LinuxTag 2008
This year for the first time, I was able to visit the German “LinuxTag” every single day and I must say, I am a bit disappointed. Surely, I heard a lot of good speeches, but I wanted more - most of the stuff was not very technical.
My impression is, “LinuxTag” lost some of it’s magic, might be that’s because many projects choose other events as their main meetings. And with German being the main conference language it was pretty uninteresting for an international audience.
It was not (truly) boring and I significantly improved my vim configuration *g*, got (false) information on some LaTeX-options, felt competent and spend very much money on food and caffeine.
The best speeches I heard where about Modsecurity and PosixCapabilities.
It’s very likly I will visit LinuxTag again next year, but I will see it more like a nice trip to the capital - visit friends, museums and enjoy the beautiful parts of the town.
PS: Jono’s a true community specialist - he knows his buissiness - I decided to take a leaf out of his book.