The Appropriation of Culture - Issues in Data Management
Exploring ethical considerations in GLAM data management, addressing cultural appropriation, data sovereignty, and fostering collaborative solutions for preserving humanity's heritage.
How Australian IaaS OrionVM Uses FreeBSD
Explore how OrionVM leverages FreeBSD's unique features for cloud environments, including guest OS, OpenZFS storage, FreeNAS for VPC, and PFSense for security in hybrid workloads.
The Future of the Desktop Is on Hypervisor Powered Containers
Explore desktop containers using Xen hypervisor, comparing to Docker and LXC. Learn about implementation, benefits, challenges, and future prospects for improved system isolation and security.
FreeBSD Bhyve Intro
Introduction to FreeBSD's bhyve hypervisor: history, supported guests, components, running Windows, future work, and challenges in virtualization technology.
VM Block Error Injection - A Novel Approach for Testing Linux Storage
Explore VM block error injection for testing Linux storage, covering its importance, challenges, and benefits over traditional methods. Learn about a proof-of-concept implementation in QEMU.
A Political History of X
Exploring X Window System's 35-year history to examine the impact of licensing, community, and corporations on free software development and the broader software ecosystem.
Desktop Linux, Without a Keyboard, Mouse or Desk
Explore alternative input methods for Linux desktops, including speech recognition, eye tracking, and foot pedals. Learn about ergonomic solutions for programmers seeking functionality and customization.
The Story of PulseAudio and Compress Offload
Explore PulseAudio's implementation of compress offload for efficient audio processing on modern SoCs, discussing challenges, tradeoffs, and future possibilities in Linux audio systems.
Large Pages in Linux
Explore the evolution, benefits, and challenges of large pages in Linux, including performance improvements, hardware optimizations, and future limitations for kernel developers.
DAING - A Monitoring Stack for Datacentres
Explore a comprehensive monitoring stack for datacentres using Icinga, Netbox, Ansible, and Grafana. Learn to document, manage, and monitor infrastructure at scale in this hands-on lab session.
Linux in the Cloud, on Prem, or on a Mainframe?
Explore Linux on mainframes: history, benefits, and future potential. Discover alternative architectures like ARM and POWER, and learn about hardware-driven encryption technologies for enhanced data protection.
KUnit - Unit Testing for the Linux Kernel
Explore KUnit, a lightweight unit testing framework for the Linux kernel. Learn its benefits, implementation, and future roadmap for enhancing kernel development and testing practices.
The Magical Fantasy Land of Linux Kernel Testing
Explore automated Linux kernel testing methods, from CI to hardware tests, aiming for a bug-free, efficient development process in this comprehensive overview.
Conference Close
Closing ceremony of linux.conf.au 2020, featuring raffle winners, awards, acknowledgments, and the announcement of the 2021 conference location.
DingoCar - Perception Module Small Scale, Self-Driving Car
Explore TensorFlow-powered perception for self-driving model cars, covering data acquisition, testing, and implementation in this informative talk on small-scale autonomous vehicles.
Out of the Sausage Factory and Into the Streets - Defending Digital Rights
Exploring the intersection of technology and politics, this talk advocates for digital rights, emphasizing the need for broad alliances and public engagement to shape tech policy and protect encryption.
Behind the Scenes of an ELK System
Explore the intricacies of managing large-scale log and metric data using ELK stack. Learn from real-world experiences to build resilient, high-availability systems for processing billions of logs daily.
SMBcmp - A New Tool to Diff Network Captures
Explore a new open-source tool for comparing network captures, enhancing Wireshark's capabilities to efficiently debug protocol issues and analyze packet differences.
How to Make Kernel and User Space CI for Input Devices
Explore CI techniques for kernel and user space input devices, covering regression testing advancements and strategies to ensure compatibility across various hardware configurations.
Rootless Containers with Podman
Explore rootless containers with Podman, enhancing security and user capabilities. Learn core concepts, benefits, and integration with Systemd, SELinux, and CGroups through real-world home automation examples.
ClangBuiltLinux - What's Next?
Explore LLVM's adoption for Linux kernel builds, 2020 achievements, and future focus. Learn about tradeoffs, upcoming work, and how to contribute to kernel and toolchain development.