Fond memories at the mention of Linux Asia.. Was it just a year and two ago that we had Smoke on the Water playing till it hurt, and trying to get in to the wifi networks?
Was it the time when the Linux Delhi stall was the best thing which happened since sliced bread? And statistics which really pointed to a higher number of people at the LUG stall than the actual conference itself? All of them couldn't have been the hanger-ons! <Photo> http://photobucket.com/albums/v463/viksit/?action=view¤t=DSC00028.jpg </Photo> Winter mornings and 6am watches on computers and other equipment - late night dinners at defence (colony) establishments (anyone heard from AshLin?) - and funky after parties involving funny slashdot founders and guitar playing hackers? Demos of technologies which were to affect a number of companies and people, and the entire bunch of volunteers from across the city who helped out.. Demos of awesome graphics and cool games, coupled with T-Shirts featuring phenomenal captions.. Banners with overtly dressed penguins, and intense discussions on why samosas are bad for lunch.. So what if these things arent happening this year - no one stands to lose out do they? Just because a conference and its organizers (are asinine enough to) refuse to accept or even acknowledge what is probably one of the most active linux communities in the country.. the spirit doesn't go away. Which is not to say the conference won't benefit anyone. Sure it will. Go attend it, and learn from it. Just keep in mind that there are certain issues here which are ideological and political in nature, rather than realistic. There will be more events - more banner designers, more volunteers to get coffee, more wifi hacking, guitar playing and parties, and more importantly, (this is being cached by google), platforms which showcase and mean a lot more to the community than a conference which is so obviously .. er, commercial? <End Rant> Viksit --- Linux Lingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > dear all, > > less than a week left for the launch of > linuxasia2006 on feb 8th.. > that's six days away. > > http://linuxasia2006.com > > what's up? > > viksit, you in town, helping with banners? > raj, you've got your fsf and ilug-d teeshirts ready? > vivek, distros in hand to sell at Rs 25 or Rs 50? > kishore, counting the contributions and cash > already? > sudev, ltsp up and running? > mary, got some snazzy demos ready? > anandshankar, what's your take this time? > sandip, you in town? > surpreet, any cool new compilers to talk about? > sartaj, kde kitthey? > arjun, whazzup? > > [man! the list of the tireless crew is endless, > add your names here!] > > is fsf-india coming this year too? > is amitabh in town to bring along his guitar to jam? > > is brian behlendorf coming? > > ? > niyam > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Archives at: > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
