Linux Australia

Linux Australia

Linux Australia is the national, Australian Linux organisation. It was founded in 1997 and formally incorporated in New South Wales as a non-profit organisation in 1999. Linux Australia aims to represent the Australian Linux community and to support and collaborate with the Linux User Groups in Australia.

Linux Australia was co-founded by Terry Dawson and Garry Allpike. From humble beginnings the organisation was formally incorporated to provide legal support for the inaugural Conference of Australian Linux Users (now linux.conf.au). Over progressive years the organisation has steadily matured in its operation and today its major activities include the successful annual linux.conf.au open source conference, a grants program that seeds and supports relevant open source projects, and regular participation in public events such as conferences and exhibitions. Public relations activities include lobbying to government and corporate entities on open source issues and comment and opinion to the media.

The executive committee is elected democratically by the organisation membership annually, and therefore changes year to year. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in furthering the goals and objectives of the organisation.

The executive committee for 2008 is:

* Stewart Smith (president)
* Steve Walsh (vice-president)
* Anthony Towns (treasurer)
* Terry Dawson (secretary)
* James Turnbull
* Melissa Draper
* Paul Schulz

Notable former committee members include Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell (Samba), and Paul "Rusty" Russell (Linux Kernel, notably Netfilter and the 2.6 modules rewrite), Pia Waugh (Software Freedom International), Jonathan Oxer ( [http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;396147352;pp;2 Australia's Geekiest Man] ).

See also

*AUUG, the Australian Unix systems User Group
*LUGs in Australia
*Open Source Industry Australia

External links

* Main Site http://www.linux.org.au/
* Linux Conference Australia http://linux.conf.au/
* Planet Linux Australia http://planet.linux.org.au/
* Linux Australia Mirror Project http://mirror.linux.org.au


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