Australia's peak body for Linux and open source software, Linux Australia, will change its constitution and financial year arrangement this month and has committed to offering free memberships for anyone interested in the organisation's programs and events.
Sydney-based writer and futurist Mark Pesce has apologised for using sexy images during his keynote address at the annual Linux.conf.au (LCA) open source conference in Brisbane last week.
Author, futurist and virtual reality pioneer Mark Pesce took to the stage on the last day of Linux.conf.au 2011 in Brisbane to voice his concerns on the state of privacy in an age dominated by the likes of Facebook and Cloud computing. In an inspiring keynote, Pesce reflected on his history and experience with open source programming and the future it holds in its current context.
As a highly successful Linux.conf.au wraps up for another year, <i>Computerworld Australia</i> takes a look at what progressed over the course of the week.
A group of Australian Linux enthusiasts are using freely available software and hardware designs to engineer a space craft that could one day land on the moon and reap a $20 million prize from Google.
A research project aimed at allowing mobile phones to communicate without traditional infrastructure has attracted phone manufactures and not-for-profits looking to leverage the technology.
January has been a tough month for all Queenslanders, but with the worst of the flooding behind it Brisbane will host the 2011 Australian national Linux conference, Linux.conf.au.
The Unix file system hierarchy has been used for decades and remains the model for most of today’s modern Linux systems, but one distribution, GoboLinux, is making software management easier with an innovative directory structure.
Microsoft is an elephant that needs to be turned to stop it trampling the open source community, according to a vocal critic of the software giant's approach to software patents.
The Linux.conf.au conference is not all about keynote speakers. Some of the most interesting sessions come from the <i>Birds of a Feather</i> gatherings, where people come together to talk about all things open source.
Photos from the Linux event from Wellington, NZ
Incomplete laws and intense lobbying from the software industry are contrary to the values of free software and continue to pose a threat to its existence says an independent technology consultant and writer from New Zealand.
A key Linux kernel contributor has admitted the developer community can be intimidating and hard to break into.
With the Linux.conf.au event kicking off this week we thought it was time to test your Australasian Linux knowledge.
The latest release of the Linux kernel, 2.6.33 is expected to be out by the beginning of March and among its new features is a reverse-engineered driver for Nvidia graphics chipsets.