Thematic Focus
Broad participation is essential for a project like LinuxTag, which consists mainly of shared knowledge. To encourage cutting-edge lectures, we welcome whatever proposal you have in mind. Are you working on some brand-new project? Are you experienced in imparting knowledge in the field of open source software? You are welcome to submit your abstract for the LinuxTag Open Lectures or the Practical Linux Forum. Please find some addidtional considerations below.
The focus of LinuxTag is naturally on Technology, Free Software and Linux, but we also welcome submissions on non-technical issues (including social and political topics), other operating systems (such as BSD derivatives or other Unices), or Open Source projects. Controversial points of view are welcome if the topic may be of interest to LinuxTag visitors, and the opinion is presented in an articulate manner.
In the past, LinuxTag has received a broad diversity of proposals. The program committee reserves the right to place emphasis on topics of their choosing. LinuxTag 2006 will focus on the following topics:
- Virtualization and Clustering: Where will the ever-growing demand for higher performance lead? Will the answer be found in today's computers growing more efficient? Will parallel computing, distributed grids and clustering change the way we think about computers? Or will we see hybrid systems combining the known and the novel?
- Software, Knowledge, and Freedom: What role will free software licensing, GPL3, intellectual property, and software patents play in the world of tomorrow?
- Information Web: Information has traditionally been managed in content management systems. But blogs and wikis have marked the development of completely new forms of information production and dissemination. What tools do we need to transform raw data into usable information, and to deliver that information to users?
Possible Topics
The LinuxTag program committee invites abstracts for the LinuxTag Open Lectures and the Practical Linux Forum, and welcomes suggestions for papers in any area. Possible topics include, but are not limited to the following:
- Web-based Applications (application servers, application frameworks, scripting languages, web services)
- Security (SELinux, trusted computing, intrusion prevention)
- Storage (SAN, iSCSI, RAID, volume management)
- Virtualization (VServers, UML, qemu, FAU)
- Messaging (anti-spam, instant messaging)
- Collaboration Systems (information collaboration, wikis, groupware, Wikipedia)
- Content Management Systems
- Software development (IDEs, XML technologies, Java, PHP)
- Networking (IPv6, load balancing)
- Telephony (VoIP, CTI)
- Mobile Computing (Wireless LAN, Bluetooth)
- Embedded Systems (real-time computing, wearable computers, PDAs)
- Administration und System Design (monitoring, automatic installation, software distribution, ITSM)
- Kernel (device drivers)
- Multimedia (graphic applications, sound and music)
- Video (video editing, streaming, video conferencing)
- Office Solutions (Samba, printing, authentication)
- Desktop Publishing
- Migration (success stories, strategies for system consolidation)
- Navigation (GPS, GIS)
- System Operations (LDAP, Directory Services)
- Data Storage and Management (replication, database clustering)
- High Availability
- Legal Issues (patent law, licensing, copyright, DRM)
- Social Aspects of Open Source Software (self-organizing communities, project organization)
- Software Usability (ergonomics, accessibility, localization)
- Distributions
- Games
- Extensions to the Linux kernel, future plans
We also welcome proposals for the other events and panels. However, please keep in mind that certain events, such as the Business Conference and the Tutorials, are by invitation only, while others require an entrance fee, such as the Company Presentations.
As a rule, lectures are scheduled for one hour, including time for questions and set-up for the next presentation. Other scheduling formats must be approved in advance by the program committee.