio LinuxFest 2005 Photos - page 1 2

Note: Many of the pictures on this page came out slightly out of focus or poorly lit. Apologies for the poorer quality.

Morning keynote speech

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Preparing for the morning keynote address.

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Early arrivals got the good seats for the morning keynote.

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There are plenty of reasons why men who think that they know about electronics should never touch anything more powerful than a 5W LED.

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The morning keynote speaker, IBM's Chris Hicks.

LTSP presentation

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LTSP founder, Jim McQuillan.

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LTSP founder, Jim McQuillan.

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Jim McQuillan logging in to a thin client.

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An Ubuntu LTSP desktop.

"Linux-based High Availability Infrastructures" presentation

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Apache developer Rich Bowen, busy taking notes.

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David Coulson, presenting on Linux-based high-availability infrastructures. It came out during the presentation that he was using a legacy presentation from a large Pacific Northwest-based software company. The crowd was aghast.

"Building an Open Source Company" presentation

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Bill Matthews from Hurricane Labs teaching conference attendees how to make millions by building an open source company. Okay, maybe not how to make millions, but at least how to build an open source company.

mod_rewrite presentation

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Apache guru and developer Rich Bowen giving a crash course in regular expressions and a very informative presentation about mod_rewrite.

AstLinux presentation

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Kristian Kielhofner presenting about AstLinux.

"Deploying Open Source Software in Schools" presentation

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Kim Brand (left) and Mike Schultheiss. Mike is booting an Ubuntu LiveCD so that Kim can present about deploying open source in schools.

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At least we learned that LiveCDs take a while to boot.

Evening keynote speach

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Afternoon keynote speaker, Novell's Jerry Mayfield.

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Afternoon keynote speaker, Novell's Jerry Mayfield.

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Novell's award winning, scientifically proven theory on the evolution of Linux.

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Greg Boenhlein, the sponsorship coordinator for the event, thanking everyone for attending.

The reception after the conference

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The sun starts to set on downtown Columbus.

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Waiting for the reception to start.

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The audience looks on as the panel of experts is stumped by seemingly simple questions.

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Team Chupacabras is behind in the point tally.

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The other teams are doing much better.

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It took three tries before someone gave the correct expansion of the acronym BSD.

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Boy, that last question was a real head scratcher.

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Making small talk.

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This is why playing techno music at a geek gathering can have tragic results. Friends don't let friends dance to techno.

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Trying to figure out why the guy in the last shot won't quit dancing.

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